State of Iowa v. Christopher D. Brown

ZAGER, Justice.

The defendant appeals from the denial of two separate motions to suppress evidence based on his stepfather’s actions as an off-duty police officer. In each case, the defendant’s stepfather conducted a search and seized ■ firearms and drugs. Defendant’s stepfather is a police officer with the Davenport Police Department. However, each search was conducted while the stepfather was off duty. The defendant alleges the searches are unconstitutional because his stepfather was not acting in a parental capacity, but rather conducted the searches while exercising state action as a law…