State v. Liesche

McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction by jury and sentence for carrying a concealed weapon in violation of Code § 695.2. The determinative issue is whether the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s pretrial motion to suppress evidence. The motion challenged the validity of a search warrant under which the weapon involved was seized. We find that the motion should have been sustained. The case is reversed and remanded for dismissal.

The weapon in this case was a pistol. It was found in a search of defendant’s pickup truck in Missouri Valley in the late afternoon of June 22,…