Opinion
No. 1-490 / 10-1231
09-21-2011
STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUGO BALDERAS, Defendant-Appellant.
Alfredo Parrish and Brandon Brown of Parrish, Kruidenier, Dunn, Boles, Gribble, Parrish, Gentry & Fisher, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Sharon K. Hall, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen Holmes, County Attorney, and Keisha F. Cretsinger, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Story County, Dale E. Ruigh, Judge.
Hugo Balderas appeals his conviction and sentence for second-degree burglary. AFFIRMED.
Alfredo Parrish and Brandon Brown of Parrish, Kruidenier, Dunn, Boles, Gribble, Parrish, Gentry & Fisher, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Sharon K. Hall, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen Holmes, County Attorney, and Keisha F. Cretsinger, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.
Considered by Eisenhauer, P.J., and Potterfield and Tabor, JJ. POTTERFIELD , J.
After a bench trial, the district court found Hugo Balderas guilty of second-degree burglary. Balderas now appeals, contesting the district court's findings that he had no right to force his entry into his girlfriend's apartment and that he had the specific intent to commit an assault at the time of his unlawful entry. We agree with the district court's thorough and well-reasoned opinion. We therefore affirm without opinion. See Iowa R. App. P. 6.1203(a), (d).
To the extent Balderas attempted to make an argument of ineffective assistance of counsel, we deem this argument waived due to his failure to cite authority in support of this issue. See Iowa R. App. P. 6.903(2)(g)(3).
AFFIRMED.