STATE v. AHART

No. 67487.

324 N.W.2d 317 (1982)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Michael Dennis AHART, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Eller of Nash, Eller, Brink & Claussen, Denison, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Cleland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Valencia J. Voyd, Legal Intern, and Lon Tullar, Sac County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether an officer's warrantless entry by ruse and without cause into a private home provides probable cause for a subsequent warranted search at which incriminating evidence is seized. Michael Ahart contends that evidence seized during the search of his home was obtained illegally and should have been suppressed. Consequently, he argues that his conviction for possession of a controlled substance in violation of Iowa Code...

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