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Burkett v. State

Court of Appeals of Iowa.
Sep 10, 2015
871 N.W.2d 703 (Iowa Ct. App. 2015)

Summary

applying section 822.3 to a PCR application filed in 2013 and noting that, although the applicant's conviction had become final in 1984, the applicant claimed a new "ground of law" was created by the court's 2013 decision in Nguyen I

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Opinion

No. 14–0998.

09-10-2015

Bertrum BURKETT, Applicant–Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Respondent–Appellee.

Nathan A. Mundy of Carney & Appleby, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Jean C. Pettinger, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Celene Gogerty, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State.


DECISION WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINION

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Burkett v. State

Court of Appeals of Iowa.
Sep 10, 2015
871 N.W.2d 703 (Iowa Ct. App. 2015)

applying section 822.3 to a PCR application filed in 2013 and noting that, although the applicant's conviction had become final in 1984, the applicant claimed a new "ground of law" was created by the court's 2013 decision in Nguyen I

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noting "[t]he statute says nothing about a deadline for raising the 'ground of law' exception"

Summary of this case from Penticoff v. State
Case details for

Burkett v. State

Case Details

Full title:Bertrum BURKETT, Applicant–Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa…

Court:Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Date published: Sep 10, 2015

Citations

871 N.W.2d 703 (Iowa Ct. App. 2015)

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