D.F. v. State of Indiana

MAY, Judge.

[1] D.F. appeals his adjudication as a delinquent. He asserts the court erred by admitting the handgun found inside his sweatshirt because the search of his sweatshirt violated the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution.

[2] We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

[3] Around 8:00 p.m. on May 6, 2014, a citizen approached a police officer and reported “a black male with a black hoodie that had a large black gun with a long magazine in the park on the bleachers.” (App. at 12.) The officer reported the information and it…