Because the arresting officer could only testify that the defendant’s vehicle “was going over the posted speed limit”, he did not have specific articulable facts to support his initiation of a traffic stop, and therefore it violated defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights.
Durden v. State, No. 18S-CR-329, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2018).
Even though trial court improperly removed a juror after deliberations had begun, defendant’s convictions were affirmed because he and his defense counsel expressly agreed to the constitutionally-defective procedure as part of a deliberate trial strategy.
D.Z. v. State, No. 18S-JV-295, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2018).
When school officials alone meet with students, Miranda warnings are not required.
B.A. v. State, No. 49S02-1709-JV-567, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2018).
A juvenile student held in police custody and under police interrogation must be given warnings under both Miranda and Indiana’s juvenile waiver statute.
Fansler v. State, No. 27S02-1710-CR-672, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 21, 2018).
Ind. Evid. Rule 617 does not require the State to make available at trial electronic recordings of defendant’s incriminating statements made in a motel room because it was not a “place of detention.”