Legal Opinion
Figert v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 23, 1997No. 50S03-9709-CR-473PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal, defendants Teresa D. Figert and Byron Green challenge the trial court’s denial of their motions to suppress. With one judge dissenting, the Court of Appeals affirmed. Figert v. State, 683 N.E.2d 1314 (Ind.Ct.App.1997). We granted transfer to address application of the “good faith” exception to the exclusionary rule. We reverse the trial court.
Factual and Procedural History
As part of an ongoing undercover investigation, a police officer made several controlled purchases of crack cocaine from different men residing in, or at…
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