The supreme court, of indiana, decides Heuring v. state: state residents do not commit a theft when they remove a global positioning satellite device from their “vehicle” (a legal term for an “automobile or truck” bearing goods, services or persons in commercial transit) that had been surreptitiously attached by statute enforcement officers.
[added 6/8/2023] Thanks to Freedoms Phoenix the John Birch Society and John Whitehead for this entry.
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Authority:
indiana constitution of 1851, article I, section 11
iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/const/
References:
Derek Heuring v. State of Indiana – Np-Gps-Theft.pdf
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6785643/Np-Gps-Theft.pdf
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