Cooper v. State

379 N.W.2d 917 (1986)

Danny K. COOPER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

No. 84-1281.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 15, 1986.

Stephen J. Rapp, Waterloo, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Christie J. Scase, Asst. Atty. Gen., and James Metcalf, Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered en banc.

HARRIS, Justice.

The petitioner brings consolidated appeals from the district court's denial of two separate applications for postconviction relief. His conviction was affirmed on a direct appeal in an unpublished opinion. See State v. Cooper, 334 N.W.2d 368 (Iowa Ct.App.1982). The petitioner's principal…