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Supreme Court affirms death sentence in 2001 rape, murder
June 22, 2012
Dave StaffordA man whose death sentence and murder and rape convictions previously were reversed on appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court
remains condemned after the justices on Thursday affirmed a trial court’s denial of post-conviction relief.
MoreMan loses insanity defense appeal
June 20, 2012
Jennifer NelsonA Marion County court correctly rejected the insanity defense entered by a man who suffers from bipolar disorder and alcoholism
in his attempted murder bench trial, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled.
MoreIndiana Supreme Court rejects murderer's appeal over juror
June 20, 2012
Dave StaffordA woman sentenced to 55 years in prison for her role in a 2010 murder lost an appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday.
MoreCourt of Appeals upholds murder convictions
June 18, 2012
Dave StaffordA man convicted of two murders failed in his appeal to the Indiana Court of Appeals, which ruled Monday that a Lake Superior
Court did not err in allowing testimony about conflicting statements in reference to the fatal shootings.
MoreMan's murder sentence upheld in abduction slaying
June 11, 2012
Dave StaffordA man convicted of murder in Allen County will continue to serve a 65-year sentence after the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled
that the callousness of the crime merited the consideration of numerous aggravators.
MoreCourt didn't err in allowing impeachment testimony
May 25, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals found the trial court did not err in allowing a police detective to testify as to what a witness
told him about a shooting.
MoreJudges uphold murder conviction
May 25, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals found the evidence that a defendant committed murder was overwhelming, so any suppression of
a witness’s testimony by the prosecution was no more than a harmless error.
MoreSupreme Court declines attempted feticide case
May 11, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court decided Friday that it would not take the case of a Marion County woman appealing her charges of
murder and attempted feticide after ingesting rat poison in an attempt to kill herself and her unborn child.
MoreJudges uphold jury's rejection of insanity defense
May 10, 2012
Jennifer NelsonA woman convicted of murdering her young son has lost her appeal, in which she claimed the jury didn’t have sufficient
evidence to reject her insanity defense.
MoreNo error in admitting deposition testimony of witness
May 9, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals found the trial court did not err in admitting the deposition testimony of a witness in a murder
case who refused to testify at trial and whom the defendant had a chance to examine at the deposition.
MoreMan not prejudiced when prosecutor read illiterate witness' statement before jury
April 30, 2012
Jennifer NelsonAlthough it would have been better for the trial court to excuse the jury before reading an illiterate witness’s prior
statement to him to refresh his memory, any error attributable to its use is harmless, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
MoreCOA upholds denial of fugitive's request to file an appeal
April 19, 2012
Jennifer NelsonA woman convicted of murdering her husband in the 1970s who escaped from prison and remained a fugitive for 35 years isn’t
entitled to file a petition for belated appeal because her willful act of fleeing prevented her attorney from pursuing the
appeal.
MoreCourt of Appeals revises robbery sentence
April 3, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals has ordered that a man’s robbery sentence be reduced because that conviction and sentence
were not allowed due to double jeopardy. The man’s sentence for murder, robbery and rape dropped from 160 years to 130
years.
MoreCOA adopts Restatement (Third) of Torts Section 14
March 29, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court in concluding a new trial is warranted to determine allocation of fault
in a man’s murder. At issue is the percentage of fault to allocate to a criminal defendant and his former employer.
MoreJustices asked to take feticide case
March 28, 2012
Jenny MontgomeryOn March 14, the one-year anniversary of Bei Bei Shuai’s imprisonment on attempted feticide and murder charges, attorney
Linda Pence notified media that Pence Hensel and attorneys from the National Advocates for Pregnant Women filed a petition
on March 9 for the Indiana Supreme Court to grant transfer in the case.
MoreDivided Supreme Court orders new murder trial
March 23, 2012
Michael HoskinsThree justices have tossed out a murder conviction, ordering a new trial on the grounds that the trial judge should have given
the jury the option to consider a lesser offense of reckless homicide.
MoreJudges revise murder sentence
March 21, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the murder conviction of a defendant who killed a Bloomington man in response to a sexual
assault, but found the circumstances around the killing warranted a lesser sentence.
MoreSupreme Court upholds refusal to give jury instruction
March 19, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court has adopted the full opinion of the Indiana Court of Appeals, which upheld the decision by a trial
court not to give a defendant’s tendered instructions on lesser-included offenses of murder.
MoreCOA finds man initiated communication with detective
March 2, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of a defendant’s motion to suppress an incriminating statement
to a detective because the defendant initiated the discussion and understood his Miranda rights before speaking.
MoreJudges affirm denial of post-conviction relief
February 23, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals declined to find an attorney provided ineffective assistance of trial counsel to a man on trial
for the second time because that attorney didn’t defend the case in the same manner as did the attorney on the first
trial.
MoreJustices decline Camm prosecutor case
February 16, 2012
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court decided Tuesday it will not disturb the ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals that Floyd County
Prosecutor Keith Henderson can’t be involved in the retrial of David Camm. Camm is set to be tried for a third time
for the murders of his wife and two children.
MoreRuling leads to questions about pregnant women's rights
February 15, 2012
Jenny MontgomeryThe Indiana Court of Appeals was asked on interlocutory appeal to determine whether the Marion Superior Court erred in denying
bail for Bei Bei Shuai, a woman being held on charges of attempted feticide and murder.
MoreCourt split on dismissing murder, attempted feticide charges
February 8, 2012
Jennifer NelsonIn a case of first impression involving a mother who ingested rat poison in an attempt to kill herself and her unborn child,
one Indiana Court of Appeals judge felt that if the feticide statute is applied to women’s prenatal conduct, it might
lead to a “slippery slope” in which a full range of a woman’s conduct while pregnant could fall under the
feticide statute.
MoreAppellate court affirms murder conviction; reverses on corpse abuse conviction
January 31, 2012
Jenny MontgomeryThe erroneous admission at trial of a statement a man made to police unquestionably influenced the jury verdicts regarding
his convictions of burglary and abuse of a corpse, causing the Indiana Court of Appeals to reverse those convictions. But
the COA affirmed his conviction of and sentence for murder.
MoreJustices reverse determinate commitment
January 18, 2012
Jennifer NelsonIn a three-page per curiam opinion released Wednesday by the Indiana Supreme Court, the justices reversed a juvenile’s
determinate commitment to the Department of Correction for committing what would be felony murder if committed by an adult.
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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.
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.