Supreme Court of Iowa· 9/6/2001

State v. Legg

Citations

633 N.W.2d 763
2001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 165
2001 WL 1035929

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noting that the distinction in Welsh is based on the penalty that attaches to the offense
holding an officer who had probable cause to arrest defendant for a serious misdemeanor committed in a public place could enter defendant’s garage to complete the arrest
noting that we do not “reward[] the evasion of lawful police authority by allowing suspects who make it to [a protected place] steps ahead of law enforcement officers to claim sanctuary”
finding exigent circumstances where officers were in hot pursuit of an intoxicated defendant who retreated to her garage
upholding arrest of suspect in garage for driving while under the influence partly on ground that \intrusion\ into house was \relatively minimal.\
finding the defendant interfered with the officer’s “lawful performance of his duty to issue her a ticket” for a traffic offense

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Judges: Ternus, Larson, Snell, Streit

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