Broderick Lashard Williams v. State of Indiana

── Broderick Lashard Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00113 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On October 28, 2020, Sergeant Robert Lucas with the Purdue University Police Department (“PUPD”) observed a white pickup truck with “no license plate light on the vehicle.” Tr. at 8. It was dark outside, and Sergeant Lucas was “unable to read the license plate,” so he conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle. Id. When he approached the car, Sergeant Lucas observed that the driver, later identified as Williams, “might have been chewing on something,” and he saw “a bunch of loose tobacco leaves all over the ground.” Id. at 9.