Legal Opinion
Powell v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 11, 2008No. 49A05-0802-CR-95PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAIDIK, Judge.
Case Summary
While searching Edward Powell incident to his arrest for several crimes, an Indianapolis police officer felt an object in the seat of Powell’s underwear. Because the officer could not access the object, and because Powell was wearing droopy pants that exposed most of his underwear, the officer, careful not to reveal Powell’s skin, used a pocket knife to remove an eight-inch section of Powell’s underwear and found cocaine enclosed in a fabric pocket. Powell then filed a motion to suppress the cocaine as well as statements he made to detectives during a…
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