STATE v. JENSEN (2021)

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew Steven JENSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 19-1346

Decided: September 01, 2021

Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Schumacher, J., and Doyle, S.J.*

William J. O'Brien, Omaha, Nebraska, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Linda J. Hines, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Andrew Jensen pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine, third or subsequent offense, a class “D” felony, in violation of Iowa Code section 124.401(5). An order of judgment and sentence was entered in August 2019. On appeal Jensen argues he received ineffective assistance of counsel because (1) his counsel failed to adequately advise him on the nature of the proceedings and on the consequences of entering a guilty plea, and (2) his counsel failed to file a motion in arrest of judgment for a guilty plea that was not entered intelligently and voluntarily. This court has no authority to decide a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal. Iowa Code § 814.7 (2019); State v. Tucker, 959 N.W.2d 140, 154 (Iowa 2021). Accordingly, Jensen's appeal must be dismissed.

AFFIRMED.

DOYLE, Senior Judge.

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