State of Iowa v. Jackie Dean Knight

How courts have described this case

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• concluding aroma of alcohol was sufficient to justify an investigative detention
• noting the State is not required to provide absolute certainty that evidence is not tampered with or substituted
• finding reasonable officer making contact with driver, although officer observed temporary tag after initiating traffic stop but before making contact, because the tag could not be read under the circumstances
• rejecting defendant’s position that deputy “acted unreasonably in going to the driver’s 2 Coleman does not discuss Jackson in his briefing. 6 window to explain his mistake and ask for Knight’s license”
• stating “a mistake of fact may justify a traffic stop.”
• bloodshot eyes, odor of alcohol, and admission of drinking

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