State of Iowa, Appellee v. Kenneth Osborne Ary, Appellant

Summary

The court vacated the court of appeals decision and upheld Ary's convictions in all respects except for the district court's ruling on his motion for a new trial. It held that the voir dire statements of a prospective juror did not require presumed jury-panel prejudice, that the discovery ruling was not an abuse of discretion, and that the ineffective-assistance claim could not be resolved on the trial record. The court remanded for the district court to reconsider the new-trial motion under the weight-of-the-evidence standard rather than the sufficiency standard.