STATE v. BAULER

No. 22-1232.

8 N.W.3d 892 (2024)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Kyra Rose BAULER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 28, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha J. Lucey, State Appellate Defender, and Melinda J. Nye (argued), Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

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

Mansfield, J., announced the judgment of the court and delivered an opinion, in which Christensen, C.J., and Waterman, J., joined. McDonald, J., filed a special concurrence in which May, J., joined, and Oxley, J., joined as to parts I-II but not the judgment. Oxley, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which McDermott, J., joined as to parts II-VI. McDermott, J., filed a dissenting opinion.


I. Introduction.

We are called upon to decide whether the United States or the Iowa Constitution was violated when a K-9 handler and his trained canine momentarily made contact with the exterior of a vehicle while performing an open-air dog sniff. We conclude that ruff justice is inevitably going

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