State v. Campbell

TERNUS, Justice.

The defendant, Carissa Campbell, was charged with underage possession of alcohol after police officers found her drinking beer in an apartment with several other individuals. See Iowa Code § 123.47(2) (1999). The district court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss, holding that she was exempt from the prohibitions of the statute because she was an adult. We granted the State’s application for discretionary review, and now reverse and remand for reinstatement of the charge.

Iowa Code section 123.47(2) provides that “[a] person or persons under legal age shall not ...…