Alex Wayne Westra v. Iowa Department of Transportation

MANSFIELD, Justice.

*756This case began when a driver tried to reverse course. But it presents the question whether our court should reverse course. Specifically, should we overrule precedent and apply the exclusionary rule to driver's license revocation proceedings when an Iowa statute dictates otherwise?

In Westendorf v. Iowa Department of Transportation , 400 N.W.2d 553, 557 (Iowa 1987), superseded by statute as recognized by Brownsberger v. Department of Transportation , 460 N.W.2d 449, 450-51 (Iowa 1990), we declined to apply the exclusionary rule so long as the enumerated statutory conditions…