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Will Earnest Young, Jr. v. Iowa
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Iowa, No. 23-1924 · judgment May 21, 2025
Certiorari denied · November 10, 2025
Question presented
Iowa Code § 814.7 provides that in the direct appeal of a criminal conviction the defendant may not raise, and the appellate court may not decide, a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, a right guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The question presented is: Whether Iowa Code § 814.7 violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alan Roger Ostergren
Alan R. Ostergen, PC
For respondent
Darrel Mullins
Iowas Dept. of Justice
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 10 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 16 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
- Oct 13 2025Waiver of right of respondent Iowa to respond filed.
- Sep 30 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 5, 2025)