State of Iowa v. Patience Paye

HECHT, Justice.

Twelve years ago, we concluded the front steps and common hallway of an apartment house are public places under Iowa’s public intoxication statute. State v. Booth, 670 N.W.2d 209, 215-16 (Iowa 2003); see Iowa Code § 123.46(2) (2013) (“A person shall not be intoxicated in a public place.”). However, in Booth, we concluded “the front steps of a single-family home are clearly distinguishable from the front steps of [an] apartment house,” and left “for another day any other questions related to the character of the front steps of a single-family home.” Booth, 670 N.W.2d at 212 n.…