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POULIN v. STATE

No. 93-768.

525 N.W.2d 815 (1994)

Paul G. POULIN, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Patricia Reynolds Lapointe, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Thomas G. Fisher, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Michael L. Zenor, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the summary dismissal of a postconviction relief application. We must decide if the trial court is required to schedule a hearing and give notice of the hearing to the applicant before granting a motion to dismiss filed by the applicant's court-appointed counsel. The trial court granted the motion without hearing or notice. We reverse and remand.

I. Background.

In December 1990 Paul G. Poulin, Jr...

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