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Powell v. State

Citations

  • 912 N.E.2d 853
  • 2009 Ind. App. LEXIS 1483
  • 2009 WL 2869931

How courts have described this case

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  • holding consensual encounter did not violate the defendant’s rights under Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution
  • \Not every encounter between a police officer and a citizen amounts to a seizure requiring objective justification.\
  • “When the small baggies containing marijuana in the vehicle became visible to the officers, seizure of the marijuana was proper pursuant to the ‘plain view doctrine.’”
  • evidence sufficient to establish constructive possession of marijuana and methamphetamine where contraband was in plain view, close to Powell, and officer saw Powell repeatedly reach toward area where contraband was later found
  • collecting federal and state cases

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Judges: Brown, Crone

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