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Opinions June 21, 2011 ILD

7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of American v. Donella Locke
10-1351.
Criminal. Affirms convictions on five counts of wire fraud. Vacates Donella Locke’s 71-month sentence and restitution order and remands for resentencing proceedings, holding that the length of the sentence and amount of restitution were based in part on conduct not necessarily encompassed in the charges of conviction. Also holds that the court erred in ordering Locke to pay restitution to victims not clearly harmed by the conduct in Locke’s counts of conviction.

Indiana Court of Appeals
Darrell Farmer v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1007-CR-772
Criminal. Affirms trial court’s denial of motion for a mistrial, holding that Darrell Farmer failed to establish bias or prejudice.

Donnett Phillips v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1011-CR-1244
Criminal. Affirms convictions of battery and public intoxication, both Class B misdemeanors.

Andre White v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1009-PC-616
Post-conviction relief petition. Affirms court’s denial of post-conviction relief petition.

Raymond Cain v. State of Indiana (NFP)
22A01-1011-CR-605
Criminal. Affirms six-year sentence with two years suspended to probation for Class C felony child exploitation.

Latoya Duncan v. State of Indiana (NFP)
22A01-1007-CR-365
Criminal. Reverses sentence of eight years with two years suspended to probation, following guilty plea to Class B felony dealing in cocaine, holding that Latoya Duncan’s lack of criminal background and character make her a good candidate for probation. Remands with instructions to vacate sentence and resentence consistent with appeals court’s opinion.

Demarcus Verse v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A03-1012-CR-628
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class D felony strangulation and related charges.

Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of D.M.; E.M. v. I.D.C.S. (NFP)
46A03-1012-JT-676
Juvenile. Affirms involuntary termination of father’s parental rights.

James C. Ritenour, Jr. v. State of Indiana (NFP)
75A03-1009-CR-512
Criminal. Affirms conviction of and sentence for Class C felony attempted battery.

Eric M. Schuler v. State of Indiana (NFP)
48A02-1009-CR-1063
Criminal. Affirms court’s order revoking probation and imposing four years of previously suspended sentence.

Steven Connors v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A05-1011-CR-776
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class B felony arson.

Tommie Rivers v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A05-1011-CR-763
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana, and Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended.

Phillip D. Laster v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A05-1011-CR-727
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony domestic battery and remands with instructions to vacate “consecutive” sentence for habitual offender adjudication and to attach the enhanced sentence to the domestic battery sentence.

Indiana Tax Court had posted no opinions as of IL deadline.
 

Opinions June 21, 2011

7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of American v. Donella Locke
10-1351.
Criminal. Affirms convictions on five counts of wire fraud. Vacates Donella Locke’s 71-month sentence and restitution order and remands for resentencing proceedings, holding that the length of the sentence and amount of restitution were based in part on conduct not necessarily encompassed in the charges of conviction. Also holds that the court erred in ordering Locke to pay restitution to victims not clearly harmed by the conduct in Locke’s counts of conviction.

IBA Frontlines

Read the IBA Frontlines for June 22, 2011.

IBA: McGoff Named Chair of Nominating Committee

The nomination period has begun for the 2012 Board of Directors of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and Kevin McGoff of Bingham McHale has been appointed to chair the effort.

Justices asked to rehear Barnes

The Indiana Supreme Court is being asked to revisit a ruling on a person’s right to resist illegal law enforcement entry into one’s home, and 71 state legislators have signed an amicus curiae brief asking the justices to narrow their decision.

A century of Indiana lawyers

Patrick Myers Sullivan became one of the state’s newest attorneys this spring, and in doing so a fourth consecutive generation in his family entered the legal profession.

Barnes used as excuse to challenge merit selection

We surmised it would only be a matter of time before the clamor began, but we were a little taken aback at how few days passed after the Indiana Supreme Court decision in Barnes v. State was issued before a legislator told us he would put together a proposal to change the merit selection process that’s been in place for our appellate courts for nearly 40 years.