STATE v. MUMFORD

No. 23-1075.

14 N.W.3d 346 (2024)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Ashlee Marie MUMFORD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 6, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin C. Murphy of Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, P.L.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

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

McDonald, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Waterman, Mansfield, and May, JJ., joined. Oxley, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which McDermott, J., joined. McDermott, J., filed a dissenting opinion.


A police officer initiated a traffic stop of motorist Ashlee Mumford after the police officer was unable to read two of the numbers on the vehicle's dirt-and-grime-covered license plate. During the traffic stop, a second officer used a drug detection dog to conduct a sniff around the exterior of the stopped vehicle. In the course...

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