Indiana Supreme Court· 4/16/2001

Mitchell v. State

Citations

745 N.E.2d 775
2001 Ind. LEXIS 300
2001 WL 371941

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emphasizing that an officer is to use the least intrusive means necessary to investigate a traffic stop
stating that when government intrusion is challenged under Section 11, reasonableness under the totality of the cireumstances may include considerations of officer safety
explaining that Article 1, Section 11 does not prohibit police from conducting a justified traffic stop
holding pat-down of properly-stopped citizen violated Fourth Amendment when “the officer’s testimony did not express or explain any reasons for his safety concerns” to justify a search
holding under the Indiana Constitution, there is “nothing unreasonable in permitting an officer, who may have knowledge or suspicion of 18 unrelated criminal activity by the motorist, to nevertheless respond to an observed traffic violation”
holding under the Indiana Constitution, there is “nothing unreasonable in permitting an officer, who may have knowledge or suspicion of unrelated criminal activity by the motorist, to nevertheless respond to an observed traffic violation”

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Judges: Dickson, Shepard, Sullivan, Boehm, Rucker

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