Guillermo Escobedo v. State of Iowa

BOWER, Judge.

Guillermo Gutierrez Escobedo appeals the district court decision denying his request for postconviction relief. Escobedo claims the verdict was rendered void by the substitution of a juror after deliberations began. He also claims recent case law regarding jury instructions should be applied retroactively to reverse his conviction and grant a new trial. We find Escobedo is barred from relitigating the issue of juror substitution and Escobedo did not preserve error regarding the new case law. We affirm the district court.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings

Escobedo and a friend,…