Legal Opinion

W.H. v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 17, 2010No. 49A02-0912-JV-1166PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

W.H. appeals his juvenile delinquency adjudication for Class A misdemeanor carrying a handgun without a license. WH. was standing on a street corner during an outdoor summer convention. He lifted his shirt and showed something in his waistband to a person nearby. Uniformed police officers approached W.H. and asked him to come with them. The officers ultimately searched W.H. and discovered a handgun in his pants pocket. At his delinquency fact-finding hearing, W.H. moved to suppress the State's evidence as the product of an unconstitutional search and seizure.…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. United States v. ArvizuSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. People v. BenjaminNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. Litchfield v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  2. J.B. v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. Derek Scisney v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2016
  4. Edward Morgan, Jr. v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015
  5. D.F. v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015

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