There are dumbfûcks on here that 1. Do not know how to click and open a link 2. Are afraid to open a link because of potential virus/malware
The conspiracy paranoia is strong on this mofo
I’ll copy and paste. (That’s also kryptonite for some too)
————————————- A three-judge panel of the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the state’s law banning open containers of alcohol in vehicles on “a public street or highway” doesn’t apply to privately owned parking lots or driveways.
That includes private spaces that are typically open to the public, including a fast-food restaurant’s drive-thru lane, according to the ruling.
The ruling in the case, State v. Brown, arose out of the Aug. 10, 2013, arrest of Lacey Rose Brown, 24, for marijuana possession.
Three Des Moines police officers searched a vehicle Brown was in without a warrant after spotting an open Mike’s Hard Lemonade container in the center console, said Sgt. Paul Parizek, a police spokesman. The car was parked in a downtown lot near the Court Avenue entertainment district.
The officers found a half-smoked marijuana blunt under Brown’s seat. A defense lawyer tried to get the evidence thrown out of court, arguing that having the alcoholic beverage in the vehicle didn’t violate Iowa law.
A judge ruled against the motion to suppress, and Brown was convicted.
But Iowa’s open-container law applies only to streets or highways “open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic,” Chief Judge David Danilson wrote in the Wednesday ruling.
Motorists have no right to use a private lot, even if they have the implied permission of the owner, he wrote.
“The statute prohibiting open containers was inapplicable to Brown, and the officers did not have probable cause to search the vehicle,” Danilson wrote. “Without probable cause ... the officers’ warrantless search was unreasonable.”
