Juvenile case
Judges reverse teen’s gang-related adjudication
May 9, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe state was unable to prove that a 14-year-old Indianapolis boy committed criminal gang activity when he and several other
juveniles followed another teen after a party, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
MoreSullivan to mediate Lake Superior judge dispute
April 1, 2013
Dave StaffordFormer Justice Frank Sullivan will mediate a dispute over a Lake Superior Court judgeship vacancy, the Indiana Supreme Court
ordered Monday.
MoreJudges dismiss state’s appeal regarding juvenile delinquency petition
March 20, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the state has no statutory right to appeal a juvenile court’s decision
to rescind an order approving the filing of a delinquency petition against a teen accused of molesting two children.
MoreGingerich reversal won’t get high court review
March 8, 2013
Dave StaffordA boy believed to be the youngest person convicted as an adult in Indiana will get a fresh start in juvenile court after the
Indiana Supreme Court let stand a reversal of his conviction.
MoreGingerich reversal won’t get high court review
March 8, 2013
Dave StaffordThe Indiana Supreme Court will let stand the reversal of a trial court’s adult conviction and 25-year executed sentence
for Paul Henry Gingerich, who was 12 at the time he and an older boy shot and killed a Kosciusko County man.
MoreJustices toss delinquency ruling for resisting school resource officer
February 22, 2013
IL StaffA high school student’s action of trying to pull away from a school resource officer who tried to handcuff him is insufficient
to support his adjudication as a delinquent, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday.
MoreJustices take juvenile sex offender case
February 19, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court accepted just one case on transfer last week, that of a Lawrence County teen who was ordered to
register as a sex offender.
MoreCOA reverses former principal’s conviction for failing to immediately report student’s alleged rape
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.
MoreCOA: Theft and auto theft adjudications didn’t violate single larceny rule
January 15, 2013
Dave StaffordA teen lost an appeal challenging his adjudication as a delinquent on charges that would be theft and auto theft if committed
by an adult violated the single larceny rule.
MoreJudges reverse teen’s conspiracy to commit murder conviction
December 11, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed Paul Henry Gingerich’s conviction of Class A felony conspiracy to commit murder,
finding the Kosciusko juvenile court abused its discretion in denying the then-12-year-old’s request for a continuance
of a waiver hearing.
MoreJudges focus on juvenile due process in Gingerich murder conspiracy appeal
October 30, 2012
Dave StaffordCourt of Appeals judges on Tuesday focused their questions on whether a 12-year-old waived to adult court in a 2010 murder
had due process when his attorneys had just five days to prepare for a waiver hearing in juvenile court in Kosciusko County.
MoreCOA split over whether DCS has authority to interview sibling
October 10, 2012
Jennifer NelsonAn Indiana Court of Appeals judge reached the opposite conclusion of her colleagues Wednesday in finding that the Department
of Child Services lacks the statutory authority to conduct a forensic interview of a non-subject child residing in the same
home as a child who has claimed abuse by a resident family member.
MoreAdmission of the videotaped confession constitutes fundamental error
September 25, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlThe true finding that a juvenile committed an act that would constitute the offense of attempted burglary, a class B felony,
was reversed by the Indiana Court of Appeals on the grounds the trial court made a fundamental error in admitting into evidence
the juvenile’s videotaped confession.
MoreStudent’s delinquency adjudication involving in-school incident reversed
August 28, 2012
Dave StaffordA Ben Davis High School student won an appeal of his adjudication as a delinquent Tuesday after the Court of Appeals held
the circumstances for which he was adjudicated did not meet the equivalent of Class D felony resisting law enforcement.
MoreJudges uphold 11-year-old’s reckless homicide adjudication
August 2, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a Morgan County boy’s adjudication for shooting
his younger brother while the two were home alone. The 11-year-old claimed that the juvenile court abused its discretion in
admitting his statement to the investigating officer at the evidentiary hearing.
MoreDivided court affirms life without parole for 17-year-old who killed younger brother
August 1, 2012
Dave StaffordA 3-2 decision of the Indiana Supreme Court upheld a sentence of life without parole for a 17-year-old who killed his 10-year-old
brother while babysitting and later dumped his body near a school in Rising Sun.
More7th Circuit affirms life sentences in prostitution ring
July 6, 2012
Dave StaffordTwo men sentenced to life in prison on an assortment of federal charges related to a prostitution ring involving underage
girls that operated in northwest Indiana failed in their appeal before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday, but judges
asked the trial court to clarify the sentence for a third defendant.
MoreJudges affirm teen’s sentence for robbery, conspiracy
June 22, 2012
Jennifer NelsonAn Elkhart teenager convicted in adult court for her role in several armed robberies of gas stations lost her appeal before
the Indiana Court of Appeals.
MoreTeen Court to hold Super Saturday session
June 15, 2012
IL StaffMore than 30 volunteers will assist with 11 Teen Court cases from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 16 at Reach For Youth, 3505 N. Washington
Blvd., Indianapolis, 46205.
MoreAppeals court affirms admission of victim video in molestation trial
June 7, 2012
Dave StaffordSt. Joseph Probate Court did not err when it allowed videotaped evidence of a child molesting victim to be presented at the
fact-finding hearing of a minor who subsequently was placed at the Indiana Boys School.
MoreDNA swab of juvenile is not fundamental error
May 17, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals found police acted improperly in swabbing a teen’s penis to obtain DNA evidence and that
the trial court erred in admitting this test into evidence, but that the error was harmless.
MoreJudges uphold inpatient treatment for juvenile
April 30, 2012
Jennifer NelsonBecause the record shows that a juvenile’s placement at an inpatient treatment facility is consistent with the goals
for the teen’s rehabilitation, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the juvenile court’s placement order.
MoreAppellate court affirms juvenile committed theft, burglary
January 20, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThere was sufficient evidence to support the findings that a teenage girl committed what would be burglary and theft if committed
by an adult, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday. The judges overturned the finding she carried a handgun without a
license and ordered that the juvenile court correct its dispositional order.
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.
MoreCOA finds no error in juvenile adjudication
December 6, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryThe Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a juvenile court’s decision to place a minor in a residential treatment center,
holding sufficient evidence exists to support the court’s dispositional order.
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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!