Carstens v. Rans

LeGRAND, Justice.

Petitioner, Mary Lou Carstens, was convicted of murder and sentenced to the Women’s Reformatory for the term of her natural life, pursuant to section 690.3, The Code. On appeal, we affirmed that judgment. See State v. Carstens, 182 N.W.2d 119 (Iowa 1970). She now seeks relief by way of postconviction proceedings under chapter 663A, The Code. Since we find that petitioner has not stated grounds which entitle her to consideration under our postconviction relief act, we dismiss the appeal.

The only issue raised by petitioner is alleged error because the trial court failed to…