April 25, 2013
Dave StaffordProsecutors acknowledged Thursday they could not currently provide a witness who would definitively testify that rat poison
Bei Bei Shuai ingested was the cause of her newborn’s death, for which she stands charged with murder.
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April 25, 2013
Jennifer NelsonWorried that upholding a man’s conviction based solely on DNA presence on a glove found at a crime scene would create
a precedent for criminals to frame someone else, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a burglary conviction out of St. Joseph
County.
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April 25, 2013
IL StaffGov. Mike Pence signed Senate Enrolled Act 486 Wednesday, which will allow three counties to appoint additional magistrates
or judges.
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April 25, 2013
Jennifer NelsonAn Italian-born naturalized U.S. citizen who sued his former employer for religious discrimination and defamation after he
was fired could not prove his claims before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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April 24, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA southern Indiana man was not able to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that the court should overturn his convictions
of murder and other charges for stabbing his stepdaughter.
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April 24, 2013
Jennifer NelsonInaction by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to update a man’s driving record to reflect his lifetime suspended license
is not enough to nullify a statutory requirement that his lifetime suspension be imposed, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled
Wednesday.
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April 24, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the suppression of evidence in a man’s drunken-driving case, finding police did
not have reasonable suspicion to pull the man over because he was driving left of center on a county road to avoid poor road
conditions.
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April 24, 2013
IL StaffThe Allen Superior Court Judicial Nominating Commission will interview eight applicants April 25 for Judge Stephen Sims’
spot on the Superior Court. Sims retires Friday.
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April 24, 2013
Dave StaffordIndiana Supreme Court justices on Tuesday quizzed attorneys about what constitutes hazing and whether Wabash College and a
fraternity chapter owed a duty to protect a pledge injured when fraternity brothers placed him in a chokehold then dropped
him.
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April 24, 2013
IL StaffThe Lake County-based Women Lawyers Association will pay tribute to Indiana Justice Loretta Rush, the state’s second
female justice, during a reception next month.
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April 24, 2013
Dave StaffordProsecutors and police helped clear more than half of those exonerated in 2012, according to a report by the National Registry
of Exonerations.
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April 24, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlLaw professors involved with immigration clinics agree that a change in the national immigration law could create more work
for the clinics, especially if undocumented workers currently in the country had a path to citizenship.
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April 24, 2013
Dave StaffordJust because a dispute might be ugly, it doesn’t mean the surroundings have to be.
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April 24, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlThe Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic launches new three-phase program that also incorporates education.
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April 24, 2013
Dave StaffordA defense subcontractor marked up kits, resulting in millions of dollars in armor overcharges.
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April 23, 2013
IL StaffHoosiers with criminal records might soon be able to erase their past.
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April 23, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlThe American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Legal Education will examine how students are trained to be lawyers
during a special meeting April 24 at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
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April 23, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlAn argument over the wording of the state’s robbery statute gave the Indiana Court of Appeals pause but ultimately did
not sway its ruling in affirming a conviction of conspiracy to commit robbery resulting in serious bodily injury.
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April 23, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlA Marion County man’s admission of a probation violation is not enough to revoke his probation without an evidentiary
hearing, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.
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April 23, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlCiting several cases from other jurisdictions, the Indiana Court of Appeals concluded that brief contact with the fog line
or swerving within a lane ordinarily is not sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion of impaired driving.
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April 23, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana State Bar Association is seeking a candidate to fill a two-year position to the American Bar Association House
of Delegates.
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April 22, 2013
IL StaffThe Supreme Court of the United States will leave undisturbed a ruling that blocked state efforts to cap dental work for Medicaid
recipients at $1,000 per year.
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April 22, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court will review the case of a man whose attempted child exploitation convictions for secretly photographing
minor girls in their underwear were overturned by a divided panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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April 22, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlThe Indiana Court of Appeals agreed with a convicted murderer that his bloody shoe should not have been admitted into evidence,
but the judges did not overturn the conviction, ruling other substantial independent evidence supported the guilty verdict.
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April 19, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana House of Representatives passed on concurrence several bills Wednesday, including legislation dealing with judicial
technology and automation.
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Jack, I was only responding to bill's comment of tying everybody in government together. I agree with you though, it takes one bad apple to ruin the bunch.. As in any profession. What's truly unfair is when somebody violates someone's trust and takes complete advantage of someone
John’s comment is unfair. The majority of attorneys can be trusted. Unfortunately, all it takes is one greedy, unscrupulous, immoral attorney to jade the public.
In regards to bill's comment about trusting the cover meant. We can trust them about as much as we can trust attorneys'.
This is disturbing to learn...
Yikes!