Supreme Court of Iowa· 8/26/1981

Nichol v. State

Citations

309 N.W.2d 468
1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1017

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

stating that where an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim stems from an alleged conflict of interest, “[w]e must decide if ... there was a conflict of interest and, if so, whether it raised a substantial possibility of prejudice to petitioner.”
noting complaints about the failure to call witnesses should be accompanied by a showing their testimony would have been beneficial
noting “complaints about failure to call witnesses should be accompanied by a showing their testimony would have been beneficial”
noting “complaints about failure to call witnesses should be accompanied by a showing their testimony would have been beneficial”
finding no conflict of interest where defense counsel’s previous representation of the State’s “principal witness” on “a wholly unrelated matter d[id] not raise even a remote possibility of conflict”
“Ordinarily complaints about failure to call witnesses should be accompanied by a showing their testimony would have been beneficial.”

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Judges: Reynoldson, Legrand, McCormick, Allbee, Schultz

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