Legal Opinion
Clarke v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 2007No. 49S05-0612-CR-496PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoehm, J.
We hold that a police officer who neither explicitly nor implicitly communicates that a person is not free to go about his or her business may ask questions of the person to investigate allegations of criminal activity without implicating the Fourth Amendment or requiring the advisement of rights under the Indiana Constitution.
Facts and Procedural Background
On September 16, 2004, Officer Tanya Eastwood of the Indianapolis Police Department was dispatched to 3736 North Meridian Street to investigate an anonymous report that “there was a black car with nice rims in front of the apartment…
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