Legal Opinion

Fair v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 30, 1993No. 49S04-9312-CR-1439Published

1Opinion of the Court

627 N.E.2d 427 (1993)

James FAIR, Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

No. 49S04-9312-CR-1439.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 30, 1993.

Andrew W. Swain, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Pamela F. Carter, Atty. Gen., Arthur Thaddeus Perry, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

We grant transfer to examine the rules applicable to inventory searches of automobiles under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Concluding that the search in this case did not comply with the Fourth Amendment, we reverse.

I.…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Cady v. DombrowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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