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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 2-097 / 11-0863 Filed February 15, 2012

STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. MORRIS DEAN BOUCHARD, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Clinton County, David H. Sivright, Jr., Judge.

A defendant appeals his judgment and sentence for domestic abuse assault with a weapon, contending that his attorney was ineffective in allowing him to plead guilty to a crime for which there was no factual basis in the record. AFFIRMED.

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Vidhya K. Reddy, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Sheryl A. Soich, Assistant Attorney General, Michael L. Wolf, County Attorney, and Elizabeth Srp, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Tabor and Mullins, JJ.

2 VAITHESWARAN, P.J. Morris Dean Bouchard pleaded guilty to domestic abuse assault with a weapon, based on an episode with his wife. See Iowa Code

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