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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Ind. Courts - "'Appeals on Wheels' rolls law, public speaking into one lesson"
Yesterday a Court of Appeals panel heard oral arguments in the case of Michael W. George vs. State of Indiana. Today Sophia Voravong reports on the event in this story and photo in the Lafayette Journal Courier. A quote:
About 500 people, among them members of the Tippecanoe County Bar Association and students from West Lafayette and Central Catholic, packed into the auditorium at West Lafayette Jr.-Sr. High School to watch the hourlong oral argument.Stemming from an appeal out of Shelby Superior Court, the case dealt with a man, Michael W. George, who was arrested and subsequently convicted for possession of a controlled substance after he initially was stopped for speeding.
George, whose driver's license was suspended, had his vehicle impounded, and morphine pills were found inside.
His attorney, Stephen Gray, argued Tuesday that the inventory search was unconstitutional and that the trial court erred by admitting the pills into evidence.
Deputy Attorney General Mellisica Flippen countered that the search was legal under both the Indiana and U.S. constitutions and necessary for liability should George counter that items in the vehicle were missing.
An opinion on the case has not yet been issued by the appeals court.
But afterward, judges John Baker, Margret Robb and Cale Bradford, along with Gray and Flippen, answered questions from the audience.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 28, 2009 09:30 AM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions