Legal Opinion
Robles v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided July 28, 1987No. 285S42PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
This case presents novel Fourth Amendment questions concerning a modern phenomenon: the transportation of illegal drugs in airline baggage. Appellant Israel T. Robles was convicted after a bench trial of dealing in cocaine, a Class A felony, Ind. Code § 85-48-4-1 (Burns 1985 Repl.) He was sentenced to thirty years in prison.
In this direct appeal, Robles challenges the admission of two packages of cocaine seized from luggage which he was carrying immediately before his arrest, The evidence showed that he approached the Britt Airways counter at the Indianapolis…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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