Supreme Court of the United States
SCOTUS rules on scope of sex offender registration law
January 23, 2012
Michael HoskinsThe Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that a federal law requiring sex offenders to update their registration when
crossing states lines doesn’t automatically apply to those who committed their crimes before the law was passed.
MoreSCOTUS won't consider off-campus school speech
January 17, 2012
Michael HoskinsThe nation’s highest court has declined to take a pair of cases asking whether schools can censor the off-campus behavior
of students who post messages or photos against school officials or other students.
MoreSCOTUS denies Indiana church dispute
January 9, 2012
Michael HoskinsThe Supreme Court of the United States has declined to take an Indiana case involving a property and trustee election dispute
between the Zion Temple Apostolic Church in Gary and the son of the deceased founding pastor.
MoreFederal Circuit hears judges' pay case
December 19, 2011
Michael HoskinsA federal appellate court heard arguments Friday in a case that could ultimately decide if Congress has the authority to withhold
judicial pay increases as it’s done in the past or whether cost-of-living adjustments are required.
MoreKnowing the possible consequences
November 23, 2011
Michael HoskinsLegal community works to ensure defendants know plea agreements could impact immigration status.
MoreSupreme Court to hear Affordable Care Act challenges
November 14, 2011
Michael HoskinsIn what’s expected to be a historic constitutional test over how much power the federal government has to require individual
mandates for states, the Supreme Court of the United States will consider the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act
passed in 2010.
MoreSCOTUS takes Indianapolis sewer payment case
November 14, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in a case that questions whether the city of Indianapolis violated
the federal Constitution in how it handled refunds for residents who paid assessments on local sewer projects.
MoreFederal court addresses resentencing issue
October 25, 2011
Michael HoskinsA federal appellate court’s general remand for resentencing doesn’t necessarily mean a defendant will receive
a lesser penalty or be able to introduce new arguments, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
MoreAG holds second civil, criminal justice summits
October 21, 2011
IL StaffIndiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller held his second annual Civil and Criminal Justice summits this week at Indiana University
School of Law — Indianapolis, focusing on financial protections for military service members and crime lab evidence
in trials.
MoreSCOTUS won't take Indiana bar exam case
October 11, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Supreme Court of the United States has declined to take several Indiana cases, including a federal suit against the state’s
Board of Law Examiners filed by a man who wants to take the bar exam without going to law school.
MoreSCOTUS doesn't take any Indiana cases
October 3, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Supreme Court of the United States has declined to take several Indiana cases, including a criminal appeal about whether
a stun belt restraint on a defendant during trial and sentencing is prejudicial.
MoreIndiana asks U.S. Supreme Court to take health care law challenge
September 28, 2011
IL StaffIndiana and 25 other states have filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States asking
the nation’s highest court to rule on a lawsuit involving the Affordable Care Act.
More7th Circuit holds lawyer rule on impact of guilty plea for immigrants not retroactive
August 24, 2011
Michael HoskinsA three-judge panel for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has determined a landmark decision from the Supreme Court of the
United States last year isn't retroactive. That rule required criminal defense attorneys to advise clients about the immigration
impact of signing a guilty plea, and this means past cases wouldn’t benefit from that holding even if those individuals
had been deprived of that Sixth Amendment right.
MoreLooking back on rulings
August 3, 2011
Michael HoskinsLooking in the rearview mirror on judicial precedent is a task that every judge on every court faces.
MoreCircuit Court affirms admission of drugs, sentence
July 22, 2011
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a man’s argument that his past conviction of vehicular flight isn’t
a crime of violence, citing a recent decision by the United States Supreme Court on that matter.
MoreSCOTUS asked to hear stun-belt case
July 20, 2011
Michael HoskinsWhen the Supreme Court of the United States returns for its new term beginning in October, Indiana will likely learn whether
the high court will hear a case relating to a stun-belt restraint used here during a convicted murder’s trial.
More7th Circuit sends Corcoran case back to trial court
June 23, 2011
Jennifer NelsonFollowing a remand from the United States Supreme Court in late 2010, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals admitted it made mistakes
in its recent decision involving a convicted murderer’s appeal and sent the case to the District Court to address habeas
relief claims.
MoreJustices rule vehicular flight from police is 'violent' felony
June 22, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe nation’s highest court affirmed an Indianapolis federal judge’s ruling, finding that someone who flees from
police in a vehicle is committing a “crime of violence” that justifies a longer sentence.
MoreSCOTUS rules on Wal-Mart class-certification case
June 20, 2011
Michael HoskinsWith a ruling from the nation’s highest court, an Indianapolis federal judge and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals learned
they were correct in how they decided a sex-bias suit involving Rolls Royce.
MoreFederal judge decertifies class in hail-damage suit
June 15, 2011
Jennifer NelsonOn order from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, an Indiana judge has decertified the class in a lawsuit against State Farm
following a 2006 hail storm in central Indiana.
MoreSCOTUS: Vehicular flight from police is 'violent' felony
June 9, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe nation’s highest court has upheld an Indianapolis federal judge's ruling, finding that someone who flees from police
in a vehicle is committing a “crime of violence” that justifies a longer sentence.
MoreSCOTUS rules on Indiana 'crime of violence' case
June 9, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe nation’s highest court has upheld an Indianapolis federal judge’s ruling, finding that someone who flees from
police in a vehicle is committing a “crime of violence” that justifies a longer sentence.
MoreViews shift on use of executions
May 25, 2011
Michael HoskinsWhat if 1976 hadn’t played out the way it did, and some of the jurists on the U.S. Supreme Court had held the view of
capital punishment at that juncture that they did at the end of their judicial careers? The death penalty may never have been
reinstated.
MoreTax Court warns against arguing wages aren't taxable
May 16, 2011
Jennifer NelsonIn rejecting a man’s argument that his employment wages shouldn’t be subject to Indiana’s adjusted gross
income tax, the Indiana Tax Court warned that those who present a similar argument in the future may be subject to paying
the attorney fees of the other party.
More7th Circuit addresses sex offender registration law
May 3, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has joined a majority of other circuits nationwide in finding that the federal sex offender
registration law is not a retroactive punishment on those who were convicted prior to 2006 and traveled after the law was
enacted.
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I've been a republican my whole life but to me this is despicable. Its a race to the bottom with the third world when it comes to trying to fetch manufacturing back by lowering wages. Only fools think that is going to really work. You can see that in the southern states they can't hold on to jobs any better than we can up here.
Much praise to Pat Bauer and the democrats and, most of all, to the the nine BOLD AND WISE republicans who voted and fought against this.
Yup, in Marion County we surely do have the best justice money can buy.
If Republican slating fees are $12,000 they've been lowered. They as of very recently was $25,000.
Indiana law does not require law enforcement agencies to remove "police blotter" records, nor does it require Court Clerks to remove their records. Limiting expungements in this way renders them useless, since many private firms check local and county records for employers. The result is the crime will be discovered, and the applicant rejected. Expungement means just that, and should be required of all criminal justice agencies.
Hope everything turned out okay. My father was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 65 yrs in jail in Indiana and after serving 17 yrs, the other co-defendants finally came forward and confessed he was not there. The court exonerated him, but left the conviction on his record. And of course, Indiana can lock you up on a wrongful conviction, but want pay you a dime for you time. Laws need to change, period!! My dad has since passed, but I trying to make it better.