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· 10/11/2023

State of Iowa v. Sean Patrick Huffman

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  • holding that where police have probable cause to arrest suspect and perform warrantless in-home arrest, suspect’s subsequent out-of-home statement not precluded by exclusionary rule
  • holding that to be suppressible, evidence complained of must have resulted from exploitation of illegal action of government
  • recognizing that “it ha[s] long been settled that a warrantless arrest in a public place was permissible as long as the arresting officer had probable cause ... ”
  • holding that Fourth Amendment does not “grant criminal suspects . . . protection for statements made outside their premises where the police have probable cause to arrest the suspect for committing a crime”
  • explaining that “the rule in Payton was designed to protect the physical integrity of the home”
  • noting that officers read defendant his Miranda rights upon entering his apartment and again after taking him to station house

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