Legal Opinion
Cheatham v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 9, 2004No. 49A05-0312-CR-637PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARNES, Judge.
Case Summary
Lonnie Cheatham brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm.
Issue
The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying Cheatham's motion to suppress numerous controlled substances that police discovered during a warrantless search of his automobile.
Facts
On January 23, 2001, Indiana State Police Trooper Dean Wildauer pulled into a hotel parking lot and passed Lonnie Cheatham driving toward the exit of the hotel. Trooper Wildauer noticed Cheat-ham was not wearing his seat belt and that…
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