THE IOWA SUPREME COURT IS CONSIDERING A SIOUX CITY CASE INVOLVING THE RIGHT TO TALK TO A LAWYER WHEN YOU ARE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
THE CASE INVOLVES FARON STARR WHO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 AFTER A STABBING AND THE ALLEGED THEFT OF GUNS IN A SEPARATE BREAK IN.
THE DISTRICT COURT RULED HIS CONFESSION WAS INADMISSIBLE AFTER POLICE REFUSED TO LET HIM MAKE A CALL DURING QUESTIONING.
DURING ORAL ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT MONDAY EVENING, PROSECUTOR THOMAS OGDEN TOLD THE JUSTICES OFFICERS DIDN’T ALLOW STARR’S CALL AS THE GUNS WERE MISSING.
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HE SAYS THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR SUCH INSTANCES. CHIEF JUSTICE SUSAN CHRISTENSEN ASKED HOW THIS CASE WAS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CASES.
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OGDEN SAYS THEY DIDN’T KNOW IF THE GUNS WERE LEFT WHERE A CHILD OR SOMEONE ELSE COULD GET THEM. STARR’S ATTORNEY LUCAS TAYLOR SAYS HIS CLIENT’S RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED.
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TAYLOR SAYS IT WAS SIX HOURS BEFORE STARR WAS APPREHENDED.
HE SAYS THERE IS A VERY NARROW PUBLIC SAFETY EXCEPTION, AND CITED AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE EXCEPTION MIGHT BE USED.
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STARR PLED NOT GUILTY AND THE CASE IS PENDING THE RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT.
THE JUSTICES WILL CONSIDER THE ORAL ARGUMENTS AND MAKE A RULING AT A LATER DAY.
WHATEVER THE COURT DECIDES, STARR REMAINS IN CUSTODY IN THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL ON AN UNRELATED CASE.
HE’S BEING HELD ON A FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE AND A ONE-POINT-ONE MILLION DOLLAR BOND, CHARGED IN THE DECEMBER 2023 SHOOTING DEATH OF 31-YEAR-OLD NATHANIEL PARKER.
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