ROBLES v. STATE

No. 285S42.

510 N.E.2d 660 (1987)

Israel T. ROBLES, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis E. Zahn, James H. Voyles, Ober, Symmes, Cardwell, Voyles & Zahn, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Richard C. Webster, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This case presents novel Fourth Amendment questions concerning a modern phenomenon: the transportation of illegal drugs in airline baggage. Appellant Israel T. Robles was convicted after a bench trial of dealing in cocaine, a Class A felony, Ind. Code § 35-48-4-1 (Burns 1985 Repl.). He was sentenced to thirty years in prison.

In this direct appeal, Robles challenges the admission of two packages of cocaine seized from luggage which...

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