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Iowa Supreme Court: DNR can patrol Lake Panorama

January 31, 2020—today, the Iowa Supreme Court decided State v. Meyers, holding DNR officers may enforce boating laws on Panorama, Macbride,

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Cedar Rapids DUI Lawyer: what to expect with your 2020 OWI criminal prosecution

You know it well. The lonely chair, next to the desk. On the desk there's a computer looking thing. That's the Datamaster DMT.

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Iowa high court: police did not seize DUI arrestee, interaction "consensual"

The Iowa Supreme Court finds police did not have to constitutionally justify conversation with stopped DUI driver

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High Court: Iowa DOT officers cannot make "citizen's arrest"

State's argument that DOT vehicle enforcement officers could, before amendment to statute, conduct traffic stops and make arrests falls