Harrington v. State

TERNUS, Justice.

Terry Harrington appeals a district court decision denying his application for postconviction relief. He claims the court erred in holding his claims were time barred. See Iowa Code § 822.3 (1999) (imposing a three-year statute of limitations on postconviction relief actions). In addition, he faults the district court for failing to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and order a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence consisting of a recantation by the State’s primary witness, police investigative reports impheating another suspect in the crime, and “brain…