Legal Opinion
Lockett v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 20, 1999No. 02A03-9905-CR-184PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KIRSCH, Judge
In this interlocutory appeal, Geoffrey Lockett challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained by the State as the result of a warrantless search of the vehicle in which he was driving. Lockett raises the following issue for our review: whether a police officer may routinely ask a driver legitimately stopped for a traffic violation if he has a weapon in the vehicle or on his person. We hold that a police officer may not as a matter of routine practice make this inquiry.
We reverse.
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