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LUKE v. STATE

No. 89-1245.

465 N.W.2d 898 (1990)

Orville LUKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Schilling, Burlington, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., James Kivi, Sheryl A. Soich, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Michael P. Short, County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON and HAYDEN, JJ., but considered en banc.

DONIELSON, Judge.

In 1983 Orville Luke was accused of setting a fire in an apartment complex. Three persons died in the fire. After a jury trial, Luke was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson. We affirmed these convictions in an unreported opinion. State v. Luke, 368 N.W.2d 733 (Iowa App.1984).

Luke later filed the present application for postconviction relief challenging his convictions. The district...

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