Wenman v. State

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Applicant Lloyd Wenman appeals the district court’s dismissal of his application seeking postconviction relief from his conviction of a class “D” felony under Iowa Code section 811.2(7) (1981) (failure to appear). Wenman contends that the trial court, in which he was convicted of the felony of failure to appear for a misdemeanor sentencing, construed section 811.-2(7) incorrectly; as a result, his guilty plea to a felony charge of failure to appear was not voluntarily and intelligently entered because: (1) the trial judge failed to explain the varying ways of committing the…