Search Results

7^th Circuit Court of Appeals
Donnell D. Wilson v. Ron Neal
23-2316
Criminal. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. Judge Jon DeGuilio. Affirms the district court’s denial of Donnell Wilson’s petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. Finds Wilson’s 100-year sentence for committing two murders at the age of 16 does not violate the Eighth Amendment as construed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012). Also finds the district court denied relief on the merits, finding that the Indiana Supreme Court decision rejected Wilson’s Eighth Amendment claim under Miller on the merits and that the rejection was neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of Supreme Court precedent.

Indiana Court of Appeals
Walking With Jesus Ministries v. Bianca Alexander
24A-EV-419
Eviction. Reverses the St. Joseph Superior Court’s dismissal of the Walking With Jesus Ministries’ notice of claim, in which the landlord had sought possession of premises that the landlord had leased to Bianca Alexander, plus damages the landlord alleged that Alexander had caused to the premises during her tenancy. Finds that the 10 days’ notice requirement under Indiana Code section 32-31-1-6 does not apply here. Also finds the small claims court erred under Indiana Code sections 32-31-1- 6(1) and 32-31-1-8(5) when it dismissed the landlord’s notice of claim. Remands for further proceedings.