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Iowa Supreme Court: Warrantless Entry Into Home for Misdemeanor Arrest Violates Both U.S. and Iowa Constitutions and Requires Suppression of Evidence

Loaded on July 15, 2022 by Mark Wilson published in Criminal Legal News August, 2022, page 18
Filed under: Warrantless Searches, Suppression of Identity Evidence. Location: Iowa.

by Mark Wilson 

The Supreme Court of Iowa held that the warrantless entry of an apartment to arrest the occupant on a misdemeanor charge was unlawful, requiring suppression of evidence of cocaine possession obtained from the unlawful entry.

Ames, Iowa, police officer Jamie Miller was dispatched to a fourplex apartment ...

 

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