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Supreme Court allows bodycam video of surveillance video

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October 4th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Polk County man based on police bodycam footage of surveillance video from a convenience store. Terrance Manning was convicted of willful injury causing serious injury after beating another man in the parking lot of a convenience during an argument. A police officer’s bodycamera video of the convenience store surveillance video showing the attack was used after an issue with getting the original store video for evidence.

The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled the bodycam video could not be used. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled testimony and other evidence confirmed what was shown in the bodycam video was accurate, and it upheld Manning’s conviction and ten-year prison sentence.