Legal Opinion

Edgar Santiago v. State of Indiana

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 3, 2019No. Court of Appeals Case 19A-CR-495Published

1Opinion of the Court

Baker, Judge.

*1287 [1] Edgar Santiago appeals his conviction for Class A Misdemeanor Driving While Suspended, 1 arguing that the trial court erred when it admitted evidence of his suspended driver's license because the prolonged stop violated the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Finding no error, we affirm.

Facts

[2] On June 19, 2018, Avon Police Department Officer Mercedes Spicer was patrolling in her fully marked police car when she stopped behind a Toyota truck at a red light. Officer Spicer ran a license plate check of the truck and discovered that it belonged to a man named…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. ArvizuSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Rodriguez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  4. Joyner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. State v. QuirkIndiana Supreme Court · 2006

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