Opinion ID: 1728118
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Heading: Failure to Request Jury Instruction Explaining Proper Consideration of Evidence Related to the Dismissed Counts.

Text: Elston also claims his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to request a jury instruction explaining the proper consideration of evidence related to the dismissed sexual exploitation counts. In particular, he asserts trial counsel should have requested the district court to instruct the jury to disregard the pornographic pictures during deliberations on the indecent contact charge. We find no merit in this claim because we have already concluded the pictures were admissible as part of the State's proof of the indecent contact offense. See State v. Wills, 696 N.W.2d 20, 24 (Iowa 2005) (finding trial counsel was not ineffective in failing to raise unmeritorious issue).