Supreme Court of Iowa· 10/8/2003

State v. Maddox

Citations

670 N.W.2d 168
2003 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 195
2003 WL 22300139

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holding probable cause existed that evidence of criminal activity was in the defendant’s truck, such that the automobile exception applied to the police’s search, due to the defendant’s evasive statements to law enforcement
applying the automobile exception to uphold a warrantless search under the Federal and Iowa Constitutions because of a vehicle’s “inherent mobility”
applying the automobile exception to uphold a warrantless search under the Federal and Iowa Constitutions because of a vehicle’s “inherent mobility”
applying the automobile exception to uphold a warrantless search under the Federal and Iowa Constitutions because of a vehicle’s “inherent mobility”
“Even if police lack a valid warrant, they may search a vehicle if they have probable cause to believe a crime, or evidence thereof, may be found within it.”
“[M]ere refusal to consent to a search does not establish probable cause.”

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Judges: Streit

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