Belvedere v. State

889 N.E.2d 286 (2008)

Ralph BELVEDERE, Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

No. 48S05-0806-CR-370.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 27, 2008.

Christopher A. Cage, Anderson, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, J.T. Whitehead, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

BOEHM, Justice.

On May 17, 2002, Madison County Drug Task Force's Detective Kevin Earley received a tip from a confidential source about a white man "by the name of Ralph" who lived at a specified address. The source took Earley to the address…