Iowa Supreme Court · No. 22-1530
State of Iowa v. Colby Davis Laub
Decided February 9, 2024 · appeal from Boone County · Criminal
What the court decided
AI summary The dispute was about whether law enforcement violated a person's rights by obtaining a search warrant for a breath test instead of using implied consent laws. The court decided that using a warrant in this situation violated the person's due process and equal protection rights. This decision reverses the previous ruling and sends the case back to the lower court.1
Result: REVERSED AND REMANDED
The court’s own summary
The State was granted discretionary review of the district court’s order granting the defendant’s motion to suppress his breath test results obtained pursuant to a search warrant. The court found it was a violation of defendant’s due process and equal protection rights for law enforcement to obtain a search warrant for chemical testing rather than invoking implied consent.
Holding: Discretionary review of a district court order granting a defendant’s motion to suppress evidence of a chemical breath test obtained via search warrant. REVERSED AND REMANDED.
Judges
- Written by Justice Christopher McDonald
- Trial judge: Stephen A. Owen, Boone County
Iowa Code it cites
§022.02§321.281§321B.3§321J.10§321J.18§321J.2§321J.6§321J.9§808.1
Each links to the bills that change that chapter.