Yoder Traffic Lawyer, Indiana

... Just after midnight on an October morning in 2005, Richmond Police Officer John Lackey pulled his cruiser to a red traffic light behind a vehicle driven by the defendant. ... Membres v. State, 889 NE2d 265, 268 (Ind.2008). 1. The Traffic Stop. ...

... under both the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution and Article 1, § 11 of the Indiana Constitution, an officer, without reasonable suspicion, can 1203 inquire as to possible further criminal activity, in this case drug possession, when a motorist is stopped for a traffic infraction ...

... Keystone Avenue. As the officers drove by, they also noticed a crack in the vehicle's windshield. They decided to initiate a traffic stop of the vehicle because of the windshield and the high rate of speed on the exit ramp. The stop ...