State v. Longo

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Michael Longo, appeals from conviction by jury trial of the offenses of possession of marijuana and possession of methamphetamine, both in violation of Iowa Code section 124.401(5) (1997), and from the sentences imposed for those offenses. He contends that the district court erred in not suppressing evidence obtained when law enforcement officers searched the trunk of the motor vehicle he had been operating after stopping him for a traffic violation. He also contends that the court considered improper factors in imposing sentence. After reviewing the record and…