State v. Hajtic

LARSON, Justice.

Arif Hajtic was convicted of three counts of third-degree burglary under Iowa Code section 713.6A (2001) and one count of first-degree robbery under Iowa Code section 711.2. On appeal, Hajtic claims his statements to the police were improperly admitted, the trial court abused its discretion in consolidating his robbery and burglary trials, and the court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. We reject all of these arguments, but preserve Hajtic’s separate ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim for possible postconviction relief proceedings.

I. Facts and Prior…