Fort Wayne man convicted of killing 2 women, fetus
A jury needed less than two hours to convict a Fort Wayne man of three counts of murder in the fatal shootings of two women and the death of one’s unborn fetus.
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Judge rejects Elkhart’s subpoena for newspaper records
A federal judge has rejected the City of Elkhart’s attempt to force a newspaper to turn over records of its reporting on a Chicago man who was pardoned after a decade in prison and is suing the Indiana city for wrongful conviction.
Carmel police force deploying body cameras
A suburban Indianapolis police force has begun deploying new body cameras while on patrol. The city of Carmel says its police department received an $80,000 federal grant to help fund the first phase of a five-year, no-interest lease for 120 body cameras and 100 in-car cameras.
Man pleads guilty in chase that led to Indiana officer death
A man who authorities say started a southern Indiana police chase that led to an officer’s death is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in the case.
Democrats eye new inquiries, witnesses after Cohen testimony
After three days of grilling Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Democrats are quickly using his words as a roadmap to open new lines of investigation into the president’s ties to Russia and summon additional witnesses.
Opinions Feb. 28, 2019
The following Indiana Supreme Court opinions were posted after IL deadline Wednesday.
Zachariah J. Marshall v. State of Indiana
18S-CR-464
Criminal. Affirms the Porter Superior Court’s denial of Zachariah Marshall’s motion to suppress evidence from his traffic stop for speeding. Finds there are sufficient articulable facts to give an officer reasonable suspicion that Marshall was speeding. Finds the traffic stop was reasonable in view of the totality of the circumstances.
Officer’s reasonable suspicion sufficient in speeding stop, justices rule
A man challenging the propriety of his traffic stop for speeding under both the United States and Indiana Constitutions failed to convince Indiana Supreme Court justices Wednesday that the officer who conducted the stop should have documented the speed. Justices ruled that the officer had reasonable suspicion to stop him.
Justices halt removal of Yorktown clerk-treasurer from office
Efforts to forcibly remove a Yorktown clerk-treasurer from her elected office faced a setback Wednesday when the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s decision finding the officer’s failure to keep track of town finances did not result in a general failure to perform her official duties.
Man’s pro se PCR denial affirmed
The Indiana Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the denial of a post-conviction relief for a pro se litigant who argued he was denied a fair hearing seeking relief from multiple child molesting convictions.
Judgment for grocery store affirmed in fatal shooting
The estate of a woman slain by a gunman in an Elkhart grocery store failed on appeal Thursday to reverse a ruling that the grocery store owed no duty to the woman because the shooting was not reasonably foreseeable.
COA finds double-jeopardy in drunken man’s hit-and-run conviction
A man who was convicted of drunkenly running down a patron with his car outside a Connersville bar will still spend the same amount of time behind bars, but the Indiana Court of Appeals found several of his convictions violated protections against double jeopardy.
Court erred in ruling against rear-ended motorist
A motorist who claimed he suffered injuries after his vehicle was rear-ended on a Fort Wayne street was denied relief in a small claims court, but his fortunes took a U-turn Thursday when the Indiana Court of Appeals overturned the lower court’s rulings.
Hebron man’s counterclaims over pond removal order reinstated
A northern Indiana man’s counterclaims against the town of Hebron, which ordered him to remove a pond built on his property, were largely reinstated Thursday by the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Holcomb plans public appeal on Indiana hate crimes law
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday he will try to build public support for a hate crimes law, a week after the Republican-dominated state Senate stripped out a list of specific protected traits he had supported to get Indiana off a list of five states without such a law.
Holcomb says he tried pot in college, opposes legalization
Gov. Eric Holcomb says he tried marijuana as a college student, but he doesn’t support efforts to allow medical or recreational marijuana use in Indiana.
Man charged with killing fellow inmate at Indiana prison
An Indianapolis man serving a 60-year sentence for murder has been charged with killing a fellow inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility.
Cohen returns to Capitol Hill after slamming Trump as liar
In a damning depiction of Donald Trump, the president's former lawyer cast him as a racist and a con man who used his inner circle to cover up politically damaging allegations about sex and who lied throughout the 2016 election campaign about his business interests in Russia.
Opinions Feb. 27, 2019
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
The following opinion was posted after IL deadline Tuesday.
Leroy Washington v. Marion County Prosecutor
17-2933
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson.
Civil. Denies the Marion County prosecutor’s motion to dismiss Leroy Washington’s civil forfeiture appeal as moot following statuary amendments made to Indiana’s vehicle forfeiture statute. Finds the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana was not given the chance to address the amendments. Remands to the district court to address Washington and the prosecutor’s contentions regarding the amendments.
7th Circuit affirms $15M med-mal judgment over missed tumor
An Indianapolis jury’s award of $15 million to a woman whose cancerous tumor went undetected after a CT scan at a Carmel medical imaging center was upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court.
7th Circuit remands Indiana civil forfeiture case
In another dispute in an Indiana civil forfeiture case, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied issuing an opinion on a district court ruling that found parts of the state statute unconstitutional, finding the lower court was not given a chance to address the state’s effort to fix the problem.