State v. Nelson

NEUMAN, Justice.

Defendant, Chad Nelson, was one of over 220 persons cited for motor vehicle crimes in connection with a roadblock set up in Council Bluffs in August 1997. Nelson was eventually convicted of operating while intoxicated, first offense. See Iowa Code § 321J.2 (1997). He argued in the trial court, and now urges on appeal, that the roadblock violated statutory and constitutional norms governing such police activity. He also claims the trial court’s four-month delay in ruling on his motion to suppress violated the ninety-day speedy-trial deadline prescribed by Iowa Rule of Criminal…