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Indiana Court of Appeals
Gregory Darnell Henderson v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-667
Criminal. Reverses Gregory Henderson’s sentence in Marion Superior Court of 360 days with 296 days suspended for resisting law enforcement, a Level 6 felony. Finds the trial court misapprehended the law when sentencing Henderson. Also finds the appellate court cannot say with confidence that the trial court would reject alternative minimum sentencing in Henderson’s case regardless of his eligibility. Remands for resentencing.

Indiana Tax Court
Dr. Tulsi and Kamini Sawlani v. Lake County Assessor
21T-TA-44
Tax. Reverses the final determination of the Indiana Board of Tax Review that Tulsi and Kamini Sawlani were not entitled to the one percent tax cap credit on the contested acreage during the 2019 tax year. Finds that that the Indiana Constitution does not permit a fixed one-acre limitation on the amount of land eligible for the one percent tax cap. Remands the matter for further proceedings to determine whether the homeowners’ contested acreage is entitled to the one-percent tax cap in light of this decision.

7^th Circuit Court of Appeals
Donnell D. Wilson v. Ron Neal
23-2316
Criminal. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. Judge Jon DeGuilio. Affirms the district court’s denial of Donnell Wilson’s petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. Finds Wilson’s 100-year sentence for committing two murders at the age of 16 does not violate the Eighth Amendment as construed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012). Also finds the district court denied relief on the merits, finding that the Indiana Supreme Court decision rejected Wilson’s Eighth Amendment claim under Miller on the merits and that the rejection was neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of Supreme Court precedent.