Police often use infraction traffic stops to interrogate passengers and seek to identify unrelated crimes. However, as a general proposition under Indiana law, citizens are not required to interact with police officers. If there is no reasonable suspicion that a passenger has committed an ordinance or infraction violation, the Indiana Court of Appeals has held that the passenger cannot be compelled to identify themselves or submit to interrogation.
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A Court of Appeals decision decided on August 6, 2010 has limited the ability of trial courts to reduce Class D felony convictions to Class A misdemeanors. In a case of first impression, the Indiana Court of Appeals has held that a trial court may only reduce a Class D felony, to a Class A misdemeanor, at the time of the original sentencing hearing; or, by the entry of a conditional Class D felony, whereby the Class D felony will automatically be reduced to a Class A misdemeanor within three years, provided the Defendant completes certain terms of probation.
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