State of Iowa v. Alan Lee Watts, Jr.

MANSFIELD, Justice.

Alan Lee Watts, Jr. appeals his drug-related convictions, contending the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained from searching his apartment. Although we find the initial warrantless sweep of Watts’ apartment was unlawful due to a lack of exigent circumstances, we nonetheless affirm his convictions. The officers later procured a warrant to conduct a full search of the apartment, the evidence in question was located during that search, and the State has demonstrated that the warrant would have been sought and granted even without the…