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vehicle for a traffic violation in Indiana

10 Indiana opinions name it 2 courts 2006–2020 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Indiana courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (7)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Quirkgreen
ind · 2006 · cited in 6 Indiana opinions naming this issue, 2007–2019
2 sentences

2019See State v. Quirk , 842 N.E.2d 334 , 340 (Ind. 2006) (holding that "[w]here an officer stops a vehicle for a traffic violation, a request for the driver's license and vehicle registration ... are within the scope of a reasonable detention[ ]"); see also State v. Morris , 732 N.E.2d 224 , 228 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000) (holding that an individual's "failure to produce his license was a circumstance independent of the [ ] violation, which provided [the officer] with reasonable suspicion that [defendant] might not have a valid driver's license").

2015Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609, 1615 (2015) (citations, alterations, and internal quotation marks omitted); accord State v. Quirk, 842 N.E.2d 334, 340 (Ind. 2006) (“Where an officer stops a vehicle for a traffic violation, a request for the driver’s license and vehicle registration, a license plate check, a request to search the driver’s vehicle and an inquiry regarding whether the driver has a weapon in the vehicle are within the scope of reasonable detention [under Article 1, Section 11].”).

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Halsema v. Stategreen
ind · 2005 · cited in 2 Indiana opinions naming this issue, 2006–2014
2 sentences

2014Id. (citing Halsema v. State, 823 N.E.2d 668, 670-671 (Ind. 2005) (license plate check performed after traffic stop); Lockett v. State, 747 N.E.2d 539, 543 (Ind. 2001) (an officer may as a matter of routine practice ask a driver stopped for a traffic violation if he has a weapon in the vehicle or on his person), reh’g denied; Jones v. State, 655 N.E.2d 49, 52-53 (Ind. 1995) (after a traffic stop, officer requested driver’s license and registration, asked the driver if the car and its contents belonged to him, and whether the officers could search the driver’s car), reh’g denied).

2006See, e.g., Halsema v. State, 823 N.E.2d 668, 670-71 (Ind.2005) (license plate check performed after traffic stop); Lockett v. State, 747 N.E.2d 539, 543 (Ind.2001) (an officer may as a matter of routine practice ask a driver stopped for a traffic violation if he has a weapon in the vehicle or on his person); Jones v. State, 655 N.E.2d 49, 52-53 (Ind.1995) (after a traffic stop, officer requested driver's license and registration, asked the driver if the car and its contents belonged to him, and whether the officers could search the driver's car).

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Jones v. Stategreen
ind · 1995 · cited in 2 Indiana opinions naming this issue, 2006–2014
2 sentences

2014Id. (citing Halsema v. State, 823 N.E.2d 668, 670-671 (Ind. 2005) (license plate check performed after traffic stop); Lockett v. State, 747 N.E.2d 539, 543 (Ind. 2001) (an officer may as a matter of routine practice ask a driver stopped for a traffic violation if he has a weapon in the vehicle or on his person), reh’g denied; Jones v. State, 655 N.E.2d 49, 52-53 (Ind. 1995) (after a traffic stop, officer requested driver’s license and registration, asked the driver if the car and its contents belonged to him, and whether the officers could search the driver’s car), reh’g denied).

2006See, e.g., Halsema v. State, 823 N.E.2d 668, 670-71 (Ind.2005) (license plate check performed after traffic stop); Lockett v. State, 747 N.E.2d 539, 543 (Ind.2001) (an officer may as a matter of routine practice ask a driver stopped for a traffic violation if he has a weapon in the vehicle or on his person); Jones v. State, 655 N.E.2d 49, 52-53 (Ind.1995) (after a traffic stop, officer requested driver's license and registration, asked the driver if the car and its contents belonged to him, and whether the officers could search the driver's car).

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Lockett v. Stategreen
ind · 2001 · cited in 2 Indiana opinions naming this issue, 2006–2014
2 sentences

2014Id. (citing Halsema v. State, 823 N.E.2d 668, 670-671 (Ind. 2005) (license plate check performed after traffic stop); Lockett v. State, 747 N.E.2d 539, 543 (Ind. 2001) (an officer may as a matter of routine practice ask a driver stopped for a traffic violation if he has a weapon in the vehicle or on his person), reh’g denied; Jones v. State, 655 N.E.2d 49, 52-53 (Ind. 1995) (after a traffic stop, officer requested driver’s license and registration, asked the driver if the car and its contents belonged to him, and whether the officers could search the driver’s car), reh’g denied).

