State of Iowa
v.
Edna Jean Wilson
Edna Wilson seeks further review of the court of appeals opinion affirming her convictions for interference with official acts and possession of cocaine. Iowa Code §§719.1, 124.401(5). The court of appeals concluded the new-crime exception applied to this case because even assuming the fourth amendment was violated when the officers entered Wilson’s home and arrested her, when Wilson resisted arrest she created probable cause that she was committing a new crime. Thus, the officers were provided with lawful grounds to arrest Wilson inside her apartment, and her motion to suppress evidence was properly denied.
Resister
State of Iowa
Applicant
Edna Jean Wilson
Attorney for the Resister
Richard Bennett
Attorney for the Applicant
Theresa R. Wilson
Supreme Court
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Non-Oral
Oct 20, 2021 1:30 PM
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Story County, Steven P. Van Marel, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Mullins, P.J., and May and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by May, J. (10 pages)
Edna Wilson appeals following her convictions for interference with official acts and possession of cocaine, second offense. She claims the district court erred in denying her motion to suppress after the police illegally entered her home. OPINION HOLDS: Assuming without deciding police violated the Fourth Amendment by entering Wilson’s home and arresting her, she committed a new crime when she resisted arrest. Therefore, the exclusionary rule does not apply.