Legal Opinion
State v. Ceron
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 24, 1997No. 97-171PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVORATO, Justice.
A jury convicted Carlos David Cerón of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and failure to affix a drug tax stamp. See 1996 Iowa Acts eh. 1164, § 2 (codified at Iowa Code § 124.401(1X6 )(7) (1997)); Iowa Code §§ 453B.3, 453B.12 (1995). Police found the methamphetamine during a search incident to a warrantless arrest for violation of a city ordinance prohibiting possession of drug paraphernalia. Cerón contends the officers had no authority to make a warrantless arrest for violation of an ordinance. Because trial counsel did not raise this…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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- United States v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by32 opinions
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