Opinion
No. 13–0463.
2013-12-18
STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. Lonise Bernae PORTER, Defendant–Appellant.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, George L. Stigler, Judge. A defendant contends her attorney was ineffective in failing to argue for withdrawal of two guilty pleas and in failing to argue the district court was bound to suspend her sentence. AFFIRMED. Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Dennis D. Hendrickson, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Heather R. Quick, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas J. Ferguson, County Attorney, and Brian Williams, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.