State of Iowa v. Yale Stevens

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 20–1393 Submitted December 15, 2021—Filed February 18, 2022 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. YALE STEVENS, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, John C. Nelson, Judge. A defendant appeals his conviction for possession of methamphetamine on the basis that officers lacked probable cause to search his person after a drug dog alerted on the vehicle in which he had been a passenger. REVERSED AND REMANDED. Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined. Martha J. Lucey, State Appellate Defender, Melinda J. Nye…