Officer’s taking of gunshot wound victim’s clothes, which had been removed by hospital staff and placed in a bag, did not violate the victim’s Fourth Amendment rights.
Appeals
J.K. v. State, No. 66A03-1306-JS-220, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App, Apr. 29, 2014).
Warrantless entry of curtilage, lengthy knock and talk, and residential entry violated juvenile’s Fourth Amendment rights.
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.”