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finding substantial compliance when "[t]he district court explicitly told [the defendant] if he 'would ever want to challenge' his guilty plea, he would have to timely file a motion in arrest of judgment. The district court's use of the word 'ever' communicated to the defendant 'all avenues for challenging the plea were being cut off'"
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No. 14–0561.
11-23-2016
STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. Eric Gene THOMPSON, Defendant–Appellant.
John P. Beauvais Jr., of Deck law L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Kristin Guddall, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
DECISION WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINION
Affirmed.