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July 23, 2020

Adel, Dallas County, Iowa.  The Iowa Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of GRL Law's client's operating while intoxicated conviction, concluding that the Waukee and West Des Moines police officers entrance into the client's residence was illegal.  At the district court level, the prosecution claimed that the officers were justified in entering the residence without a warrant under the "hot pursuit" doctrine.  However, GRL Law established that the officers were not in immediate pursuit of the client when they entered the house and consequently, that justification was not valid.  On appeal, the prosecution argued that consent was given, justifying...