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Father’s testimony at molestation trial not fundamental error
May 14, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a Lake County man’s conviction of Class C felony child molesting, rejecting the
defendant’s claims that some of the victim’s father’s testimony at trial resulted in fundamental error.
MoreMan gets 90 years for murder of girlfriend
May 14, 2013
IL StaffSt. Joseph Superior Judge Jerome Frese sentenced a South Bend man to 90 years for murdering his girlfriend in October 2009.
This is the second time Brice Webb has been convicted and sentenced for Cherlyn Reyes’ death.
MoreCarr’s formal swearing in as bankruptcy judge Tuesday
May 14, 2013
IL StaffThe United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana will hold the investiture ceremony for U.S. Bankruptcy
Judge James M. Carr Tuesday at the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Indianapolis.
MoreJustices take commitment case involving man with Alzheimer’s disease
May 13, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court will take a case that divided the Court of Appeals: whether a trial court is required to have a
man with Alzheimer’s disease committed once an incompetency finding is made.
MoreGovernor signs JTAC, workers’ comp bills into law
May 13, 2013
IL StaffThe Division of State Court Administration’s Judicial Technology and Automation Committee will see a temporary boost
in funding for its Odyssey case management system under a new law signed by Gov. Mike Pence.
MoreFormer Marion County deputy prosecutor agrees to plead guilty to bribery
May 13, 2013
Cory SchoutenThe top deputy under former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge for his role
in the early release of a woman convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme.
MoreJudges tell trial court to declare commissioner’s order void
May 13, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s denial of a title insurance company’s verified petition
for judicial review and declaratory relief, finding the court erred by requiring a separate showing of prejudice because the
Indiana insurance commissioner failed to comply with a mandatory statutory deadline regarding an order setting an investigatory
hearing.
MoreCourt clarifies decision on jury instructions
May 13, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals granted the state’s request for rehearing on a case in which the judges found the trial
court erred in not giving a defendant’s tendered jury instruction, but that the error was harmless. The state contended
that two cases dictated that there was no error by the court.
MoreIndiana gets positive verdict from mock trial visitors
May 13, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlTwo teams from the West swept the 2013 National High School Mock Trial Championship, but Indianapolis and the Indiana legal
community made the best impression.
MoreSCOTUS rules against Indiana farmer in seed patent case
May 13, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA unanimous Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that patent exhaustion doesn’t allow a farmer to reproduce
patented seeds through planting and harvesting without the patent holder’s permission.
MoreMan’s prior conviction doesn’t render him a career offender
May 10, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the denial of a man’s habeas petition, finding his conviction of arson in
the third degree in Delaware doesn’t qualify as a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. Section 4B.1. As such, his current
sentence should be reduced to reflect he isn’t a career offender.
MoreState not trying to circumvent adverse ruling in refiling charges
May 10, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a man’s felony cocaine dealing conviction, finding the state, when originally
dismissing charges and then later refiling them, was not trying to avoid an adverse ruling that barred testimony of a confidential
informant.
MoreDenial of post-conviction relief upheld by COA
May 10, 2013
Jennifer NelsonEven if the Indiana Court of Appeals was to assume that a defendant’s trial counsel performed below prevailing professional
norms by not explaining the potential immigration consequences of his guilty plea, the judges ruled the defendant wasn’t
prejudiced because the trial court explained those consequences.
MoreCOA to trial judges: enter restitution orders at sentencing
May 10, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals sent a case in ‘procedural limbo’ back to trial court to enter a restitution order
within 30 days, which will allow the defendant to appeal his aggravated battery conviction. The appellate judges also advised
trial courts on the pitfalls of postponing ordering restitution when ordering a sentence.
MorePence signs into law changes to sex offender registry
May 10, 2013
IL StaffChanges are coming to Indiana’s sex offender registry, thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Mike Pence Thursday.
MoreJudicial candidate barred from office for 5 years
May 9, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe attorney who made statements regarding Franklin Circuit Judge Steven Cox’s release of a prisoner during the time
she was challenging him for his spot on the bench last fall cannot seek judicial office for five years, the Indiana Supreme
Court ruled Thursday. The justices also publicly reprimanded Tammy R. Davis of Brookville.
MoreWoman who used FedEx to send med mal complaint didn’t timely file
May 9, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThird-party carriers are not included in the statute regarding filing proposed medical malpractice complaints with the Indiana
Department of Insurance, so a woman’s complaint that was sent via FedEx within the two-year statute of limitations –
but not stamped until after the limitations expired – is not considered timely filed, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
MoreJudges 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.
MoreResidency requirement updated for Hendricks Superior magistrate positions
May 9, 2013
The Hendricks Superior Court – which is seeking two magistrate judges to take the bench – has changed its
residency requirement for applicants. Applicants no longer have to reside in the county at the time of applying, but the two
chosen for the jobs must live in Hendricks County by the end of the year.
MoreSullivan: Mediation between Lake County judges, magistrates fails
May 9, 2013
IL StaffMediation ordered by the Indiana Supreme Court failed to settle a dispute among Lake County judges over a juvenile court vacancy,
according to a report filed Wednesday by the former justice who tried to resolve the matter.
MoreCOA: More proceedings are needed on parents’ ITCA compliance
May 8, 2013
Jennifer NelsonFinding a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Richmond parents’ complied with the Indiana Tort Claims Act notice
provision when filing a lawsuit after their severely disabled daughter died at school, the Indiana Court of Appeals ordered
that issue to go before a jury.
MoreJustices suspend attorney for history of ‘unethical litigation practices’
May 8, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court has handed down a three-year suspension to an Indianapolis attorney whose conduct “far exceeded
zealous advocacy and included repeated abuse of the tools of the legal system.”
More7th Circuit rejects claim that FMLA should be extended to non-eligible employees
May 8, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for a transportation company on a fired worker’s claims that
her termination violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. The judges didn’t
agree with the woman that FMLA protection should extend to non-eligible employees who request leave for future periods.
More7th Circuit: ‘Ransom demand’ requires third-party involvement
May 8, 2013
Jennifer NelsonIn order to enhance a criminal sentence on the basis of a ransom demand, that demand must be conveyed to a third-party, the
7th Circuit Court of Appeals held Wednesday.
MoreAttorney General touts consumer bills passed in 2013 legislative session
May 8, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlIndiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller applauded the Legislature on the number of bills it passed this session which, he said,
support law enforcement as well as serve and protect the state’s residents.
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Lawyer who emailed nude film clip to harm ex-intern suspended 3 years
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More than half of Conour’s inventoried assets gone, feds say
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Indianapolis law firm Stewart & Irwin closing
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Indianapolis law firm Stewart & Irwin closing
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More than half of Conour’s inventoried assets gone, feds say
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SCOTUS rules against Indiana farmer in seed patent case
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May 24, 2013 Indiana Patient's Compensation Fund v. Judy Holcomb, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mable Louise Cochran, deceased - 5/24/13
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May 28, 2013 The Estate of Richard A. Mayer and Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, P.C., v. Lax, Inc., and David Lasco - 5/28/13
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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.