Douglas Evander St. Cyr
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Douglas Evander St. Cyr
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorneys for the Appellant
Matthew R. Metzgar (until withdraw)
Priscilla Forsyth
Attorney for the Appellee
Zachary Miller, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, Steven J. Andreasen, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Tabor and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. Partial Dissent by Tabor, J. (23 pages)
The defendant challenges his convictions after a bench trial on the grounds that his motion to suppress should have been granted and there was insufficient evidence to support several of the convictions. OPINION HOLDS: We find the motion to suppress was properly denied because the traffic stop was lawful. Further, we find substantial evidence to support the challenged convictions and substantial evidence to support the finding that defendant’s affirmative defenses are inapplicable. PARTIAL DISSENT ASSERTS: I respectfully dissent from the majority’s ruling on the motion to suppress. Assuming the stop for failure to have permanent license plates was a reasonable mistake of fact, the officer’s failure to check the back window for proof of temporary registration unreasonably extended the detention.
