Indiana’s double jeopardy statute does not bar the state from prosecuting a man already convicted in federal court of sexual misconduct with a minor in a Hammond hotel, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Friday.
A longtime tenant at an Indianapolis rental property had no right to take action against a new property owner’s quiet title default judgment, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Thursday in affirming a trial court’s decision.
The man convicted of killing Southport Police Lt. Aaron Allan has lost his arguments on appeal that due process violations and insufficient evidence undercut his murder conviction.
Fresh out of law school and looking to pivot from the classroom into the role of a practicing lawyer, hundreds of young attorneys have gone through the Indiana State Bar Association’s Mentor Match program since it launched in November 2010.
The convention is an annual gathering of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander attorneys, judges, law professors and law students and features dozens of speakers and a full agenda of panel discussions and continuing legal education programs.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has once again declined to order an Elkhart County judge to recuse herself from a post-conviction case based on allegations of prejudice stemming from previous wrongful-conviction proceedings.
Text messages and rap lyrics introduced over a man’s hearsay objections were admissible and there was sufficient evidence for his murder and attempted murder convictions and 143-year aggregate sentence, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Monday.
A man’s complaint against his employer after insurance coverage for his child and wife, who has breast cancer, was canceled can proceed with his claim after a federal judge denied the company’s motion to dismiss.
There was sufficient evidence to convict a man for his role in a scheme to defraud people over 50 out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in an online dating scheme, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday.
The admission of a screenshot of a defendant’s texts with a contact during his trial on a drug-related conspiracy charge was harmless and only one piece of an “overwhelming” amount of evidence supporting his conviction, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
A former high school wrestling coach who slapped a student and the school district he worked for have won summary judgment in federal court on claims filed by the student and her mother.
A company’s repeated efforts to notify a Madison County couple by mail that their properties had been sold at a tax sale met federal and state notice requirements, the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed Wednesday.
There was no evidence that a man intended to sell the methamphetamine found in his possession during a traffic stop, a split Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Wednesday in reversing a dealing conviction.
It’s been a little more than three months since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. Although the decision didn’t necessarily take law schools by surprise, it forced them to quickly adapt their admissions processes.
Bankruptcy filings in Indiana’s Northern and Southern Districts fell in 2021 and 2022. But those filing numbers are starting to finally creep up, with year-over-year increases reported in the Northern and Southern Districts and nationally in June.
A jury’s damages award of more than $3 million against a financial firm involved in a lengthy legal battle with the city of Marion was not excessive, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Tuesday.
A man’s possession of six child pornography images on one date constituted a single episode of criminal conduct, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Tuesday in reversing a trial court’s sentence and remanding the case for resentencing.
A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss an electoral redistricting lawsuit that alleges Anderson’s city council districts violate constitutional and statutory rights.
A man’s 14-year history of molesting his stepdaughter and the mental health issues she suffered from the repeated abuse justified a trial court’s imposition of a maximum 12-year prison sentence for sexual misconduct, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed.
A man convicted on several theft-related charges can’t directly appeal his sentence after he and his attorney signed a plea agreement waiving his right to appeal, a split Indiana Supreme Court again ruled Tuesday in a modified opinion on rehearing.