State v. Ransom

JOHNSON, Judge.

Plaintiff, State of Iowa, brings this interlocutory appeal for review of trial court’s order suppressing evidence of certain blood test results in a prosecution for involuntary manslaughter arising out of defendant, James John Ransom’s, operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The State asserts that the requirements of chapter 321B, The Code 1979, which constituted the basis of trial court’s order, do not apply when a defendant is not arrested or charged with OMVUI. We reverse and remand to trial court.

On November 21, 1979, an automobile driven by…