Opinion
No. 12–1938.
2013-09-5
STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. Phillip Lee CARTER, Defendant–Appellant.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Marshall County, James C. Ellefson, Judge. A defendant appeals from his convictions for third-degree sexual abuse and lascivious acts with a child contending trial counsel was ineffective. AFFIRMED. Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer Miller, County Attorney, and Paul Crawford, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.