STATE v. OWENS

No. 00-1030.

635 N.W.2d 478 (2001)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Milton Wayne OWENS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Shellie L. Knipfer, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Davis, County Attorney, and Jerald Feuerbach, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The State charged Milton Owens with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Iowa Code section 724.26 (1999),1 as well as a number of drug-related crimes, after Davenport police executed a search warrant at an apartment he occupied. A jury found Owens guilty as charged. Owens now claims he was denied effective legal assistance because trial counsel failed to (1) move to sever trial of the firearm charge...

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