Supreme Court of Iowa· 11/14/2002

State v. Myers

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653 N.W.2d 574
2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 226
2002 WL 31519658

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finding defendant’s “conclusory claim of prejudice, that she ‘was ready to insist on going to trial,’ is not a sufficient assertion of prejudice”
stating conclusory statements of prejudice are insufficient to support an ineffective-assistance claim
noting minutes of testimony of medical examiner, who would testify the “child was shaken, slammed and that the manner of death is homicide”; the defendant’s statements to officers; and the defendant’s statements during plea proceeding provided factual basis
noting written guilty pleas in felony cases may not 1 In an Alford plea, the defendant does not admit guilt but “voluntarily, knowingly, and understandingly” consents to the imposition of a sentence. See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37 (1970
“Myers failed to prove, or even assert, that there was a reasonable probability that, ‘but for counsel’s error[], [s]he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.’” (alterations in original)

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Judges: Larson

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