Supreme Court of Iowa May 31, 2001, 99-2034 (State v. Christianson)

LARSON, Justice.

Pamela Christianson has appealed her conviction and sentence for involuntary manslaughter under Iowa Code section 707.5(1) (1997). The issue raised is one of first impression: whether the results of a blood alcohol test are admissible, under the doctrine of inevitable discovery, despite a lack of reasonable grounds to believe the defendant was intoxicated at the time a sample of