IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 16-1799
Filed July 6, 2017
STATE OF IOWA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
vs.
JEFFREY MARCELLINUS FRIIS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Bremer County, Peter B. Newell,
District Associate Judge.
Defendant appeals several convictions, contending his counsel provided
ineffective assistance. AFFIRMED.
Andrew C. Abbott of Abbott Law Office, P.C., Waterloo, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Thomas J. Ogden, Assistant
Attorney General, for appellee.
Considered by Vogel, P.J., and Doyle and McDonald, JJ.
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MCDONALD, Judge.
Jeffrey Friis was convicted of possession of a controlled substance, third
offense; eluding or attempting to elude, carrying weapons, operating while
intoxicated, first offense; and theft in the third degree. On appeal, he challenges
his convictions, contending his counsel was ineffective in failing to advise him of
the immigration consequences of his pleas and failing to file a motion in arrest of
judgment after the district court also failed to advise Friis of the immigration
consequences of his pleas. We conclude the record is inadequate to address
the claims on the merits. We affirm the defendant’s convictions and preserve the
claims for postconviction-relief proceedings. See State v. Johnson, 784 N.W.2d
192, 198 (Iowa 2010) (determining a court “must preserve” an ineffective
assistance claim if the record is inadequate to address it on direct appeal).
AFFIRMED.
State of Iowa v. Jeffrey Marcellinus Friis
Combined Opinion