Legal Opinion

Francis v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided February 20, 2002No. 49A02-0108-CR-525PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Judge.

Gregory Francis appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious felon, a class B felony 1 Francis raises one issue, which we revise and restate as whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying Francis's motion to suppress evidence gotten from an investigatory stop. We affirm.

The relevant facts follow. On the evening of December 8, 2000, Officer Robert Donaldson of the Lawrence Police Department was sitting in his patrol car at a gas station. A car pulled up alongside Officer Donaldson's patrol car and a man and woman, who wished not…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Alabama v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Florida v. J. L.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Ackerman v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
  2. Steven M. Sandleben v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. Gregory v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2008
  4. Johnathon R. Aslinger v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
  5. State v. GlassIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002

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