Legal Opinion
State v. Ingram
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 21, 2011No. M2008-02765-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 53 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · LeeSharon G. Lee, J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., joined.
Police officers had probable cause to arrest the defendant on drug charges based on information from a confidential informant and their surveillance of an illegal drug transaction. Shortly thereafter, when they observed the defendant commit a minor traffic offense, they pulled in behind him at a gasoline station and turned on their blue lights. The officers searched the defendant and told him that they had grounds to arrest him for drug distribution if they “wanted to.” The search of…
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