In many of the states are found constitutional provisions similar to those of the fifth amendment to the federal constitution, which, of course, has no application to proceedings in state courts (Spies v. Illinois,
Notwithstanding the fact already suggested that the cases heretofore cited refer to a form of constitutional provision not found in our own bill of rights, we are convinced that the principle itself is too fundamental to have been purposely omitted from the charter of-liberties of the people of Iowa, and that, had there been no such specific provison anywhere, the same result would have been reached under the general guaranty of due process of law. If such a guaranty is not thus to be implied, then we have in this state the anomalous situation that by legislative provision the inquisitorial proceedings, so generally.
We have, however, in our state constitution an express guaranty against any proceeding under the guise of law such as that resorted to by the officers in this case for the purpose of securing criminating evidence from the person of the defendant. It is provided by article 1, section 8, that “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable seizures and searches, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue b.ut on probable cause, - supported by oath or affirmation, p irticularly describing the place to be searched, and persons and things to be seized.” This guaranty, which is in substantially the same terms found in the constitution of the United States (irticle 4 of amendments) and in the constitutions of many, if nSt all, of the other stales, has also received a broad and liberal interpretation for the purptose of preserving the spirit of constitutional liberty. In Boyd v. U. S.,
Wmle it is with reluctance that we reverse a criminal case where the evidence is sufficient to go to the jury on the question of guilt, yet the fundamental rules of procedure adopted for the protection of the innocent must be applied not only in cases were it appears that an innocent man has been convicted, but in all cases, regard ess of our views as to defendant’s guilt. We are compelled to say in this case that, in view of the errors committed, a new trial must be granted. — Reversed.
