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By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant's failure to raise before Litchfield that specific trash search issue could not benefit from that case's retroactivity. Jefferson v. State, 2008 Ind. App. LEXIS 1615 (July 29, 2008).* Stop of minor after curfew when officers were responding to a call of shots fired was reasonable under Fourth Amendment and state constitution. A.M. v. State, 2008 Ind. App. LEXIS 1667 (July 31, 2008): In this case, A.M. was walking down the street at 1:00 a.m. well after curfew. The officers were aware that gunshots had recently been fired in the area. A.M. was miles from home and known to frequent the area with other individuals that the officer had arrested on prior occasions. Consequently, the officers were justifiably concerned that a violation had occurred...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 01, 2008 (boomark / email).