Legal Opinion

State v. Wetzel

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 15, 1971No. 54563PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Applicant, Richard Wetzel, appeals from trial court’s denial of relief under our Post-conviction Procedure Act, chapter 1276, Acts 63rd General Assembly, which became effective July 1, 1970. It is now chapter 663A, Code, 1971. We affirm the trial court but grant Wetzel a delayed appeal from his conviction and sentence for the crime of false pretenses in violation of Code section 713.1.

I. A Clayton County jury found Wetzel guilty of false pretenses and on February 2, 1968 he was sentenced to a term not to exceed seven years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison (Lee…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Herbert Eugene Blanchard v. Lou v. Brewer, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
  2. Ford v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1965
  3. State v. HorseySupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
  4. Byrd v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  5. Tillett v. WardenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Rinehart v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
  2. Holmes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2009
  3. State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  4. Horn v. HaughSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
  5. Ronald Lee Stewart v. Crispus C. NixCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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