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Phone Calls

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a suspected drunk driver was not entitled to a confidential telephone call with a lawyer before deciding whether to take a blood alcohol test. Statute requires that calls to an attorney are made “in the presence of the person having custody of the one arrested or restrained.”

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a suspected drunken driver was not entitled to a confidential telephone call with a lawyer before deciding whether to take a blood alcohol test. Statute requires that calls to an attorney are made “in the presence of the person having custody of the one arrested or restrained.”

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