State of Iowa
v.
Ryan Scott Pearson
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Ryan Scott Pearson
Attorney for the Appellee
Joshua Henry, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Melinda J. Nye, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Cheryl Traum, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Greer, P.J., and Buller and Langholz, JJ. Opinion by Langholz, J. (7 pages)
Ryan Pearson appeals his convictions after a conditional guilty plea, challenging the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress. Pearson argues that he was unconstitutionally seized when an officer blocked in his vehicle early one morning after discovering Pearson passed out behind the wheel of his unlocked idling truck, with a handgun on the passenger seat, parked in a casino parking garage. OPINION HOLDS: We agree with the district court that the warrantless seizure was constitutional under the community-caretaking exception.
