Legal Opinion
State v. Christopher
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 12, 2008No. 06-0256PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STREIT, Justice.
An off-duty police officer observed Christopher L. Christopher driving while barred. Five weeks later, the officer arrested Christopher for the offense. The officer did not have a warrant. Drugs were found in Christopher’s pockets. The district court denied Christopher’s motion to suppress. Because neither the state nor federal constitution requires a war-rantless arrest be made with reasonable promptness after an offense is committed in the officer’s presence, we affirm.
I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.
James Butler, a Des Moines police officer, was driving home on the evening…
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