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State of Iowa
v.
Victoria Jo Dawdy
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Victoria Jo Dawdy
Attorney for the Appellee
Timothy N. Hau, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Victoria Jo Dawdy, self-represented
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, Timothy T. Jarman, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Badding and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Badding, J. (6 pages)
Following her conviction for operating while intoxicated, Victoria Dawdy appeals the denial of her motion to suppress, claiming the warrant authorizing a blood draw was not supported by probable cause in violation of the federal and state constitutions. OPINION HOLDS: The totality of the facts in the warrant application would allow a person of reasonable prudence to believe that Dawdy was operating while intoxicated. The issuing magistrate therefore had a substantial basis to conclude probable cause existed. We accordingly affirm the district court’s denial of Dawdy’s motion to suppress.
