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State of Iowa
v.
Shawn Thomas Bean
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Shawn Thomas Bean
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas E. Bakke, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Jonathan M. Causey
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Paul D. Scott, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Doyle and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Schumacher, J. (11 pages)
Shawn Thomas Bean appeals from convictions for drug-related offenses, arguing the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence from a vehicle search. OPINION HOLDS: The evidence was properly admissible, and therefore the denial of the motion to suppress was not in error. The evidence was admissible under the plain-view exception. We need not consider whether the consensual encounter transformed into a seizure at some point, as the evidence providing probable cause for Bean’s arrest was discovered due to the arresting officer’s exploration of an area in which Bean had no reasonable expectation of privacy.
