STUPID SEARCH CASE OF THE WEEK-WHAT'S GOING ON IN IOWA?
A stop of three men in a pickup truck for a seat violation at 2 a.m., without more, is not cause for a patdown of anybody. When defendant, however, resisted his patdown (not just objecting to it), the officer had cause for a patdown.
Note: Say what? So, the police officer who conducted the stop has no legal basis to pat down. But, when the police officer attempts unlawfully to pat down, and the defendant resists this unawful pat down, the defendant's act of resisting the unlawful patdown suddenly makes the unlawful patdown okay, okay?
Say what? I'm just confused. This is just dumb and, clearly, Iowa law enforcement will just keep on keeping on with its unlawful acts hoping that the target's acts will legalize their illegal behavior. Say what?
State v. Anderson, 2007 Iowa App. LEXIS 1312 (December 12, 2007).
