Iowa Code 814.6A – Pro se filings by defendant currently represented by counsel
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a defendant who is currently represented by counsel shall not file any pro se document, including a brief, reply brief, or motion, in any Iowa court. The court shall not consider, and opposing counsel shall not respond to, such pro se filings.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 814.6A
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Pro se: A Latin term meaning "on one's own behalf"; in courts, it refers to persons who present their own cases without lawyers.
2. This section does not prohibit a defendant from proceeding without the assistance of counsel.
3. A defendant currently represented by counsel may file the following pro se documents:
a. A pro se motion seeking disqualification of the counsel, which a court may grant upon a showing of good cause.
b. A pro se notice of appeal.
c. A pro se response to a motion to withdraw pursuant to rule of appellate procedure 6.1005.