STATE v. ARRIETA

No. 21-1133.

998 N.W.2d 617 (2023)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Stephen Andrew ARRIETA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 8, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin Murphy (argued) of Gourley Rehkemper Lindholm, P.L.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Joshua A. Duden (argued) and Thomas E. Bakke , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

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


Officers are allowed to use a drug dog to conduct a "free air sniff" around the outside of a vehicle during a valid traffic stop without any suspicion that the vehicle contains drugs under the premise that the driver has no expectation of privacy in the air outside the vehicle. Even so...

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