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Addressing an issue that’s divided the state’s intermediate appeals judges, the Indiana Supreme Court has held
that review under Appellate Rule 7 may include consideration of a person’s total penal consequences within a trial court
sentence.
Desmond Davidson v. State of Indiana
49S02-1001-CR-41
Criminal. Affirms trial court and agrees with Court of Appeals.
Finds that upon the review of sentence appropriateness under Appellate Rule 7, appellate courts may consider all aspects of
the penal consequences imposed by the trial judge in sentencing the defendant. Disapproves of the contrary views expressed
in Eaton, 825 N.E.2d at 1290–91; Pagan, 809 N.E.2d at 926; and Cox, 792 N.E.2d at 904.
On May 18th, I had the privilege of attending the graduation session of the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Bar Leader
Series Class VII.
Don’t miss out on this year’s Bench Bar Conference at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. Hotel information and registration
for the conference can be found at www.indybenchbar.org.
Judge Sheila Carlisle of Marion Superior Court, Tina Korty , Liz Polley and child enjoy friends and family at the summer picnic.
Lawyers who tend to be more cautious in person appear to be exercising judgment online that is landing them in trouble with disciplinary officials, according to the American Bar Association and the National Law Journal.
Special employee recognition, support for volunteer work, and fun are among the reasons Indianapolis law firms Barnes & Thornburg and Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman were chosen by The Indianapolis Star as two of Central Indiana’s Best Places to Work
Several weeks ago, I attended a press conference called by Attorney General Greg Zoeller. The news to be released: that attorneys are once again doing good.
As one lawyer remarked, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a job when you can proclaim a day to be anything you want it to
be?”
IBA Young Lawyers Division members are hard at work planting juniper bushes in the Triangle Gateway area along East Morris Street downtown on Saturday, May 21. The Young Lawyers Division Go Green Subcommittee organized the group’s community service event in conjunction with the CSX “Trees for Tracks” program, which represented a local partnership between […]
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Theodore R. Boehm announced today that he is retiring from the state’s highest court on
Sept. 30, 2010.
There were eight new law firm combinations announced in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2010 according to Altman Weil MergerLine, continuing the slow down of mergers from 2009.
Ever heard the expression, “give a little, give a lot?” Those supporting the Indianapolis Bar Foundation in 2009 did just that.
For nearly every major construction project, a construction contract is entered into before construction begins. In almost all of those contracts, provisions are made for the transfer of risk.
Fifteen projects in 18 Indiana counties are receiving grants from the Indiana Supreme Court aimed at family court projects,
including Madison and Parke counties that are the newest to join the effort that’s been in place since 1999.
The Indiana Supreme Court has dodged a question about whether state lawmakers should be able to cram multiple unrelated issues into a single piece of legislation, leaving in place what some call the practice of “legislative logrolling” that hasn’t been specifically shot down in almost four decades. Finding focus in laws IL Oct. 28- […]
The LaPorte Superior judge suspended for asking a law enforcement officer to destroy potential evidence in her accidental shooting returned to the bench May 11. Judge Jennifer Evans Koethe completed her 60-day suspension without pay that was handed down by the Indiana Supreme Court March 12 and was automatically reinstated. New judge gets 60-day […]
7th Circuit Court of Appeals judges in Chicago didn’t take the issue of Second Amendment rights lightly when they heard oral arguments en banc May 20 for United States of America v. Steven M. Skoien, No. 08-3770. That case, which a 7th Circuit panel first heard April 6, 2009, and decided Nov. 18, involved Steven […]