State v. Smith

SACKETT, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant Jamie James Smith appeals from his convictions for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and possession of marijuana contending his trial counsel was not effective when he failed to object prior to trial to the fact defendant was charged and tried in Page County, Iowa, for a crime allegedly committed in Fremont County, Iowa. We affirm.

On October 23, 1996, officers of the Shenandoah police department responded to a call a man was walking in and out of traffic on Highway 59. The county line between Page and Fremont Counties is the…