STATE v. BARAKI

No. 21-1115.

981 N.W.2d 693 (2022)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Fethe Feshaye BARAKI, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed November 10, 2022.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Zachary Miller (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Martha J. Lucey , State Appellate Defender, and Vidhya K. Reddy (argued), Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellee.

Mansfield, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.


I. Introduction.

Before a suspected drunk driver is asked to submit to a chemical breath test, Iowa law requires that they "shall be advised by a peace officer" of certain legal consequences. Iowa Code § 321J.8 (2021). In this case, a native speaker of Tigrinya, a language commonly spoken in Eritrea and parts of...

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