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A Marion County teen’s constitutional rights were not violated when a police officer responding to a report of a teen in a black hooded sweatshirt with a gun opened a similar sweatshirt next to the teen and found a gun, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Wednesday.
A Lake County court erred when it relied on a local rule to determine that five out-of-state attorneys should not be granted pro hac vice admission because the party seeking their admission could potentially hire capable Indiana attorneys to provide the franchise law work, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Although the Grant County assessor was authorized to assess two subject properties under I.C. 6-1.1-9-1, which allows for retroactive assessment, the assessor did not give the taxpayer sufficient notice of certain assessments, the Indiana Tax Court ruled Tuesday.
The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a man’s argument that he was entitled to three separate trials on the allegations he molested his three granddaughters. In doing so, two justices said they believe the Supreme Court needs to give more guidance on motions to sever.
Because a Marion Superior Court judge’s remarks and conduct in their cumulative effect breached the court’s duty of impartiality and amounted to coercion of a 17-year-old girl’s father to admit she was a child in need of services, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed the CHINS adjudication.
About 40 attorneys from midsized, general practice law firms around the country and a handful of global lawyers will gather for the Legal Netlink Alliance spring convention beginning Thursday in Indianapolis.
The former police chief of a southeastern Indiana city has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing $75,000 in cash that officers seized during criminal investigations.
House Republicans on Tuesday voted to block government rules that would clarify which streams, tributaries and wetlands should be protected from pollution and development under the Clean Water Act.
Sen. Dan Coats is calling for the appointment of a commission to assist in finding and nominating candidates for the vacancies on the federal bench.
The wife of an Indiana Court of Appeals judge is accused of sending her husband threatening messages in a scheme to make it appear that their son-in-law was terrorizing the family.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Melvin H. Sandock, et al. v. Garland Aschenbrenner, et al. (mem. dec.)
71A05-1405-PL-244
Civil plenary. Affirms summary judgment in favor of defendants Garland and Winifred Aschenbrenner regarding a lease agreement and the denial of the Aschenbrenners’ request for attorney fees.
Sam J. Spicer II v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
15A05-1409-CR-410
Criminal. Affirms sentence following guilty plea to Class A felony conspiracy to commit dealing in methamphetamine in an amount of three grams or more.
Angela M. Beck v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
02A05-1410-CR-497
Criminal. Affirms sentence for Class B felony neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury.
David Miller v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
89A01-1412-CR-539
Criminal. Affirms sentence following guilty plea to Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement.
Tracy Souviner v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
29A04-1409-CR-461
Criminal. Affirms order that Souviner return to incarceration following the revocation of her probation.
Larry A. Jones v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
82A04-1410-CR-481
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class B felony unlawful possession of a handgun by a serious violent felon.
Cleverly Lockhart v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
33A04-1412-MI-602
Miscellaneous. Affirms order dismissing petition to be removed from the Indiana Sex Offender Registry.
Christopher M. Brooks v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
02A05-1408-CR-404
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C felony carrying a handgun without a license.
In the Matter of the Marriage of Christina Estes (Sapp) v. Shaun Allen Sapp (mem. dec.)
87A05-1408-DR-384
Domestic relation. Affirms denial of mother’s request to relocate with child and grant of father’s petition to modify custody.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Michael A. Knoll and Dax G. Shephard; Appeal of: Bob Henson
14-3027
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.
Criminal. Affirms summary judgment in favor of the government on Henson’s claim he had a legal right, title or interest in the Indianapolis or Fort Wayne properties forfeited to the government after Outlaw members Knoll and Shephard pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. But Henson did not present evidence showing he had a legal right, title or interest, and his statement indicated his interest did not begin until after the raid occurred in 2012.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed that landowners in Wells County who lived next to property that will house wind turbines were not prejudiced by the zoning decision to allow the project to proceed.
Government rules to clarify which streams, tributaries and wetlands should be protected from development and pollution are fueling political anger in the country's heartland.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has issued a new opinion in its decision involving a man charged with murder who sought to be released on bail, but was denied. The judges again held that James Satterfield should be allowed to present evidence of self-defense at a new bail hearing.
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles lacks oversight, uses a complex fee schedule that leads to inconsistent charges for the same transactions and may have overcharged motorists more than previously disclosed, according to an independent audit released Monday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing ITT Educational Services Inc. and its top two executives for fraud, the agency announced Tuesday.
A transgendered inmate of the Department of Correction lost before the Court of Appeals in a case seeking personal injury damages from the DOC. The inmate’s instant complaint is time-barred and not saved by the Journey’s Account Statute, the COA held.
Because a man committed his crime in 1999, well before the effective date of the new Indiana criminal code, the new sentencing statute does not apply to him, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Tuesday.
The Indiana Court of Appeals determined Tuesday that a woman who obtained a judgment lien in 2006 against a co-owner of a property later sold in a tax sale has priority over other claims for the tax sale surplus and that she made a timely claim for the surplus.