# Bruce v. State

> Indiana Supreme Court · April 19, 1978 · 268 Ind. 180

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9862001

## Case

- **Full name:** Sandy Paul Bruce v. State of Indiana
- **Court:** Indiana Supreme Court
- **Decided:** April 19, 1978
- **Citations:** 268 Ind. 180; 375 N.E.2d 1042; 1 A.L.R. 4th 616; 1978 Ind. LEXIS 661
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Givan
- **Judges:** Prentice, Givan, Hunter, Pivarnik
- **Cited by:** 172 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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## Opinion text

OPINION CONCURRING IN RESULT
Givan, C.J.
I concur in result. The majority opinion under XII, after describing the finding of the shotgun, concludes “These circumstances could not give rise to probable cause to conduct a search, . . .” I disagree with this conclusion. I would hold that there was probable cause to conduct a search. I do agree that a search in fact was not made.
Hunter, J., concurs.
Note. — Reported at 375 N.E.2d 1042 .

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