Legal Opinion
Edwards v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 2001No. 09S02-0112-CR-649PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold that routine, warrantless strip searches of misdemeanor arrestees, even when incident to lawful arrests, are impermissible under the Indiana Constitution and the United States Constitution, and that before jail officials may conduct war-rantless strip searches of misdemeanor ar-restees detained awaiting the posting of bond, those officials must have a reasonable suspicion that the arrestee is concealing weapons or contraband.
Factual and Procedural Background
On January 29, 2000, Logansport police officers Fred Rogers and Robert Smith stopped a…
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