STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ROLANDO NELSON JR., Defendant-Appellant.

State: Iowa

Docket No: 2-831 / 11-1670

Case Date: 01/09/2013

Plaintiff: STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee,

Defendant: ROLANDO NELSON JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Preview:IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 2-831 / 11-1670 Filed January 9, 2013

STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ROLANDO NELSON JR., Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, John D. Telleen, Judge.

A defendant contends that the district court erred in determining the State lacked the burden of proving that he was not authorized to possess an offensive weapon. He also contends insufficient evidence supported the jury's finding of guilt, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. AFFIRMED.

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Stephan J. Japuntich, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Thomas S. Tauber, Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Walton, County Attorney, and Jay Sommers, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Potterfield and Bower, JJ.

2 VAITHESWARAN, P.J. A jury found Rolando Nelson guilty of possession of an offensive weapon. See Iowa Code

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