STATE v. HOFMANN

No. 94-1154.

537 N.W.2d 767 (1995)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Josef HOFMANN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Sarah E. Hennesy, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Thomas S. Tauber, Assistant Attorney General, Denver D. Dillard, County Attorney, and Harold L. Denton, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, LAVORATO, and SNELL, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

This case involves the seizure of evidence from a hotel room occupied by the defendant, Josef Hofmann. The search was conducted by law enforcement officers during their execution of arrest warrants for the defendant. The defendant argues that the arrest was merely a pretext for a search for which the officers had neither a warrant nor probable cause. The district court rejected this argument and so do we.

Kent Choate, a member of a Cedar Rapids...

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