State v. Dawdy

LAVORATO, Justice.

The defendant, Eugene Luverne Dawdy, appeals from his conviction for failure to affix drug tax stamps. He was convicted of possessing seven or more grams of a taxable substance without affixing the appropriate stamps. See Iowa Code § 421A.12 (1991). On appeal, Dawdy challenges the district court’s ruling denying his motion to suppress contraband evidence officers seized after his car was stopped. Dawdy claims the officer who stopped his car had no reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal activity justifying the stop. In the alternative, Dawdy asserts that even if the…