The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court’s decision to allow a child molestation victim to testify in court with a comfort animal at her side. The ruling means the defendant’s child molesting convictions will stand.
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The Court of Appeals of Indiana has reaffirmed an earlier ruling that held the state’s classification of a synthetic cannabinoid as a Schedule I controlled substance is unconstitutionally vague.
The justices voted to grant transfer to Marquis David Young v. State of Indiana, 21A-CR-1125, a 2020 murder case from Lake Superior Court. Also, the justices voted to hear a dispute over an arbitration provision in a customer contract and a case involving property damage caused by a sewage overflow.
A father accused of physical abuse against his teenage son can have limited contact with his son despite a protective order after the Court of Appeals of Indiana determined the protective order went too far.
The Court of Appeals has reversed a custody arrangement for a feuding couple, ordering the Warrick Circuit Court to choose which parent will have sole custody of their child after concluding the case’s findings did not support the award of joint legal custody.
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Derek Molter has officially joined the high court’s bench.
A man with multiple convictions received a partial reversal from the Court of Appeals of Indiana on Thursday after it found a petition to revoke his probation in one of those cases was untimely filed and ultimately an abuse of discretion.
A woman holding more than a decadelong grudge against a former sheriff cannot shake her conviction for felony stalking after she berated the man and followed him around town for years.
A complaint against a title company and its underwriter that was dismissed without an opportunity to amend was properly thrown out despite an error, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed.
An Indiana woman who was sexually assaulted by a nurse during her stay at a Muncie hospital has failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that the state’s medical malpractice statute should apply to her claims for damages based on the sexual assault.
An Indiana man who didn’t provide a transcript of his guilty plea hearing or a history of his mental health has failed in his appeal of the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
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A man arguing his probation should end three years earlier than the date listed in the system has failed to secure relief from the Court of Appeals of Indiana.
The former president of a company that manufactured animal and pet products has failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that along with being an executive at the company, he also held an ownership stake.
Continued attempts to halt the construction of a parking lot and retail center in a historic Indianapolis district by a collection of nearby homeowners has been bulldozed after the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled the residents lacked standing when they failed to allege injury as a result of the project.
A Clay County man will not have to pay a pair of fees imposed upon him by a trial court following his conviction of theft after the Court of Appeals of Indiana determined neither of the fees were authorized by statute.
A woman who didn’t comply with the settlement agreement in her dissolution of marriage decree has failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that a trial court erred in granting a motion to enforce settlement.
The estate of a motorcyclist who was killed after colliding with an Indiana State Police vehicle while exiting an Indiana tollbooth faced a reversal after the Court of Appeals of Indiana concluded evidence of his high-speed chase with police just before the fatal accident was wrongly excluded from trial.
The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission will interview 12 applicants next month to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Court of Appeals of Indiana.