Derek Clanton v. State of Indiana
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAKER, Judge.
Derek Clanton was found in possession of cocaine after he was stopped and searched by an off-duty police officer who was working part-time as a security officer for an apartment complex in a high crime area of Indianapolis. The cocaine was in a small plastic bag stuffed into a pen cap, and it was discovered after the officer removed the pen cap from Clanton’s pocket during a patdown of Clanton for weapons.
Claiming the cocaine was found during an unreasonable search and seizure in violation of the United States and Indiana Constitutions, Clanton filed a motion to suppress.…
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- Arizona v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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