Supreme Court of Iowa· 1/14/1981

State v. Thornton

Citations

300 N.W.2d 94
1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 854

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holding that even though a warrant for the defendant’s arrest was invalid, the arrest itself was still valid because the officer had probable cause for the arrest
holding arrest valid even though arrest warrant was invalid because there was probable cause for warrantless arrest
stating “an illegal arrest will generally require suppression of any evidence seized pursuant to the arrest”
stating “an illegal arrest will generally require suppression of any evidence seized pursuant to the arrest”

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Judges: Uhlenhopp, Harris, McCormick, Larson, Schultz

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