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Supreme Court of Iowa· 10/21/1992

State v. Harris

Citations

  • 490 N.W.2d 561
  • 1992 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 374
  • 1992 WL 296127

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  • holding that probable cause requires “reasonable ground[s] for belief’ that the person to be arrested has committed a crime
  • stating that the odor of alcohol on the defendant’s breath and bloodshot, watery eyes is sufficient to support a finding of probable cause in a drunk driving context (citing State v. Harlan, 301 N.W.2d 717, 720 (Iowa 1981))
  • noting “the public intoxication statute, contained within a chapter entitled the ‘Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,’ makes no reference to intoxication by any other controlled substances”
  • noting “the public intoxication statute, contained within a chapter entitled the ‘Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,’ makes no reference to intoxication by any other controlled substances”
  • “All of the evidence available to the arresting officer may be considered, regardless of whether or not each component would support a finding of probable cause by itself.”
  • “The officer described the physical symptoms that signaled [the defendant’s] intoxication by alcohol: the smell of alcohol on his breath and his bloodshot, watery eyes. We have found such evidence (combined with proof of driving

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Larson, Layorato, McGIVERIN, Neuman, Snell

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