State of Iowa
v.
Nicholas Dean Wright
Defendant appealed from the judgment and sentence entered on his convictions of possession of marijuana and possession of Vyvanse. See Iowa Code § 124.401(5) (2019). Defendant contended the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless search of his garbage containers set out for trash collection. The court of appeals affirmed. Defendant seeks further review.
Resister
State of Iowa
Applicant
Nicholas Dean Wright
Attorney for the Resister
Linda J. Hines
Attorney for the Applicant
Colin Murphy
Supreme Court
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15-15-5
Sep 17, 2020 9:00 AM
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Cerro Gordo County, Adam Sauer, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (10 pages)
Nicholas Wright appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained from warrantless “trash rips.” OPINION HOLDS: Because the law enforcement officer did not intrude upon a constitutionally-protected interest and Wright had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of the garbage containers left out for collection, we affirm the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress.