Where do I even start!?!? The best council I’ve ever needed or had represent me. Not only did he do an amazing job with the task at hand …. But he both extremely professional, and down to earth at the same time. He treated me like a regular human being, which I can’t say enough […]
While recent changes to Iowa’s gun laws have been trumpeted and described at times as Constitutional Carry, this is simply not the case. A closer look into the newly enacted legislation exposes a number of new traps that could catch the unaware citizen. Under Iowa’s new gun laws, a person is prohibited from CARRYING (having […]
WARNING – These new laws do NOT go into effect until July 1, 2021. Effective July 1, 2021, Iowa’s gun laws will change significantly following Governor Reynold’s approving House File 756, an Act Relating to the Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Providing Penalties. How these new changes will interact with federal requirements is yet […]
Adel, Dallas County, Iowa. GRL Law succeeding in getting a Carrying Weapons Charge reduced to a simple misdemeanor offense titled Manner of Conveyance. This was an important accomplishment as even a conviction for an aggravated misdemeanor offense in Iowa can arguably disqualify and individual from possessing and/or carrying firearms in the future.
The drug defense attorneys at GRL Law have seen their fair share of possession cases arising from police frisks. It usually goes down like this. Following a traffic stop for a minor traffic violation, the officer orders the driver to come back to the patrol car to process a citation. Pro tip: You are seized […]
Poweshiek County, Iowa. Carrying Weapons While Intoxicated and Operating While Intoxicated charges avoided due to misleading information provided to GRL’s client at the time breath testing was requested. GRL’s client had a prior out-of-state offense for operating while intoxicated but Iowa law did not authorize law enforcement to treat the new offense as a second […]
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa- GRL Law attorney Grant Gangestad filed a motion to suppress evidence based upon various violations of the client’s statutory and constitutional rights. After successful depositions and negotiation with the prosecutor, several charges, including possession of controlled substance and assault with a deadly weapon charges, were dismissed. The client received a deferred […]
You may have heard the hold adage that “possession is nine-tenth’s of the law.” Although that proposition may have some merit when attempting to ferret out property disputes, the Iowa Supreme Court recently did not find it persuasive as it relates to committing the crime of carrying a dangerous weapon while intoxicated. In State v. […]
Emmet County, Iowa- All charges, including OWI 2nd offense, Carrying Weapons, Interference with Official Acts, and other misdemeanors, were dismissed after Grant Gangestad successfully argued that the seizure of the client was unconstitutional. The Court agreed, suppressing all evidence from the stop, forcing the State to dismiss the charges. The client maintained his driver’s license […]
OWI charge amended to reckless driving and public intoxication, carrying weapons dismissed
