State v. Smith

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal turns on the admissibility of physical evidence obtained by search. We make our own evaluation of the validity of the search by examining all the circumstances shown in evidence. State v. Thomas, 205 N.W.2d 717 (Iowa). We have studied the trial proceedings and the transcript of a pretrial hearing which was held. Defendant endeavored'to impeach the testimony of the officers involved, but after considering the evidence we arrive at the same conclusion reached by the trial court.

Prior to the present events, a number of burglaries occurred in the vicinity of…