Rita Bettis Austen of ACLU of Iowa Foundation Inc., Des Moines, for amicus curiae ACLU of Iowa Foundation, Inc.
Jennifer Lynch of Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation.
May, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Waterman, Mansfield, and McDonald, JJ., joined. McDonald, J., filed a concurring opinion. Oxley, J., filed a dissenting opinion. McDermott, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Oxley, J., joined except as to part I.B.
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Someone murdered Michelle Martinko on the night of December 19, 1979. Cedar Rapids police found Martinko's body in her car. Police collected what evidence they could, including her bloodstained dress. But police could not find Martinko's killer.
Decades passed. Technology developed. Police used advances in DNA technology and...
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