State v. Kuster

LARSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant from his conviction of terrorism, Iowa Code section 708.6(1). He raises two issues: (1) refusal to suppress evidence seized when his vehicle was impounded and inventoried by the police officers; and (2) refusal of the trial court to sustain a challenge for cause directed at a juror who was a sister of the complaining witness. We reverse and remand.

At about 6:00 one evening shots were fired into the rural Adair, Iowa, home of the Carl Lemke family. The shots were fired by the driver of a pickup similar to one driven by the defendant, however,…