Court Opinion

ID: 9517348
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:13:53.160254+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:43:52.696326
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion
DeBruler, J.
— The crux of this case is whether the stop was lawful. The two warrants authorized the police to search Sylvester Highsaw in conjunction with a search of the premises and did not authorize them to stop and search him for drugs wherever he might be found. There was no probable cause to arrest him or to search the car. Morever, there were no facts available to the officers as they stopped the car which would warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that such action was appropriate. Terry v. Ohio, (1968) 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889. The State has not sustained its burden of demonstrating that the intrusion upon the appellant was justified, and therefore the heroin should have been suppressed.
Note. — Reported at 381 N.E.2d 470.