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Iowa Legal Update Lesson Summaries

2024 Lesson 8: Caselaw Update

Legal

Release Date:

8/1/2024

This lesson provides guidance for law enforcement officers on the following topics:

  • What evidence is sufficient to show a defendant possessed a firearm as a felon?

  • What evidence is sufficient to show a defendant used a juvenile to commit an indictable offense?

  • When is information provided by a confidential informant sufficient to show probable cause to support a search warrant?

  • What facts support the existence of reasonable suspicion to permit an investigatory stop of an individual?

  • When do officers violate a speaker’s First Amendment rights?

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