{"id":5995,"date":"2011-12-28T12:25:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T05:27:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T05:27:41","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=5995","title":{"rendered":"IA: State material witness statute does not permit continued detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The state material witness statute is different from the federal one, and the purpose is to get the subpoena served, not keep detaining the witness. Also, a witness should not be detained longer than a suspect who is subject to bail. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowacourts.gov\/Supreme_Court\/Recent_Opinions\/20110902\/10-0652.pdf\">In re Marshall<\/a>, 2011 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 67 (September 2, 2011):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The State zealously argues that, as a matter of sound policy, it should have the authority to detain a material witness until the underlying trial is held. Iowa Code section 804.11, however, makes no mention of using detention to secure attendance at trial. It references unavailability for service of a subpoena. While the State offers policy reasons for an expansive interpretation of the statute, we have repeatedly said that \u201c\u2018we are bound by what the legislature said, not by what it should or might have said.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Possession of a lighter by a student with a history of tobacco disciplinary issues at school justified a search, and the drugs found were admissible in a criminal prosecution. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publications.ojd.state.or.us\/A144302.pdf\">In re B. A. H.<\/a>, 245 Ore. App. 203 (2011).*<\/p>\n<p>Because the search was justified on the facts and law, defense counsel could not be ineffective for not challenging it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sconet.state.oh.us\/rod\/docs\/pdf\/8\/2011\/2011-ohio-4406.pdf\">State v. Grimes<\/a>, 2011 Ohio 4406, 2011 Ohio App. LEXIS 3665 (8th Dist. September 1, 2011).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>b2evALnk.b2WPAutP <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=5995\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"pingsdone","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}