A dog sniff that led to a man’s conviction on drug and firearms charges did not unconstitutionally prolong the underlying traffic stop, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday.
The legalization of hemp has led to the reversal of a man’s possession of marijuana conviction at the Court of Appeals of Indiana, which also vacated a meth-possession conviction on double jeopardy grounds.
A trial court should’ve granted a man’s motion for discharge after his drug-related trial was continued multiple times, a split Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in a reversal.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana declined to reverse a man’s firearm-related convictions, determining that his challenges to the admission of evidence failed.
Indiana Supreme Court justices have agreed to consider a case in which a Decatur County man is challenging his conviction and habitual offender enhancement for felony possession of methamphetamine.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has upheld the convictions and sentence of a man convicted on drug-related charges who argued that the revocation of his probation in a separate theft case was an abuse of discretion.
Two felon-in-possession convictions were multiplicitous, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, but a defendant’s other challenges to his drug-related convictions and sentence failed.
A man convicted of drug charges could not convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that meth-related evidence was improperly admitted at his trial, but he did prevail on his argument that there was insufficient evidence to support a marijuana conviction.
The Court of Appeals has declined to overturn a man’s methamphetamine-related convictions, rejecting the man’s argument that the search of his vehicle violated his constitutional rights.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has ordered the reversal of a man’s drug-related convictions after determining that the officer who arrested him was not wearing a “distinctive” uniform, making the underlying traffic stop invalid.
There was no evidence that a man intended to sell the methamphetamine found in his possession during a traffic stop, a split Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Wednesday in reversing a dealing conviction.
A man convicted for dealing in methamphetamine didn’t have his rights violated when the trial court admitted evidence of the drug deals and denied his continuance motion, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled in affirming a lower court’s decision.
Overturning the district court and disagreeing with a state appellate court’s analysis, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the denial of habeas relief to a man convicted on drug charges, ordering an evidentiary hearing on his habeas petition.
As part of a daylong event designed to increase educators’ understanding of the Indiana judicial branch, the Court of Appeals of Indiana on Wednesday heard arguments in a case involving the admission of evidence collected during a traffic stop.
A man who shot a gun into his neighbor’s house has failed in his attempt to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana to overturn his convictions or five-year sentence.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s 25-year prison sentence for a Kokomo man convicted of drug trafficking, rejecting the man’s claims that the court relied on hearsay and erred in applying an obstruction-of-justice enhancement.
Federal prosecutors plan to seek a grand jury indictment of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter before the end of the month, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
A man’s above-guidelines sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm was not inappropriate given his criminal history, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
A Muncie man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to 44 years in prison after being convicted of dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death, a Level 1 felony, Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman announced Aug. 16.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed a man’s conviction for dealing resulting in death, finding the trial court didn’t abuse its discretion in admitting text messages from the victim’s phone as evidence.