Legal Opinion
Whitlock v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 24, 2010No. 08-2800PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Jo and Jesse Whitlock were camping at the Indiana Dunes State Park and found several bags and other items of property that looked as if they had been left behind at another campsite. They put the items in their truck, intending to turn them in to the park office. They then left the campground to run errands and forgot the bags were in their truck. By the time they returned a few hours later, the owner of the bags had reported them stolen. When the Whitlocks went to the park office to turn in the property, they were accused of theft.
Officer Shawn Brown of the Indiana…
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