Rodrigo Adolpho Amaya v. State Public Defender

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 20–1346 Submitted March 23, 2022—Filed June 24, 2022 Amended August 31, 2022 STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Petitioner, vs. RODRIGO ADOLPHO AMAYA, Respondent. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Sarah Crane, Judge. The State Public Defender challenges a trial court order finding Iowa Code section 815.1 unconstitutional under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and granting the defendant’s request for ancillary services at state expense. WRIT SUSTAINED. Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Waterman, Mansfield,…