STATE v. KERN

No. 11-1208.

831 N.W.2d 149 (2013)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Christine Ann KERN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher R. Kemp of Kemp Sease & Dyer, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Richard J. Bennett Sr. and Kevin R. Cmelik , Assistant Attorneys General, John P. Sarcone , County Attorney, and Joseph D. Crisp and Andrea M. Petrovich , Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.


CADY, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we primarily consider the constitutionality of a search of the home of a parolee that uncovered evidence used to prosecute and convict the parolee of numerous drug offenses. In doing so, we must determine if the search was justified by the doctrines of consent, special needs, exigent circumstances, community caretaking, or a general balancing of the governmental interests served by the search against the privacy interest of the...

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