TEONO SMITH, Applicant-Appellant, vs. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent-Appellee.
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 2-1154 / 12-0068 Filed February 13, 2013 TEONO SMITH, Applicant-Appellant, vs. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent-Appellee. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Karen A. Romano, Judge. Teono Smith appeals from the district court s denial of his application for postconviction relief. AFFIRMED. Lynn C. H. Poschner of Borseth Law Office, Altoona, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Darrel Mullins, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Stephanie L. Cox, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State. Considered by Doyle, P.J., and Mullins and Bower, JJ. 2 DOYLE, P.J. Teono Smith appeals from the district court s denial of his application for postconviction relief following his 2008 plea of guilty to possession with intent to deliver cocaine base crack (a class B felony). Smith contends his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to fully investigate his case and obtain necessary information prior to entry of his guilty plea. Smith further argues the district court erred in failing to find his probation was unlawfully revoked in 2010, following several reports of Smith s violations of probation and an evidentiary hearing. We have carefully reviewed the record, the briefs of the parties, and the district court s well-reasoned opinion, which addressed both issues Smith now raises on appeal. Upon our de novo review, we find any further discussion of these issues by our court would add little to and not change the disposition of this case. We affirm the district court s order denying Smith s application for postconviction relief. See Iowa R. App. P. 6.1203(a), (d). AFFIRMED.
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