Legal Question in Criminal Law in Iowa

I filed a pcr in Iowa based on lifetime parole restrictions that are illegally applied, the court appointed counsel but counsel later withdrew, claiming that I was not entitled to counsel to challenge parole restrictions even though not ripe for review at the time of sentencing, now discharged I am trying to have those parole restrictions modified by a post conviction, but can't seem to get any assistance by the courts.


Asked on 4/20/18, 10:12 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

Your argument is that the lifetime parole was illegally applied? I can tell you that unless there is a potential for jail time as a direct consequence of whatever mess you find yourself in, a court appointed attorney will not be provided, particularly PCR after you have been released from prison if that's where you were in the first place. That being said, you might try the legal aid society or the legal clinics at Drake, U of Iowa or Creighton. Some useful things are Iowa Code sections 903B1, 906.15, State v. Tripp, 776 N.W.2d 855 and State v. Tovar, 2007 Iowa App LEXIS 1337.

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Answered on 4/21/18, 9:27 am


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