STATE v. GRIFFIN

No. 03-1321.

691 N.W.2d 734 (2005)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Todd Edward GRIFFIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Patricia A. Reynolds, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Cristen C. Odell-Douglass, Assistant Attorney General, Rosalise Olson, County Attorney, and Jon M. Martin, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Todd Edward Griffin, appeals from his conviction of possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana in violation of Iowa Code section 124.401(5) (2003). He asserts that evidence obtained from the search of a box contained in his motor vehicle should have been suppressed because it was the fruit of a pretextual arrest. Recognizing that such a claim has no merit under federal Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, he asks this court to...

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