Indiana Supreme Court takes 9 cases

The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to nine cases – six of them criminal – and denied transfer to 30 for the week ending June 8.

The appeals include two that divided Court of Appeals panels: Margaret Kosarko v. William A. Padula, Administrator of the Estate of Daniel L. Herndobler, Deceased, No. 64S05-1206-CT-305, and Todd J. Crider v. State of Indiana, No. 91S05-1206-CR-306.

In Kosarko, the appellate panel was divided over whether prejudgment interest should be paid to a car crash victim who was awarded $210,000 in a jury trial.

In Crider, the judges were divided over whether a man could challenge his sentence after pleading guilty in White Superior Court to a Class D felony charge of theft and to being a habitual offender.

Also taken for review were:

•    Andre Gonzalez v. State of Indiana, No. 45S03-1206-CR-307, in which the appeals court reversed the denial of Andre Gonzalez’s petition to remove his lifetime sex offender designation.

•    Felix C. Sickels v. State of Indiana, No. 20S03-1206-CR-308, in which a panel affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded a man’s conviction of three counts of nonsupport of a dependent child.

The court also granted transfer then remanded to the Court of Appeals Lawrence Ray Holley, II v. State of Indiana, No. 79S02-1206-PC-320, and vacated that court’s not-for-publication decision. In that case, the appeals court affirmed the denial of Lawrence Holley’s petition for post-conviction relief. On rehearing, the judges affirmed that decision and expanded upon the “mailbox rule.”

Other cases granted transfer are: Roger L. Bushorn v. State of Indiana, No. 40S01-1206-CR-309; Curtis A. Bethea v. State of Indiana, No. 18S05-1206-PC-304; Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Insurance v. Tim Black, as Husband and Personal Representative of Kay Black, Deceased, No. 64S05-1206-CT-305; and Holiday Hospitality Franchising, Inc. v. Amco Insurance Co., No. 33S01-1206-CT-312.