State v. Neuzil

NEUMAN, Justice.

The sole question on this appeal is whether defendant, Christopher Neuzil, received ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to seek an instruction on specific intent during his trial for stalking in violation of a protective order. See Iowa Code § 708.11(3)(b)(l) (1997). Because we conclude the crime charged involves general, not specific, intent, we find the court properly instructed the jury and, accordingly, find no merit in defendant’s ineffectiveness claim. We therefore affirm the judgment entered on Neuzil’s conviction.

The facts are largely undisputed.…