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STATE v. COFFMAN

No. 16-1720.

914 N.W.2d 240 (2018)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Terry Lee COFFMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 22, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew T. Lindholm of Gourley, Rehkemper, & Lindholm, P.L.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik and Zachary Miller , Assistant Attorneys General, Jessica Reynolds , County Attorney, and Shean Fletchall , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

This case requires us to decide whether an officer was justified in pulling behind a vehicle and activating his emergency lights when the vehicle was stopped by the side of a highway after 1:00 a.m. with its brake lights engaged. We conclude the officer's actions were justified under the "community caretaking function" exception...

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