Legal Opinion
Atkins v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 1974No. 3-473A36PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I
STATEMENT ON THE APPEAL
Staton, J.
South Bend Police received a call on May 31, 1972 that three men were acting suspiciously in a dark alley behind Goff Heating, Inc. located at 1417 South Michigan Street. It was 1:00 o’clock A.M. in the morning when the police squad car, with the headlights off, turned into the dark, dirt alley and saw Howell Atkins leaning against a handcart next to a trailer. Howell Atkins and two other men ran when they realized that the police were nearby. The handcart wheels left an easily identifiable trail in the soft dirt to the back door of the building. Pry marks…
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- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by14 opinions
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