Opinion
No. 12–1549.
2013-08-21
STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. Gerald McNEAL, Defendant–Appellant.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Mark J. Eveloff, Judge. A defendant contends (1) his attorney was ineffective in failing to seek suppression of his confession and (2) the district court used an incorrect standard in ruling on his motion for new trial. AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED. Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Shellie L. Knipfer, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Benjamin M. Parrott, Assistant Attorney General, Matthew D. Wilber, County Attorney, and Shelly Sedlak, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.