Warrantless entry of curtilage, lengthy knock and talk, and residential entry violated juvenile’s Fourth Amendment rights.
Criminal
Navarette v. California, No. 12-9490, __ U.S. __ (Apr. 22, 2014).
Under the totality of the circumstances, which began when an anonymous 911 caller reported that a vehicle had run her off the road, police officer had reasonable suspicion that the driver was intoxicated so that officer’s traffic stop complied with the Fourth Amendment.
Black v. State, No. 01A04-1310-CR-526, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 22, 2014).
Time of counsel’s appointment, not his appearance, cuts off defendant’s ability to make a valid pro se motion for early trial.
Wilhoite v. State, No. 34A04-1303-CR-138, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 23, 2014).
There is no crime of conspiracy to commit an attempt to commit a crime, but failure to object waived the error,which was not fundamental as the defendant was effectively tried and convicted of conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
C.R. v. State, No. 50A03-1307-CR-297, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 23, 2014).
In this case, a police dog’s alert to the presence of narcotics in a vehicle gave an officer “probable cause to arrest and thus search the vehicle’s passenger.”