Hinkle v. State

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

This is another in a rising river of post-conviction relief proceedings in which the competency of counsel who represented petitioner in the prior criminal action is put in issue. District court denied relief and petitioner Hinkle appeals. We affirm.

Hinkle’s first-degree murder conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Hinkle, 229 N.W.2d 744 (Iowa 1975). The criminal trial transcript, made a part of this proceeding, discloses there was overwhelming evidence from which the jury could have found the following facts. Hinkle became angry because his girl friend, Patty…