January 30, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA split Indiana Court of Appeals decided Wednesday that former Muncie Central High School principal Christopher Smith’s
Class B misdemeanor conviction for failure to immediately report child abuse or neglect should be tossed out.
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January 5, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerIn late September 2010, as part of the FBI Citizen’s Academy in Indianapolis, agents passed around photos from a cross
burning that took place four years earlier in Muncie.
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April 7, 2010
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found sufficient evidence to uphold a Muncie man's convictions stemming from his burning
of a cross in front of the home of a family with biracial children.
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January 22, 2010
IL StaffFor those who weren't able to catch Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard's State of the Judiciary in person or want to
see it again, Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations around the state will air the speech next week.
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October 6, 2009
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals found that a Circuit Court incorrectly ruled that Muncie failed to meet its statutory burden
when trying to annex portions of two residential neighborhoods. The appellate court reversed the finding Muncie's
ordinances annexing the land were invalid and the finding the landowners met their statutory burden to oppose the annexation.
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May 28, 2009
Jennifer NelsonToday Indiana's appellate courts are dealing with two mayoral election disputes, with the Court of Appeals ruling on one
in Muncie and the Supreme Court hearing arguments in another from Terre Haute.
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December 22, 2008
Michael HoskinsA Muncie law firm will remain intact after both of its longtime partners take the bench in January.
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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.