Ethan A. Coots v. State of Indiana

── Ethan A. Coots v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00630 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On March 13, 2022, Madison Police Officer Cameron Blankenship positioned his fully marked patrol vehicle where he could see the vehicles driving over the Madison-Milton Bridge. Officer Blankenship had determined that narcotics sales and distribution were coming from Kentucky and the bridge was a “common route that folks would travel from Kentucky into Indiana.” Transcript Volume II at 7. He observed a GMC Envoy initiate a “great reduction in speed” as it passed him and that the driver, later...