State v. Coleman
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with driving while barred. Defendant filed a motion to suppress, which the district court denied. Defendant was subsequently convicted. Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to suppress, arguing that a law enforcement officer, after making a valid traffic stop supported by reasonable suspicion that an offense might be being committed, must terminate the stop when the underlying reason for the stop is no longer present. The Supreme Court agreed with Defendant and reversed, holding (1) when the reason for a traffic stop is resolved and there is no other basis for reasonable suspicion, Iowa Const. art. I, 8 requires that the stop must end; and (2) consequently, the law enforcement officer that stopped Defendant in this case violated Defendant’s rights under the Iowa Constitution.
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