Legal Opinion
State v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 20, 1994No. 93-1067PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
The district court, in a prosecution for drug offenses under Iowa Code sections 204.-401(l)(c) and 421A.12 (1993), suppressed cocaine seized from the mouth and stomach of the defendant. We granted the State’s application for discretionary review and now reverse and remand.
When the defendant, Antonio Peterson, stopped his car in a Waterloo parking lot, two police officers approached to confront him about a broken taillight. When asked for his driver’s license, Peterson responded that he did not have one. One of the officers asked Peterson his name and asked him to step out of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Doyle Ray SkinnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- State v. StrongSupreme Court of Iowa · 1992
- State v. HarveySupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
3Cited by17 opinions
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