Mere possession of a firearm, which is legal, cannot produce reasonable suspicion to justify a Terry stop.
Appeals
Compton v. State, No. 82A01-1511-CR-1997, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 24, 2016).
Defendant was not deprived due process when the media was allowed to tweet live updates of his criminal trial from the courtroom.
Lacy v. State, No. 18A04-1510-CR-1757, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., August 16, 2016).
The “lawful purpose” exception in the identity deception statute at Ind. Code § 35-43-5-3.5 is an affirmative defense and not a material element of the crime.
State v. Morgan, No. 89A04-1603-CR-622, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 16, 2016).
The Indiana Legend Drug Act, Ind. Code § 16-42-19-20, is not unconstitutionally vague and it was possible for defendant nurse, as a non-physician, to know whether her actions were outside the usual course of professional medical practice.
Weathers v. State, No. 49A04-1601-CR-3, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 17, 2016).
It is reasonable to require a law enforcement officer to follow established policies of completing a written inventory while conducting a warrantless search of a vehicle, but failure to do so will not result in suppression of items found in that search.