Legal Opinion
Conwell v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided August 9, 1999No. 49A05-9901-CR-18PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUCKER, Judge
In this interlocutory appeal, Appellant-Defendant Eric Conwell requests reversal of the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. Conwell raises two issues for our review which we rephrase as: 1) did probable cause and exigent circumstances exist which justified the warrantless search of Conwell’s body, and 2) during their search of Conwell, did the police officers use-excessive force in violation of his rights under the Due Process Clause? We reverse and remand.
On September 16, 1998, Conwell was driving his car in the 2100 block of North Caroll-ton when Indianapolis…
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