State of Iowa v. Torrenzo Michael Green ( 2019 )

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 18-1057
Filed June 5, 2019
STATE OF IOWA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
vs.
TORRENZO MICHAEL GREEN,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Johnson County, Lars G. Anderson
(guilty plea) and Mary E. Chicchelly (sentencing), Judges.
Torrenzo Green appeals his conviction for possession of marijuana with
intent to deliver. AFFIRMED.
Jeffrey L. Powell of Powell & McCullough, PLC, Coralville, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney
General, for appellee.
Considered by Potterfield, P.J., Doyle, J., and Mahan, S.J.*
*Senior judge assigned by order pursuant to Iowa Code section 602.9206 (2019).
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MAHAN, Senior Judge.
Torrenzo Green pled guilty to possession of marijuana with intent to deliver,
in violation of Iowa Code section 124.401(1)(d) (2017). As part of Green’s plea
deal, the State agreed to dismiss a related class “D” felony charge and recommend
Green receive a suspended sentence. Following a hearing, the district court
accepted his plea, entered judgment, and imposed sentence.
Green now appeals, claiming his trial counsel was ineffective for allowing
him to plead guilty without “fully investigat[ing] the facts surrounding Green’s
charges” and “fully ascertain[ing his] mental competence to execute an effective
plea of guilty.” The record before us lacks any basis to evaluate Green’s claim.
Therefore, we affirm his conviction and preserve his ineffective-assistance claim
for possible postconviction-relief proceedings. See State v. Harris, 919 N.W.2d
753, 754 (Iowa 2018) (“If the record is insufficient to allow for a review on direct
appeal, we do not reach the issue on direct appeal and allow the defendant to raise
the claim in a separate postconviction-relief action.”).
AFFIRMED.