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Indiana Supreme Court
Parnell D. Lanier v. State of Indiana
No. 26S-CR-405
Interlocutory appeal from the Marion Superior Court, Judge Joel A. Schneider. The court reversed the trial court’s order denying Lanier’s motion to suppress evidence obtained during a traffic stop for an alleged signaling violation, finding that the statute did not require signaling when turning right from a private parking lot onto a city street. The court determined that the officer’s interpretation of the law was not objectively reasonable, violating Lanier’s Fourth Amendment rights. The evidence must be suppressed as no exceptions to the exclusionary rule were raised. Chief Justice Rush authored the opinion, with Justices Massa, Goff, and Molter concurring. Justice Slaughter dissented, advocating for the reinstatement of the Court of Appeals’ opinion. Attorneys for appellant: Timothy J. Burns, Abigail H. Kim, Indianapolis. Attorneys for appellee: Office of the Indiana Attorney General.
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