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STATE v. PETERSON

No. 93-1067.

515 N.W.2d 23 (1994)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Antonio Roman PETERSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Bridget Chambers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas J. Ferguson, County Atty., and Kimberly Griffith, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Patricia Cone-Fisher and B. John Burns, Asst. Appellate Defenders, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

The district court, in a prosecution for drug offenses under Iowa Code sections 204.401(1)(c) and 421A.12 (1993), suppressed cocaine seized from the mouth and stomach of the defendant. We granted the State's application for discretionary review and now reverse and remand.

When the defendant, Antonio Peterson, stopped his car in a Waterloo parking lot, two police officers approached to confront him about a broken taillight. When asked for his...

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