{"id":1503,"date":"2018-01-25T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2018-01-25T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:00:08","slug":"judge-dismisses-constitutional-challenge-iowa-law-famous-bachelor-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/judge-dismisses-constitutional-challenge-iowa-law-famous-bachelor-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge dismisses constitutional challenge to Iowa Law in famous &#8220;Bachelor&#8221; case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A judge in Iowa recently dismissed &#8220;Bachelor&#8221; Chris Soules constitutional challenge to an Iowa law, which requires any surviving driver involved in a fatal accident to remain at the scene until law enforcement arrives. Soules&#8217; argument comes as he is trying to avoid prison, after fatally rear-ending a neighbors tractor; Soules was ultimately charged with leaving the scene of a fatal car crash, a class D felony charge, for his role in the April accident that resulted in the death of his neighbor.\u00a0If convicted of the crime, Soules could face up to 5 years in an Iowa State prison.<\/p>\n<p>The law in which Soules is seeking to challenge states specifically that &#8220;a surviving drier shall promptly report the accident . .\u00a0. and should immediately return to the scene of the fatal accident or inform law enforcement where he or she can be located following the accident&#8221;. Prosecutors in the case are making their arguments clear that Soules completed neither of the above-mentioned requirements. He left the scene following the accident and did not attempt to make his whereabouts known to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Soules attorneys worked to highlight many of the steps Soules took following the incident to help his neighbor; he called 911 following the accident and identified himself as being involved in the accident, administered\u00a0CPR to the suffering victim, and remained at the scene until the ambulance arrived. The major issue surrounding the case is that Soules was driven home before law enforcement arrived.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/judge-dismisses-constitutional-challenge-iowa-law-famous-bachelor-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Judge dismisses constitutional challenge to Iowa Law in famous &#8220;Bachelor&#8221; case\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge in Iowa recently dismissed &#8220;Bachelor&#8221; Chris Soules constitutional challenge to an Iowa law, which requires any surviving driver involved in a fatal accident to remain at the scene until law enforcement arrives. Soules&#8217; argument comes as he is trying to avoid prison, after fatally rear-ending a neighbors tractor; Soules was ultimately charged with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motor-vehicle-offenses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Judge dismisses constitutional challenge to Iowa Law in famous &quot;Bachelor&quot; case &#8212; Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; January 25, 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A judge in Iowa recently dismissed &quot;Bachelor&quot; Chris Soules constitutional challenge to an Iowa law, which requires any surviving driver involved in a &#8212; 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