Judge may decide to delay trial in IU student’s death
A judge may decide this week whether to delay the trial of a Bloomington man accused of killing an Indiana University student.
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Prosecutor: Evidence speaks for 10 LA ‘Grim Sleeper’ victims
Arguments continued Tuesday in the case of a Los Angeles man prosecutors believe is the “Grim Sleeper,” charged with 10 deaths of African-American women and suspected in an untold number more.
COA: Sovereign citizen still subject to jurisdiction
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a man’s murder conviction Thursday, finding the trial court had jurisdiction despite his status as a “Moorish American National Sovereign” and “secured party creditor.”
Justices: Murderer should be able to file belated notice of appeal
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a per curiam decision a man who pleaded guilty to two counts of murder among other charges can file a belated notice of appeal after the justices found “unique circumstances” in his case that did not allow him to file an appeal of his sentence when it was decided in 1987.
Indiana teen who killed man at age 12 gets chance at freedom
A northern Indiana teenager who was 12 years old when he helped kill his friend's stepfather has a chance at freedom.
Indianapolis man gets 4 life sentences in quadruple killing
An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to four consecutive life terms after his February guilty plea to four drug-related killings spared him a possible death sentence.
84-year sentence given in Indianapolis teen’s brutal death
A man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl whose badly burned body was found in an Indianapolis backyard was sentenced Friday to 84 years in prison.
Supreme Court upholds man’s death sentence
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a man’s death sentence Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to brutally murdering a woman.
Man charged in officer’s death wants to represent self
A man charged with murder in the killing of an Indianapolis police officer says he wants to represent himself.
Judge seals records in case of 1-year-old’s murder
A judge in Spencer presiding over the case of a man accused of abducting and killing a 1-year-old girl has ordered certain records sealed.
Supreme Court affirms second-degree murder charge, life in prison
The Indiana Supreme Court said admission of an autopsy report and testimony by a pathologist who did not complete the report was not a violation of a man’s Sixth Amendment right to cross-examination and thus affirmed the trial court’s conviction of second-degree murder.
Jury finds South Bend teen convicted of murder had gang ties
South Bend jury finds teenager convicted of murder should have sentence enhanced for criminal gang activity.
Jury convicts 7th person in fatal shooting of South Bend boy
Jurors have convicted a seventh person of involvement with gunfire during a gang fight that resulted in a South Bend toddler being fatally wounded by a stray bullet.
Murder charge filed against man in Indiana toddler’s death
An Indiana man drank whiskey with the uncle of a 1-year-old girl and then waited until the family fell asleep before abducting, raping and killing the toddler, prosecutors said Monday in court documents.
Terre Haute man gets life without parole for killing wife
A Terre Haute man who served 25 years for killing his second wife has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his first wife.
High court won’t reinstate conviction of Ohio cop in wife’s death
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider reinstating the conviction of a former police official charged in connection with his wife’s 1995 death in Ohio.
Indianapolis man gets life sentence in deadly house blast
A judge has sentenced an Indianapolis man to life in prison without parole for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two people and destroyed or damaged more than 80 homes.
Supreme Court: Evidence sufficient for murder convictions
The Indiana Supreme Court upheld a man’s convictions of four counts of murder and four life sentences without parole after it found evidence was sufficient to justify his convictions. The case went straight from trial court to the Supreme Court because of the life without parole sentences.
Handyman charged in slayings of Lake County woman, daughter
Authorities investigating the January slayings of a Lake County woman and her adult daughter have charged a handyman who had worked for the victims in connection with their strangulation deaths.
Attorneys argue over whether to split 2 murder cases
A judge has delayed ruling on whether to separate two murder cases faced by an Indiana man who has confessed to killing seven women.