Elmore v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “On December 17, 1985, a 1985 Century Buick automobile belonging to Leroy Dick was stolen while parked at a place of business on Broadway in Gary, Indiana. Before the police received the report of the stolen vehicle, they received another report to proceed to 324 Tyler Street in Gary because an automobile stripping was in progress. Officer Carl Johnson responded to that call accompanied by his partner. They proceeded down the alley at that address and noticed fresh tire marks in the snow leading into a garage at an abandoned house. There were no tracks leading from the garage. Officer Johnson and his partner got out of the police ear and went to the closed door of the garage. They could hear voices inside the garage and what sounded like a tire jack being operated. The officers entered the garage and arrested appellant and his accomplice. As this was being accomplished, they received the report of the stolen automobile on the police radio. The description matched the automobile in the garage. Officer Johnson testified that the automobile was jacked up, that the steering column was ‘busted’ near the turn signals and that the lug nuts and hubcaps were lying on the ground. It was also discovered that the automobile’s radio and battery were missing. The trunk lock had been ‘popped’ and the keys to the automobile were not in the area. Dick testified that the automobile suffered additional damage in that: the door locks had been ‘popped out’; the contents of the glove compartment ha”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Elmore v. State