State Of Iowa Vs. James Maximiliano Ochoa

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we are called upon to determine the extent to which persons on parole are entitled to constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures under the Iowa Constitution. Here, a police officer conducted a warrantless, suspicionless search of a parolee’s motel room. The police officer conducting the search believed that standard “search condition” language in Iowa parole agreements authorized law enforcement officials to search the residence of a parolee at any time and for any reason. After the war-rantless, suspicionless search produced drugs and…