Webster v. State

I respectfully dissent from the majority's determination that Trooper Parch-man's warrantless search of Webster's purse violated her rights under Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution.

As the majority points out, the legality of a governmental search under the Indiana Constitution turns on an evaluation of the reasonableness of the police conduct under the totality of the cireum-stances. Op. at 291-92 (citing Litchfield v. State, 824 N.E.2d 356, 359 (Ind.2005)). The Litchfield court also determined that the reasonableness of a search or seizure turns on a balance of: 1) the degree…