Harris v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that officer’s pat-down search and removal of object was permissible under Terry where defendant had told officer he had a pocket knife; officer “needed to ensure he removed all potentially dangerous items”
• holding that search of interior of pill bottle found during pat-down for weapons was beyond scope of Terry because illicit nature of its contents was discovered only after opening it and shining a light inside
• holding removal of a pill bottle during pat- down search for weapons was proper
• “In order to preserve officer safety, police may remove an item whose identity is not immediately discernable by touch and that might be used as a weapon.”
• Terry does not provide justification for looking inside a closed pill bottle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Derek Clanton v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-11-15· cited 8×
• Sebastian Durstock v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-12-04· cited 6×
• Corwin v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-12-16· cited 6×
• In re R.A.H.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2015-08-20· cited 4×
• Jarvis Peele v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-08-15· cited 2×
• Newell v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-09-04
• Jeremy Jay Ellis v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-09-27
• Michael D. Johnson v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2020-12-01

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Minnesota v. Dickerson
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 2,669×
• Berry v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-12-30· cited 78×
• Johnson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-05-18· cited 45×
• Jackson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1996-07-23· cited 43×
• Armour v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-02-05· cited 33×
• Fentress v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-03-30· cited 24×
• Burkett v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-03-18· cited 15×
• Barfield v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-10-08· cited 13×
• Owens v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-09-17· cited 9×