Steven B. Steele v. State of Indiana

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Steven B. Steele appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm.

The relevant facts are undisputed. Around 3:30 a.m. on April 17, 2011, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Steven Ferklic was alerted to a Jeep Cherokee parked in the middle of the road near the intersection of 34th Street and Dandy Trail with its lights and engine off and three flat tires. Steele was slumped unconscious in the front seat. Officer Ferklic was unable to wake Steele, so he had firefighters break the Jeep’s rear window. Steele awoke, and Officer Ferklic…