2006See, e.g., Halsema v. State, 823 N.E.2d 668, 670-71 (Ind.2005) (license plate check performed after traffic stop); Lockett v. State, 747 N.E.2d 539, 543 (Ind.2001) (an officer may as a matter of routine practice ask a driver stopped for a traffic violation if he has a weapon in the vehicle or on his person); Jones v. State, 655 N.E.2d 49, 52-53 (Ind.1995) (after a traffic stop, officer requested driver's license and registration, asked the driver if the car and its contents belonged to him, and whether the officers could search the driver's car).

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Harper v. Stategreen
indctapp · 2010 · cited in 1 Indiana opinions naming this issue, 2020–2020
1 sentence

2020Likewise, under the Indiana Constitution, “[w]here an officer stops a vehicle for a traffic violation, a request for the driver’s license and vehicle registration, a license plate check, a request to search the driver’s vehicle and an inquiry regarding whether the driver has a weapon in the vehicle are within the scope of reasonable detention.” Harper v. State, 922 N.E.2d 75, 81 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010), trans. denied. [14] Here, the traffic stop was permissible under both the United States and Indiana Constitutions because Captain Pyatt had reasonable suspicion that Tellez- Salinas had committed

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State v. Morrisgreen
indctapp · 2000 · cited in 1 Indiana opinions naming this issue, 2019–2019
1 sentence

2019See State v. Quirk , 842 N.E.2d 334 , 340 (Ind. 2006) (holding that "[w]here an officer stops a vehicle for a traffic violation, a request for the driver's license and vehicle registration ... are within the scope of a reasonable detention[ ]"); see also State v. Morris , 732 N.E.2d 224 , 228 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000) (holding that an individual's "failure to produce his license was a circumstance independent of the [ ] violation, which provided [the officer] with reasonable suspicion that [defendant] might not have a valid driver's license").

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Rodriguez v. United Statesgreen
scotus · 2015 · cited in 1 Indiana opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
1 sentence

2015Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609, 1615 (2015) (citations, alterations, and internal quotation marks omitted); accord State v. Quirk, 842 N.E.2d 334, 340 (Ind. 2006) (“Where an officer stops a vehicle for a traffic violation, a request for the driver’s license and vehicle registration, a license plate check, a request to search the driver’s vehicle and an inquiry regarding whether the driver has a weapon in the vehicle are within the scope of reasonable detention [under Article 1, Section 11].”).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Indiana. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Mitchell v. State green
ind · 2001
1 sentence

2014Id. (citing Halsema v. State, 823 N.E.2d 668, 670-671 (Ind. 2005) (license plate check performed after traffic stop); Lockett v. State, 747 N.E.2d 539, 543 (Ind. 2001) (an officer may as a matter of routine practice ask a driver stopped for a traffic violation if he has a weapon in the vehicle or on his person), reh’g denied; Jones v. State, 655 N.E.2d 49, 52-53 (Ind. 1995) (after a traffic stop, officer requested driver’s license and registration, asked the driver if the car and its contents belonged to him, and whether the officers could search the driver’s car), reh’g denied).

12014–2014
Commonwealth v. Young green
massappct · 2011
2 sentences

2012Finally, in Commonwealth v. Young, 78 Mass.App.Ct. 548 , 940 N.E.2d 885 (2011), review denied, the Massachusetts Appeals Court also considered the search incident to arrest exception after Gant There, after responding to a report of gunshots, officers initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation.

2012Finally, in Commonwealth v. Young, 78 Mass.App.Ct. 548 , 940 N.E.2d 885 (2011), review denied, the Massachusetts Appeals Court also considered the search incident to arrest exception after Gant There, after responding to a report of gunshots, officers initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation.

12012–2012

Statutes the citing opinions construe

IN § Ind. Code § 35-48-4-1 (3) IN § Ind. Code § 9-19-10-3.1 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

OH 61 (2001–2025) TX 18 (1992–2025) LA 17 (1973–2018) NY 13 (1985–2019) FL 12 (1990–2024) UT 10 (1989–2002) AL 10 (2009–2026) IN 10 (2006–2020) IL 9 (1979–2020) PA 8 (1989–2018) MA 4 (2001–2010) IA 4 (2008–2016) CA 4 (1977–2020) GA 4 (1983–2012) KS 4 (2009–2021) MO 3 (2000–2004) NM 3 (2006–2009) SC 2 (1994–2001) NE 2 (2005–2007) NC 2 (2023–2023) VA 2 (2003–2011) NH 2 (1985–2018) WA 2 (1991–2001)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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