Opinions Sept. 29, 2016

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Indiana Court of Appeals
Jakob Robinson v. State of Indiana
79A02-1603-CR-522
Criminal. Affirms eight year sentence, with five years in the Department of Correction and three suspended to probation, following Robinson’s guilty plea to five counts of child seduction as Level 5 felonies. His sentence is not inappropriate given his manipulation of his victim, a student at the school where he taught and coached, and his abuse of his position of trust over her.

Ethan Gee v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
27A02-1510-CR-1699
Criminal. Affirms denial of motion to withdraw guilty plea to one count of Class A felony child molesting and one count of Class C felony child molesting, as well as Gee’s 36-year sentence.

Scott L. Wilkins v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
43A03-1604-CR-778
Criminal. Affirms sentence for Level 4 felony causing the death of another person when operating a vehicle and Level 5 felony failure to comply with acts required of a driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in death.

Northwest Oral Surgeons, P.C. v. Joseph Lovasko, D.D.S. (mem. dec.)
45A03-1604-PL-734
Civil plenary. Affirms determination of damages owed to Lovasko on his suit for breach of a severance.

Vakea Johnson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
49A02-1602-CR-337
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor battery.

Ian Defenderfer v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
41A01-1604-CR-744
Criminal. Affirms Defenderfer’s 30-year sentence, with four years suspended to probation, following guilty plea to Level 2 felony battery resulting in the death of a person less than 14 years of age.

In the Matter of L.S. (Minor Child), a Child in Need of Services, D.S. v. Ind. Dept. of Child Services (mem. dec.)
49A05-1603-JC-491
Juvenile. Affirms finding L.S. is a child in need of services.

In re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of H.H.:, A.S. (Mother) and J.H. (Father) v. The Ind. Dept. of Child Services (mem. dec.)
27A04-1602-JT-445
Juvenile. Affirms termination of parental rights of mother and father.

D.G. v. R.G. (mem. dec.)
53A01-1603-PO-570
Protective order. Affirms trial court’s decision to decline to narrow the scope of the protective order.

Sandra Winslow v. Fred Winslow (mem. dec.)
34A02-1602-DR-421
Domestic relations. Affirms the value of certain marital property, the division of marital property and the denial of Sandra Winslow’s request for spousal maintenance.
 

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