Amended July 18, 2016 Phuoc Nguyen v. State of Iowa

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 14–0401 Filed March 11, 2016 Amended July 18, 2016 PHUOC NGUYEN, Appellant, vs. STATE OF IOWA, Appellee. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, Judge. In this second application for postconviction relief, a defendant challenges his murder conviction under the state and federal constitutions and on state common law retroactivity grounds. DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT AFFIRMED. Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Vidhya K. Reddy, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Martha E.…