To wrap up 2022, here’s a look back at the biggest stories of the year, as voted on by IL staff.
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Last month, Justice Steven David officially retired from the state’s highest court and became a senior judge while now-Justice Derek Molter was sworn in as his successor.
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Humble, caring and collaborative is how soon-to-be Indiana Supreme Court Justice Derek Molter was described by colleagues and friends. On June 10, at the Indiana Statehouse, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that Molter, currently the most junior judge on the Court of Appeals of Indiana, will join the state’s highest bench as the 111th justice.
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Indiana Court of Appeals Judge James Kirsch will soon have to put all of his accolades into boxes, as Kirsch is preparing to vacate his position on the appellate bench — a role he’s held for more than 25 years.
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The boy says that his attorney’s failure to object to the state’s recommendation that he be sent to Indiana Department of Correction amounted to ineffective representation.
The ruling offers new guidance on what constitutes allowable self-defense under Indiana law.
The case is one of several in which the appellate courts have identified a gap that prevents the state from prosecuting some individuals in the transition from juvenile to adult court.
The trial court’s preliminary injunction against the state’s abortion law remains in effect for a small group of women after the Indiana Supreme Court for now refused to hear state officials’ appeal.
The Indiana Supreme Court reversed a trial court’s denial of a husband’s motion for partial summary judgment over the issue of ownership of cryptocurrencies that were not initially accounted for during his divorce proccedings.
The Indiana Supreme Court accepted seven cases for transfer last week, including four with motions that called for an Elkhart County judge’s recusal.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer in two cases last week dealing with a fraudulent loan and a speedy trial.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer last week for cases involving a speedy trial request and a fatal county fair brawl.
Chief Justice Loretta Rush has appointed Justice Derek Molter to replace her on the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted the transfer of a battery case last week and denied 47 other requests.
The Indiana Supreme Court narrowly denied the transfer of a case in which the Indiana Court of Appeals found that an inventory search of a man’s truck that led to a drug conviction was reasonable.
The Indiana Supreme Court denied 19 transfer petitions and granted one for the week ending Feb. 16.
Concerns about a former trustee accused of theft because she worked out-of-state during COVID should have been handled via a civil action, not a criminal action, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled, vacating the ex-trustee’s 21 theft convictions.
The Indiana Supreme Court is explaining its reasoning for reinstating the defense team of the man accused in the 2017 Delphi murder case, crafting a new rule for determining when a judge can remove a court-appointed attorney.
The Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer to 18 cases last week, granting just one transfer petition.
An Indianapolis attorney will serve a 30-day suspension with automatic reinstatement in the new year after she impermissibly communicated with a represented litigant and made false statements to the court about that communication.
The Indiana Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favor of Ball State University in case in which a student sued for breach of contract and unjust enrichment when classes switched to only-online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 500 college and high school students gathered at Trine University on Wednesday to listen to oral arguments in front of the Indiana Supreme Court and ask questions of the state’s five justices.
Indiana election law’s silence on corporate contributions to independent-expenditure political action committees means such contributions are prohibited or otherwise limited, a split Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.
A split Indiana Supreme Court has denied the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana’s motion for rehearing on the state’s near-total abortion ban.