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Summary; "Postconviction applicant, Harold L. Hall, whose first degree murder conviction was affirmed inState v. Hall,287 N.W.2d 564Links to an external site.(Iowa 1980), appeals from the subsequent denial of his application for postconviction relief under Iowa Code chapter 663A."Hall v. State, 325 N.W.2d 752, (Iowa 1982)

Issue; Was Mr. Halls rights violated?

Holding; "Hall asserted in his postconviction application that he was denied due process under the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution by reason of anex partecommunication between the county attorney and the judge who presided at his 1978 murder trial."Hall v. State, 325 N.W.2d 752, (Iowa 1982)

Rationale; "Critelli handed down his decision finding Hall guilty of first degree murder."Hall v. State, 325 N.W.2d 752, (Iowa 1982)