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Jones v. State

Citations

  • 731 N.W.2d 388
  • 2007 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 61
  • 2007 WL 1297240

How courts have described this case

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  • holding a PCR applicant dissatisfied with counsel’s representation is permitted to raise issues pro se, must be afforded an opportunity to be heard on those claims, and is entitled to a ruling on each issue raised
  • noting the “court need not address every allegation made by an applicant, but must respond to every issue raised”
  • remanding to the district court, finding “[i]n the present case, the district court erred in refusing to consider the pro se pleadings filed by” the applicant in the PCR proceeding
  • “First, a PCR applicant who is dissatisfied with his attorney’s representation is permitted to raise issues pro se and file papers and pleadings pro se.”

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Judges: Ternus, Hecht

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