March 1, 2010
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer today to decide whether casinos can ban card counters. The high court also granted
transfer to five cases Thursday, including a case of first impression regarding post-retirement health-insurance premiums.
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January 25, 2010
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether the state's voter identification law violates the Indiana Constitution.
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January 22, 2010
Jennifer NelsonThe state's highest court has decided to take a case in which a defendant questioned whether the appellate review of a
sentence should consider the suspended portion of a sentence as qualitatively different from the executed portion when determining
if a sentence is inappropriate.
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January 15, 2010
Michael HoskinsTwo civil cases got the go ahead from the Indiana Supreme Court this week to move up for consideration by the state's
justices.
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December 21, 2009
Michael HoskinsTwo Indiana Supreme Court justices disagreed with their colleagues in not accepting an appeal, finding that a ruling from
the state's intermediate appellate court muddled caselaw on medical business and noncompete agreements, and significantly
jeopardizes the public's access to medical care.
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December 11, 2009
IL StaffThe state's highest court has agreed to hear a case dealing with Indiana's habitual offender statute and another case
involving the requirements for a cheek-swab DNA test.
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November 24, 2009
Michael HoskinsWalter Whatley isn't disputing the fact that he was in possession of cocaine and that he should be held accountable for
that.Instead, the Indianapolis defendant argues that he shouldn't have been convicted of Class A felony cocaine possession,
which is what he was charged with given that he had the cocaine within 1,000 feet of a "youth program center" or
a church near his home, where police arrested him after finding more than three grams of the illegal substance on him.
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November 24, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe state's highest court has agreed to hear a case in which the Indiana Court of Appeals split on whether a police "knock
and talk" investigation violated a man's constitutional rights.
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November 13, 2009
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer Thursday to a post-conviction case in which the defendant, who spoke only Spanish,
claimed he didn't enter his plea knowingly or intelligently.
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October 26, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer Oct. 22 to a case involving a conviction of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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October 19, 2009
Michael HoskinsIn an expected move, the Indiana Attorney General's Office has asked the state Supreme Court to consider whether the 4-year-old
voter identification law is constitutional.
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October 16, 2009
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court will consider a mortgage foreclosure case involving whether one of the parties was entitled to a
foreclosure decree for equitable real estate liens on an Indianapolis property.
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October 5, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court agreed Oct. 1 to hear four cases, including one dealing with whether a defendant should have a new
murder trial and another involving whether a prior conviction in conspiracy to deal in cocaine counts as a conviction for
dealing in cocaine under the state's habitual offender statute.
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September 25, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer Thursday to a case questioning whether the Indiana Department of Transportation
is liable for the death of an employee of an independent contractor working on a highway project.
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September 14, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court granted six transfers Sept. 11, including a case of first impression involving a suit filed by a
pathological gambler against a riverboat casino.
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September 8, 2009
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer Thursday to case involving part of the worker's compensation statute that the
Indiana Court of Appeals called "somewhat obscure."
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August 21, 2009
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court has declined after nine months to accept a case asking whether registered sex offenders can be banned
from parks and recreational areas.
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August 21, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer this week to three cases, including a first impression case involving whether someone
who has drugs within 1,000 feet of a youth program center run in a church can have their conviction enhanced.
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August 14, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer this week to case in which a defendant believed the trial court abused its discretion
in referring to his Level of Service Inventory-Revised and Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory scores.
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July 30, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court granted two transfers this week to cases involving a negligence claim against a grocery store and
subordinated judgment liens.
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July 6, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court granted five transfers late on July 2, including cases on possession of cocaine in a family housing
complex and "no fault" attendance policies in workplaces.
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June 18, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court announced today an addition to its June 16 transfers.
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June 17, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court granted three transfers Tuesday, including a case regarding the state's "non-suspension
rule," Indiana Code Section 35-50-2-2(b)(1).
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Judge Roger B. Cosbey is unethical and bias toward African American who seeks justice in Title VII claims. He disrespected and used his authority to attempt to intimidate me into taking an unfair settlement and when I refused he proceeded to get my case dismissed and to deny me my Constitutional and Civil Rights. He disobeying several rules of law; specifically, by ruling on summary judgment motions against the Fed. R. Civ. P., without authority of Judge William C. Lee, without consent of the attorneys, and with conspiracy to commit “fraud on the court,” as he conspired with my former attorney. He proved to me that he is bias, unethical, unfair and unfit to be reappointed. In my opinion, he should be disbarred in 2013, for committing fraud on the court, which would make him ineligible for reinstatement in 2014. See docket 3:07 cv 629 where he rules on dispositive motions, knowing magistrates are not vested with that power (especially without consent), grants the defendant an unconscionable number of extensions, accepts my former attorney request for extension for dispositive motion knowing he was working with the opposition, and unbelievably grants the defendant another extension after he requested an extension after he missed the deadline. I know another attorney filed charges against him for bias in race discrimination case(s). I know what he did in my case before he voluntarily recused himself, I just do not know how many other innocent people have been stripped of their rights because of him. I say shame on him and no more of the same.
they are pushing these cases against lawyers too far. thought-crime.
vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.
With all due respect, Rick, I think you probably would be making a mistake by going to law school. The job market for attorneys is so saturated, you may well find yourself unemployed and with a lot of debt. You mention law would be a good supplement to your skills. True. But employers unfortunately don't value that. You will find that a law degree may well pigeonhole you into an attorney slot and limit career options. If you have a good job now I would hold onto that. As an attorney, you may well end up making less with the aforementioned debt.