State v. Baldon
Annotate this CaseAfter Appellant was granted parole, Appellant and his parole officer signed a parole agreement that contained standard and special terms of parole. One standard condition authorized any parole officer of law enforcement officer to conduct a warrantless, suspicionless search of Appellant and the home, vehicle, and belongings of Appellant. During one such parolee search, a police officer took Appellant's car keys and searched Appellant's car, where the officer discovered a large quantity of marijuana. The State subsequently charged Appellant with drug possession. Appellant moved to suppress the marijuana seized from the search of his vehicle, asserting that the search was unconstitutional because the condition authorizing the search constituted involuntary consent. The district court denied Appellant's motion and found him guilty of the charges. The Supreme Court reversed, concluding that a parole agreement does not satisfy the consent exception to the reasonableness and warrant requirements of the search and seizure clause of the Iowa Constitution. Remanded for a new trial.
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