IN: Search of def’s car when he shows up at home while SW being executed there was reasonable even though SW didn’t mention car

“Do law-enforcement officers violate either constitution by searching a person’s vehicle when the person drives that vehicle up to his or her house while officers are there executing a search warrant for the house that does not address vehicles? Based on the circumstances here, we answer ‘no’ and affirm the trial court. In arriving at that answer, we provide guidance on the test applicable to these specific types of situations under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We also survey our precedent under Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution and provide generally applicable guidance on our totality-of-the-circumstances test.” Hardin v. State, 2020 Ind. LEXIS 486 (June 23, 2020).

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