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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 713 N.E.2d 338
  • 1999 Ind. App. LEXIS 1013
  • 1999 WL 428001

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that police cannot use a defendant's consent to search for specified items as a license to do an exploratory search
  • holding that when a license plate check reveals a mismatched plate, the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe theft has occurred
  • ruling that when a license plate check reveals a mismatched plate, the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe theft has occurred
  • concluding that a police officer had reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop upon observing that the license plate on defendant’s blue and white vehicle was registered to a yellow vehicle.
  • holding the defendant's failure to object when the troopers exceeded the scope of his consent to search did not render the search valid
  • holding the defendant's failure to object when the troopers exceeded the scope of his consent to search did not render the search valid

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Judges: Kirsch, Garrard, Najam

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