Legal Opinion
Denton v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 2004No. 41A05-0309-CR-488PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAKER, Judge.
Today we hold that the fact that the vehicle the defendant was driving had what appeared to be a broken rear window did not, without more, afford police a reasonable suspicion that the vehicle was stolen so as to justify an investigatory stop. Appellant-defendant Carl R. Denton, Jr., appeals his conviction for Operating a Motor Vehicle After Having Been Adjudged a Habitual Traffic Violator, 1 a class D felony. Specifically, Denton challenges the denial of his motion to suppress on the grounds that the arresting police officer improperly stopped his vehicle and further…
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