Legal Opinion

State v. Knous

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 23, 1981No. 65508PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether a person arrested on an OMVUI charge has a due process right to be told that if he submits to a chemical test the results can be used against him. The trial court sustained an objection to the admissibility of breath test results in this OMVUI prosecution on the ground that defendant Richard Louis Knous was denied due process by the administering officer’s failure to warn him concerning the use of the test results. Defendant was subsequently acquitted, and we granted the State’s application for discretionary review of the suppression order. See…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. State v. VietorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978

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3Cited by31 opinions

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  2. Matter of McNeelyIdaho Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. State v. GarciaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2008
  4. State v. OwensSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
  5. Mary v. Iowa Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986

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