State v. Horton

LARSON, Justice.

Nannette Horton appealed her conviction for possession of marijuana, Iowa Code section 124.401(5) (1997), claiming her trial counsel was ineffective for failing to raise a timely motion to suppress evidence. The court of appeals affirmed, concluding that because there was no merit in her claim of an illegal search, a timely motion to suppress would not have been successful. On further review, we agree with that conclusion and therefore affirm the decision of the court of appeals and the judgment of the district court.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

Horton was a passenger in a…