People v. Kohmescher

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding the officer’s decision to activate his emergency lights and block in the defendant’s parked vehicle exceeded the scope of bona fide community caretaking activity
• finding a seizure where the officer “pulled in behind” the defendant, “blocked him in, and activated his emergency lights”
• espousing a test similar to Wisconsin’s, but in determining whether an officer was engaged in- bona fide community caretaker activity, Iowa considers whether the conduct falls within “(1) the emergency aid doctrine, (2) the automobile impoundment/inventory doctrine, [or] (3
• “[W]e reverse the denial of Kurth’s motion to suppress as well his conviction and sentence and remand for further proceedings.”
• Iowa court holding detention not justified under public servant exception
• discussing an officer’s activation of his patrol car’s emergency lights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).