The enhancement of a man’s conviction of operating a vehicle while intoxicated because of a prior OWI conviction did not constitute an ex post facto violation, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Monday. The man argued it was a violation because his prior conviction occurred before the enactment of the enhancement statute.
Southern Indiana counties struggle with increase in child abuse cases.
A decade-old old case from the Indiana Court of Appeals doesn’t apply to child molesting cases, the state’s second
highest appellate court has ruled.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a defendant’s various drug convictions and sentence, finding the police officer
didn’t violate the man’s Fourth Amendment rights by looking in the defendant’s car when trying to serve
a warrant.