Derek Clanton v. State of Indiana

I agree with the majority that the stop conducted by Officer Smith implicated the constitutional protections provided by the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Section 11. However, I do not believe that either the stop or the subsequent search violated those constitutional protections. As such, I concur in part and respectfully dissent in part.

I. Admission of Evidence

Clanton contends that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting the evidence stemming from the allegedly unconstitutional stop and search of his person.

Our standard of review for rulings on the admissibility of evidence is…