Legal Opinion
Armfield v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 2009No. 29S02-0811-CR-590PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 29402-0802, CR-101
SULLIVAN, Justice.
This case requires us to resolve the issue of when an officer has reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop after a routine status check of a license plate reveals that the driver's license of the registered owner of the vehicle is suspended. We provide the analytical framework to resolve the issue presented here and in another case we decide today, Holly v. State, 918 N.E.2d 323 (Ind.2009).
Background
At approximately 12:30 a.m. on September 12, 2005, Carmel Police Officer Brian Schmidt was…
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