Coleman v. State

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Defendant, Jermaine Coleman (Coleman), appeals from the trial court's denial of his Motion to Suppress.

We reverse.

ISSUE

Coleman raises one issue on appeal, which we restate as: Whether, under the *261Fourth Amendment to the United States' Constitution and Article I, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution, the police officers legally obtained evidence in a stop and search of Coleman.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In July of 2004, officers from the Greenwood Police Department in Johnson County, Indiana were attempting to make drug-related arrests at an…