State of Iowa v. Amadeus Demetrius Mcclain

Summary

The court held that it had jurisdiction to review McClain’s suppression ruling under the interest-of-justice requirement for conditional guilty pleas, despite his raising some new arguments on appeal. It declined to consider his challenge to the trooper’s marijuana-identification qualifications because that issue was not preserved. The court reaffirmed the automobile exception to the warrant requirement, concluding that electronic warrants had not eliminated the exception’s mobility, privacy, and officer-safety justifications, and affirmed the denial of suppression.