State of Iowa v. Troy Richard Brooks

MANSFIELD, Justice.

This case involves a defendant who was on probation after having been convicted of drug offenses related ’to methamphetamine. The defendant’s sister and father, concerned that he had relapsed, contacted his probation officer. They reported the defendant was using methamphetamine in the family home, was missing work, and had locked himself in his bedroom since the previous day. Two probation officers were dispatched to the residence. When they arrived, the father told them the defendant was upstairs and “out of his mind.” With the father’s consent, and without objection from…