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· 9/19/1973

Swenumson v. Iowa Department of Public Safety

Citations

  • 210 N.W.2d 660
  • 1973 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1155

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “It is well established that the state and federal constitutional right to counsel does not apply to an [administrative] implied consent proceeding.”
  • “It is well established that the state and federal constitutional right to counsel does not apply to an [administrative] implied consent proceeding.”
  • “It is well established that the state and federal constitutional right to counsel does not apply to an [administrative] implied consent proceeding.”
  • attempt to stall test until attorney is consulted held to be a refusal
  • attempt to stall test until attorney is consulted held to be a refusal
  • “Since the Miranda warning applies to interrogation and the implied consent procedure relates to submission of a bodily substance to chemical testing, the warning does not purport to make the Miranda rights applicable during the implied consent proceeding.”

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Judges: Moore, Mason, Reynoldson, Harris, McCormick

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