Bear v. State

DONIELSON, Judge.

Petitioner, Gary Randall Bear, appeals • from a denial of posteonviction relief. We affirm.

In 1980 a man assaulted a woman after she left a Waterloo bar. The police investigation pointed to Bear. At trial, the victim identified Bear as the person who had abducted and raped her as she was returning home late one evening. Bear presented an alibi defense. He was convicted after a bench trial for first-degree kidnapping and sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal in a 1982 unpublished per curiam opinion. State v. Bear, 324 N.W.2d 727 (Iowa…