Dougherty v. State

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether a revocation of a Code chapter 247A work release can be challenged by a postconviction action under chapter 663A. The postconviction court sustained the State’s motion to dismiss Richard A. Dougherty’s application for postconviction relief on the ground the Iowa Administrative Procedure Act (IAPA) provides the exclusive method for attacking the revocation. We affirm.

A related question was presented in Frazee v. Iowa Board of Parole, 248 N.W.2d 80 (Iowa 1976). In that case this court held that the judicial review provisions of section 17A.19…