State v. Showalter

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Defendants, Georgia Carol Showalter and Allen LeRoy Huenefeld, are charged with second degree arson in violation of Iowa Code sections 712.1 and 712.3 (1985). Their pretrial motions to suppress evidence seized during a search of the barn outside their residence were overruled. Defendants then filed a joint application for discretionary review of those rulings. We granted their application and now reverse and remand.

I. Background facts and proceedings. Defendants resided together in a rented farmstead in rural Buchanan County in 1986. A fire broke out at their…