Steven Dean McGinnis, convicted of the 2008 first degree murder of Robert Ohl at a location 11 miles south of Knoxville, has lost his appeal for postconviction relief in Iowa District Court.
The Court rejected McGinnis’ challenge of the performance of his trial counsel. Court documents say that McGinnis and Ohl were military veterans, had been friends for ten years, and that both suffered from posttraumatic stress syndrome.