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DTCI: take the time to appreciate life’s moments

I cannot imagine any professionals more obsessed with time than lawyers. While a great debate still rages as to whether the billable hour is dead, the fact remains that many lawyers continue to measure services to clients by a unit of time: the billable hour.

Lucas: More information is needed when judging the judges

Up the street and around the corner from my Broad Ripple house, a yard sign caught my eye that didn’t involve the usual Democrat versus Republican political rhetoric. This simple, hand-painted sign called for the ouster of Supreme Court Justice Steven David.

ISBA-led art project to honor former chief justice

The Indiana State Bar Association Leadership Development Academy is calling upon artisans to design a work of public art that will both honor a leader in the Indiana judiciary and invite children to play.

Signs of dissent in retention vote

Justice Steven David's Barnes opinion finding no right to resist unlawful police entry results in an unusual ouster effort on an otherwise quiet appellate judicial ballot.

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Opinions Oct. 22, 2012 ILD

7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued no Indiana opinions prior to IL deadline.

Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Tax Court issued no opinions prior to IL deadline.

Indiana Court of Appeals
Wayne Evans v. Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. (NFP)
10A01-1111-PL-539
Civil plenary. Affirms trial court injunction prohibiting construction in a utility easement.

Moondance Enterprises, LLC v. Brown County, Indiana, et al. (NFP)
07A01-1201-PL-5
Civil plenary. Affirms trial court’s determination that Moondance violated the county zoning ordinance by operating a property as a tourist home, but reverses the fine of $120,010 as excessive and orders the fine reduced to $9,790.

Allan Lee Calligan, Jr. v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A05-1203-CR-143
Criminal. Affirms conviction of and sentence for a Class B felony charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and adjudication as a habitual offender.

Mike Harmon, Jr. v. State of Indiana (NFP)
45A02-1203-CR-256
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class B felony burglary.

Richmond Center, LLC v. Deutz Corporation (NFP)
89A01-1109-PL-416
Civil plenary. Affirms trial court determination that Richmond Center failed to prove that Deutz caused or contributed to environmental contamination of property it purchased from the corporation that required remediation.

 

Former South Bend judge to show acting skills in one-man play

Former St. Joseph County Superior Court judge and former chief judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals Sanford “Sandy” Brook will return to South Bend Oct. 24 to perform in the one-man play, “An Evening with Clarence Darrow.”

Justice David creates retention website

Facing opposition over an opinion regarding unlawful police entry, Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven David has established a website in an unusual effort to campaign for retention.

Prosecutor error insufficient to reverse murder conviction

A prosecutor improperly presented facts that were not in evidence and inflamed the passions and prejudices of jurors in a murder trial, but his improper conduct didn’t rise to the level of reversible error, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.

Opinions Oct. 19, 2012 ILD

Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Tax Court posted no opinions by IL deadline Friday.

U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals posted no Indiana opinions by IL deadline Friday.

Indiana Court of Appeals
In Re the Marriage of Yan Wolfman v. Estelle Wolfman (NFP)
45A03-1201-DR-17
Domestic relations/divorce. Remands to the trial court to clarify division of assets.

Jeffery Sanders v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1203-CR-150
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony theft and adjuctication as a habitual offender.
 
Delareco Pacely v. State of Indiana (NFP)
44A03-1110-CR-488
Criminal. Affirms 18-year sentence for three convictions of Class C felony child molesting.

Albert Harris v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1205-PC-386
Post conviction. Affirms trial court denial of petition for post-conviction relief.

Brandon Boles v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1203-CR-226
Criminal. Reverses 10-day sentence for failure to complete community service as a requirement of a sentence for a conviction of public intoxication.

Donzahue Pearson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1202-CR-119
Criminal. Affirms denial of motion to dismiss Class D felony charge of sex offender who failed to possess valid identification.  

Dean Eric Blanck v. State of Indiana (NFP)
29A02-1204-CR-281
Criminal. Affirms 730-day sentence after a guilty plea to charges of Class D felony resisting law enforcement and Class C misdemeanor operating while intoxicated.

 

Opinions Oct. 19, 2012

Indiana Court of Appeals
Rodney Killebrew II v. State of Indiana
34A02-1204-CR-303
Criminal. Reserves a conviction of possession of marijuana after concluding the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted evidence obtained at an illegal traffic stop. The court found the police officer had no grounds to stop the driver because the continuous use of a turn signal is not a traffic violation and the officer’s actions did not fall within his community caretaking function.

Lake County judge: RTW suit may proceed

A challenge to Indiana’s right-to-work law will proceed after a Lake County judge this week rejected the state’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by United Steelworkers.