Legal Opinion

Taylor v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 21, 1984No. 4-583A134PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

YOUNG, Judge.

Appellant Otha Taylor was convicted of possessing a controlled substance, a class D felony. He appeals his conviction on two grounds: 1) the charge should have been dismissed for the State's failure to bring him to trial within the 140-day time limit of IND.CODE 85-86-8-4; and 2) the evidence used to convict him should have been suppressed as fruit of an illegal search.

We reverse.

On September 13, 1982, an anonymous caller told the Indianapolis Police Department that drug dealers were back in Bar-rington in a white car. Four plain clothes officers drove to the area, spotted a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Reinhart v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
  2. Wright v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
  3. Justice v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. Wilson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. Phillip T. Billingsley v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012

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