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Vehicular Homicide DISMISSED Halfway Through Jury Trial

April 28, 2022

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...

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Routine Random Stop of Commercial Vehicle Deemed Unconstitutional

April 22, 2022

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...

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

April 20, 2022

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...

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