Sherman White v. James Helling, Acting Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Sherman White of two counts of robbery with aggravation, three counts of murder, and two counts of assault with intent to commit murder. White was sentenced to three terms of life imprisonment without parole, two terms of thirty years’ imprisonment, and three terms of twenty-five years’ imprisonment, all to run concurrently. White’s conviction and sentence were affirmed in his initial appeal, and upheld again when he sought postconviction relief. See State v. White, 228 N.W.2d 173 (Iowa 1974); White v. State, 380 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa App.1985).

White…