Officer did not violate Fourth Amendment or Indiana Constitution by having defendant drive his truck two miles down the road to a gas station to continue the investigatory stop made on reasonable suspicion, when the truck was blocking the single lane of traffic, it was raining, and the defendant’s driving posed no severe risks.
C. Bradford
Bryant v. State, No. 45A03-1101-CR-11, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 20, 2011).
Suspect, arrested driving his car for resisting arrest after he failed to stop the car earlier, was properly strip-searched at the arrest site for drugs when officers had reasonable suspicion he was concealing contraband on his person.
Allen v. State, No. 15A04-1101-CR-16, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 25, 2011).
Visiting a common nuisance and dealing in heroin should have been charged together, and accordingly the heroin dealing charge was barred by the Successive Prosecution Statute.
Homestead Finance Corp. v. Southwood Manor L.P., No. 71A04-1103-CC-167, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 26, 2011).
A lienholder is no longer subject to the Park Owner’s Lien Statute (Ind. Code § 16-41-27-29) once it releases its lien on a mobile home.
Flores v. Gutierrez, No. 45A04-1101-CT-28, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 10, 2011).
Jury’s zero-damage award in negligence case was consistent with the evidence.