Opinion
No. 1-660 / 10-1496
09-08-2011
CURTIS HARMS, Applicant-Appellant, v. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent-Appellee.
Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kyle Hanson, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Celine Gogerty, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Robert B. Hanson, Judge.
Curtis Harms appeals the district court decision denying his application for postconviction relief. AFFIRMED.
Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kyle Hanson, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Celine Gogerty, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State.
Considered by Vogel, P.J., and Potterfield and Danilson, JJ. DANILSON , J.
Curtis Harms appeals the district court decision denying his application for postconviction relief. Harms alleges his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to (1) file a motion to dismiss on speedy trial grounds and (2) pursue a claim-of-right defense. We have carefully reviewed the record, the briefs of the parties, and the district court's succinct and well-written opinion. Under our de novo review, we find the postconviction court addressed every issue Harms now raises regarding ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We agree with the court's findings, and any further discussion of these issues by our court would add little to and not change the disposition of this case. Accordingly, the postconviction court's order denying Harms's application for postconviction relief is affirmed without opinion. See Iowa R. App. P. 6.1203(a), (d).
AFFIRMED.