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Indiana Supreme Court· 12/21/2005

Myers v. State

Citations

  • 839 N.E.2d 1146
  • 2005 Ind. LEXIS 1135
  • 2005 WL 3484607

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  • holding that all operational, or potentially operational, vehicles are inherently mobile and, therefore, satisfy the ready mobility requirement of the automobile exception
  • holding that a canine sniff provided probable cause that the vehicle contained illicit drugs, such that a search of the vehicle for drugs was constitutionally permitted
  • providing that the determination of reasonable suspicion is a question of law that requires de novo review on appeal
  • noting that the intrusion on the defendant, at least as to public notice and embarrassment, was somewhat lessened because of the hour and place of the search, which occurred after midnight and in driveway of defendant's mobile home
  • noting that the intrusion on the defendant, at least as to public notice and embarrassment, was somewhat lessened because of the hour and place of the search, which occurred after midnight and in driveway of defendant’s mobile home
  • observing that “the present search occurred after midnight, making prompt access to a magistrate more difficult” and “the intrusion, at least as to public notice and embarrassment, was somewhat lessened because of the hour . . . .”

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Judges: Dickson, Shepard, Sullivan, Boehm, Rucker

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