Facundo Ramos-Osario v. State of Indiana

Summary

The court affirmed Ramos-Osario’s conviction, holding that the traffic stop complied with both the Fourth Amendment and Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution. It held that the State was not required to prove constitutional compliance again at trial after prevailing at the suppression hearing, and that trial and appellate courts may consider evidence from both proceedings when evaluating the stop. The court concluded that the suppression-hearing testimony established reasonable suspicion and that suppressing constitutionally obtained evidence would not further the exclusionary rule’s purposes.