Robert Rehkemper, Author at GRL Law

3 Separate OWI Cases – 3 OWI Charges Avoided – 3 Driver’s Privileges Spared

Waukee, West Des Moines, and Iowa City. Three separate clients were charged with operating while intoxicated offenses. In all three cases, GRL saved each client’s driving privileges by prevailing at the Iowa Department of Transportation administrative hearing. In all three cases, the operating while intoxicated criminal accusations were also amended down to simple misdemeanor offenses. They all happened at different times in different cities but they all ended up being resolved the same week. Where others may take the easy route of least resistance, GRL stands firm on our clients’ behalves, ensuring that the best possible outcome is obtained for […]

Changes in Iowa Law – Effective July 1, 2022

It has become a tradition at GRL to highlight the Legislature’s activity over the past year that impacts GRL’s areas of legal practice. Here are the top 5 changes in Iowa laws that GRL believes the Iowa public should be aware of in 2022: Taking out the Trash. As we have repeatedly posted, the Iowa Legislature wants Iowan’s trash to be open season. Not just by law enforcement but by anyone. Senate File 2296, signed into law by the Governor states in part: “It is the public policy of this state that a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy in […]

Jury Finds GRL’s Client NOT GUILTY of Sexual Abuse

Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa. GRL’s client was found NOT GUILTY by a Davis County jury after a long, 2-year fight against sexual abuse allegations. GRL’s client consistently maintained his innocence from the day the accusation was made, all the way through trial. He passed up a plea offer that would have included probation, insisting on the fact that he was innocent of the accusations. With everything on the line the case was presented to a Davis County Jury over a span of 5-days. After approximately two hours of deliberations the jury unanimously found GRL’s client NOT GUILTY of all charges. […]

Amazing Service

Bobby and his team were AMAZING!! They were professional, knowledgeable, timely, thorough, communicated frequently and super easy to work with! They even helped get the appropriate paperwork where it needed to go to help alleviate stress levels. I would recommend them 150%!!! 5.0 stars Posted by anonymousMay 25, 2022

Vehicular Homicide DISMISSED Halfway Through Jury Trial

Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. Vehicular Homicide charge against GRL’s client was dismissed by the court because the prosecution failed to present enough evidence for the case to continue any further forward at trial. GRL’s client was charged with Vehicular Homicide under Iowa’s texting and driving law after he was involved in a tragic accident with a bicyclist on a county highway that resulted in the bicyclist’s death. GRL’s client stayed on the scene, called 911, attempted to assist the bicyclists and cooperated fully with law enforcement. When law enforcement arrived he explained that he did not see the cyclists […]

Routine Random Stop of Commercial Vehicle Deemed Unconstitutional

Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. GRL Law has long argued that Department of Transportation Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Officers cannot legally stop commercial drivers without reasonable suspicion of a law violation. It has long been the practice of Iowa law enforcement officers to randomly stop commercial vehicles to weigh them or check compliance with regulations. Back in 2016 in a blog titled A case for Truck Drivers and the Fourth Amendment, we set out our contention that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires either law enforcement to have a stationary checkpoint or a reasonable suspicion of a […]

A Blatant Violation – The Right to a Personal Consultation with a Family Member

We cannot make this stuff up. Some things you just have to see to believe. This case was the most blatant violation of an arrested person’s right to consult and see a family member we have seen in a very long time. Iowa law provides that a person who has been arrested has the right to call, consult AND see an attorney, family member, OR BOTH upon their arrival at the place of detention, i.e., the jail. Law enforcement is nor required to tell the person of this right but if a request is made, law enforcement actually commits a […]

If you pick another attorney, you’ve made a mistake!

A little over a year ago i was arrested for OWI 1st offence. I’ve never been arrested before and was pretty worked up about the whole situation, not knowing how all of this worked. I called multiple attorneys before speaking with Robert and his team. The others I spoke with treated me as a criminal and like another case they didn’t have time for. You won’t get that with Robert and Mckayla, they are willing to go the extra mile to help you any way they can! As soon as you walk into his office you are treated with kindness […]

Crossing Fog Line Is NOT Reason to Believe Driver is Drunk

Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. The Iowa Supreme Court confirmed what the Iowa Supreme Court said back in 2004, a single, isolated incident of a driver crossing over the fog line (solid white line on edge of road) does not create a sufficient reasonable suspicion that the driver is intoxicated. The facts in the case were captured by way of the Cass County Deputy’s squad car camera and showed that the defendant’s vehicle crossed over the fog line just once as it met the Deputy’s vehicle on a curve. The Deputy turned around and followed the vehicle and did not observe […]

Double Violations Results in Dismissal

Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa. OWI 2nd Offense arising out of an accident, dismissed outright after court granted defendant’s motion to suppress evidence. GRL dug into the case and determined that the preliminary breath test calibration logs did not comply with Iowa’s requirements. Additionally, a close review of the video recordings from the police station proved that a separate legal violation occurred by the officer when he refused GRL’s client’s request to call his father prior to making a decision to submit to a breath test at the station. With the test excluded from evidence the prosecution dismissed the charges and […]

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