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ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT
Frank R. Hahn Law Office of John Burley Scales Boonville, Indiana

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE
Steve Carter Attorney General of Indiana Jodi Kathryn Stein Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

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In the

Indiana Supreme Court
_________________________________ No. 87S05-0505-CR-194 SCOTT S. HOLDER, v. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee (Plaintiff below). _________________________________ Appellant (Defendant below),

Interlocutory Appeal from the Warrick Circuit Court, No. 87C01-0301-FB-6 The Honorable David O. Kelley, Judge _________________________________ On Petition To Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 87A05-0402-CR-94 _________________________________ May 18, 2006 Dickson, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, the defendant, Scott S. Holder, challenges the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence of a methamphetamine laboratory, finished methamphetamine product, and reagents and precursors of the drug found in his home and on his person on January 14, 2003. He was charged with four counts related to the manufacture and possession of the drug and paraphernalia, one count of maintaining a common nuisance, and one count of neglect of a dependent. The Court of Appeals reversed. Holder v. State, 824 N.E.2d 364 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). We granted transfer, Holder v. State, 831 N.E.2d 745 (Ind. 2005), and we now affirm the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppress.

The defendant asserts that the evidence should be suppressed because it violated the unreasonable search and seizure provisions in Article 1,

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