Legal Opinion
Schrier v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 11, 1984No. 69606PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
In 1978, the appellant, petitioner Richard Schrier, was indicted for murder as a result of the death of his two-year-old son. After a trial to a jury, petitioner was convicted of murder in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. Petitioner effected a direct appeal to this court, which was based solely on a sufficiency of evidence issue. We affirmed his conviction in State v. Schrier, 300 N.W.2d 305 (Iowa 1981).
In 1982, petitioner filed an application in the district court for postconviction relief based on numerous claims that counsel at his 1979 murder trial…
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