STATE v. BOOTH

No. 02-1315.

670 N.W.2d 209 (2003)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Jennifer Lynn BOOTH, Appellee. City of Iowa City, Appellant, v. Jennifer Lynn Booth, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Cristen C. Odell, Assistant Attorney General, Janet Lyness, Assistant County Attorney, and Susan Dulek, Assistant City Attorney, for appellants.

Chad W. Thomas, Iowa City, and Jill Novak, Student Legal Intern, Iowa City, for appellee.


CADY, Justice.

In this appeal, we must determine whether the front steps and common hallway of an apartment house are public places. The appellee was charged with two alcohol-related offenses premised on her being in a public place at the time the offenses were committed. She was subsequently found guilty of both charges by a judicial magistrate, but her convictions were overturned by the district court, which concluded the front steps and hallway of the house were...

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