State v. Jenkins

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

The State appeals the trial court’s grant of Williams Jenkins’ motion to suppress. Specifically, the State contends that because Jenkins, who was arrested for public intoxication and other crimes in the courtyard area of his apartment complex, was intoxicated in a public place, the trial court erred in granting his motion to suppress. We conclude that an outside, unenclosed courtyard area of an apartment complex is sufficiently distinguishable from an interi- or common area of an apartment building such that State v. Culp, 433 N.E.2d 823 (Ind.Ct.App.1982),…