State Of Iowa Vs. Scott Allen Hicks

BAKER, Justice.

Appellant seeks further review of court of appeals’ decision to affirm the district court’s denial of appellant’s motion to suppress. The appellant sought to suppress evidence allegedly derived from an unconstitutional stop and evidence purportedly obtained after law enforcement denied appellant his right to call a family member as guaranteed by Iowa Code section 804.20 (2007). We find the district court correctly determined the detaining officer’s stop of the petitioner to have been permissible, but the district court erred in holding that the appellant was afforded his…