Rivers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting the applicant “failed to state how competent representation would have changed the outcome”
• noting the applicant bears the burden of showing both prongs by a preponderance of the evidence and that he must also state the specific ways in which either counsel’s performance was inadequate or the outcome of the proceeding would have been different

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Boss v. Ludwick
  N.D. Iowa· 2012-05-01· cited 7×
• Tony Armstrong v. State of Iowa
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-08-17· cited 1×
• TONY DION JAMES BEACH ARMSTRONG, PETITIONER—APPELLANT v. STATE OF IOWA, RESPONDENT—APPELLEE
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-08-17
• Kevin Baxter, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-02-05
• Ray Gene Triplett, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-09-17
• Carl Allan Peterson, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-11-26
• State of Iowa v. Luis Rodriguez
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2015-07-09
• Lashawn Terrell Thurman v. State of Iowa
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2020-10-07
• Cody Lee Smith v. State of Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2026-02-27

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dunbar v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-04-20· cited 197×
• Arnold v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-11-22· cited 27×
• Bugley v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1999-06-03· cited 27×
• Summage v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-04-22· cited 10×
• Poulin v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-12-21· cited 7×