Officer’s taking expired license suspect into patrol car to “review the information and decide what we were going to do,” when review could have been conducted by the side of the suspect’s auto, impermissibly expanded scope of an investigatory stop without justification.
C. Bradford
State v. Downey, No. 10A01-1310-CR-432, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 31, 2014).
Order for return of defendant’s money seized by police was abuse of discretion as the matter was moot because the money had already been transferred, by order of a different court without a hearing, to the federal government.
Dixon v. State, No. 84A01-1307-CR-339, __ N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., July 22, 2014).
Terry pat-down search could not be conducted under the facts of the case.
Jadrich v. State, No. 32A04-1302-CR-67, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 23, 2013).
Officer’s entry into back yard through closed fence gate, when signs said to “use front door only,” violated the Fourth Amendment; the fact that the officer was attempting to serve a protective order did not avoid the violation.
Cross v. State, No. 73A01-1303-CR-134, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 6, 2013).
Rejects argument that punishment under current cocaine A felonies is disproportionate because penal code revisions effective July 1, 2014 reflect General Assembly determination of disproportionality.