Lowe v. State

Applicant-appellant, Andrew Lowe, appeals from the district court's denial of his application for postconviction relief. He contends the court erred in denying his application based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to advise him his confession, without corroboration, was not sufficient to convict him. He argues his guilty plea was not made intelligently and voluntarily. We affirm. I.Background Facts and Proceedings.

In January of 2004, Lowe was seventeen years old and residing in a juvenile residential treatment placement at the Four Oaks sexual offender program in Linn County.…