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STATE v. BENTLER

No. 07-1187.

759 N.W.2d 802 (2008)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shawn Michael BENTLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

October 29, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Theresa R. Wilson, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Bridget A. Chambers, Assistant Attorney General, H. Craig Miller, County Attorney, and Scott Brown, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Heard by VOGEL, P.J., and MAHAN and MILLER, JJ.

MAHAN, J.

The trial court, sitting without a jury, convicted Shawn Bentler of five counts of first-degree murder. Bentler appeals, contending his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure was violated when the district court allowed into evidence a pair of socks transferred to Iowa law enforcement after those socks had been seized by Illinois law enforcement pursuant to a lawful custodial arrest. We affirm.

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