STATE v. MOOREHEAD

No. 03-1904.

699 N.W.2d 667 (2005)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Joshua Paul MOOREHEAD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Lander of Brown, Kinsey, Funkhouser & Lander, P.L.C., Mason City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Richard J. Bennett, Assistant Attorney General, Paul L. Martin, County Attorney, and William Hoekstra, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


STREIT, Justice.

Mother knows best. While detained in the back of a patrol car on suspicion of drunk driving, a young man asked the police if he could talk to his mother about his predicament. He now asks us to overturn his conviction because the police did not comply with his request. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I. Facts

In the wee hours of April 20, 2003, a Cerro Gordo County deputy sheriff clocked a car speeding on a highway...

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