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Justices to hear cell location history case in Anderson
The Indiana Supreme Court will travel north to Madison County later this month to hear an oral argument regarding how and when law enforcement may obtain historical cell phone location information in criminal investigations.
Noted attorney to speak at McKinney on ‘foodborne litigation’
An attorney who has represented thousands of people sickened by contaminated food products dating back to the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak will speak at Indiana University McKinney School of Law Thursday.
Terre Haute killer loses appeal to withdraw guilty plea
A man who pleaded guilty to murder last year and was sentenced to 60 years in prison cannot withdraw his plea, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
7th Circuit: Attempted robbery not violent crime in Indiana
A juvenile accused of robbing a pharmacy might not be tried in federal criminal court because attempted robbery is not considered a violent crime in Indiana, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, vacating the teen’s waiver to be tried as an adult.
Opinions Sept. 12, 2018
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was posted after Indiana Lawyer deadline Tuesday.
United States of America v. D.D.B.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson.
Criminal. Vacates the waiver of D.D.B. from juvenile to adult court on a robbery charge. Holds that attempted robbery does not satisfy the juvenile waiver requirement of a prior adjudication for a violent crime, because the Indiana attempted robbery statute does not include an intent element. Remands for proceedings.
Ex-Indiana State Police evidence clerk charged with theft
A former Indiana State Police evidence clerk is accused of stealing more than $50,000 from the evidence room at the agency’s Bloomington police post.
Former East Chicago councilman sentenced to 20 years
A former northwestern Indiana city councilman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting a man he owed a drug debt to.
Opinions Sept. 11, 2018
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was posted after Indiana Lawyer deadline Monday.
Berry Plastics Corporation v. Illinois National Insurance Company
17-1815
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Division. Judge Richard L. Young.
Civil. Affirms the entry of summary judgment for Illinois National on Berry Plastics’ suit seeking indemnity from a $7.2 million jury damages award to a customer to whom Berry supplied defective laminate material used in the manufacture of products that later failed. Finds Berry failed to show that some portion of the lost profits theoretically might be attributable to property damage.
Bolton: International Criminal Court ‘already dead to us’
America’s long-running reluctant relationship with the International Criminal Court came to a crashing halt as decades of U.S. suspicions about the tribunal and its global jurisdiction spilled into open hostility, amid threats of sanctions if it investigates U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
DCS case featuring sex with case manager reversed
Indiana trial courts and the Department of Child Services have once again been chastised for denying due process rights in a termination of parental rights case in which a DCS case manager had a sexual relationship with a case client.
Ruling for insurer in Evansville firm’s $7.2M indemnity suit upheld
An Evansville-based plastic supplier’s insurer is not required to indemnify the company against a $7.2 million jury award for producing a defective product, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Monday.
Mental health, diversity may become required CLE
Lawyers soon could be required to earn continuing legal education credits in the areas of diversity and inclusion and mental health and wellness under a proposal the Indiana State Bar Association House of Delegates will consider next month.
Infant laid to rest 2 years after death in college dorm tub
An infant who died after his mother delivered him in a Manchester University bathtub in 2016 has been laid to rest in northern Indiana less than two months after his Elkhart mother plead guilty in relation to his death.
Peru courthouse elevator repaired after 3 months
A broken elevator at the Miami County Courthouse in Peru has been repaired after being broken for more than three months, creating problems for people who couldn’t walk up three flights of stairs to pay taxes or attend court hearings.
Kavanaugh confirmation fight rallies Democrats to resistance
Democrats don’t have the votes to block Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but that didn’t stop them from putting up a rowdy, leave-nothing-on-the-table fight during four days of Senate confirmation hearings that marked a new stage in the party’s resistance to President Donald Trump.
Jury selection set in man’s trial in motel manager’s killing
A southwestern Indiana man accused of fatally shooting a motel's manager following an argument is heading to trial.
Indiana high court to consider city rental registration fee
The Indiana Supreme Court is preparing to review the constitutionality of a 2015 state law targeting the city of Hammond’s rental registration revenue.
Opinions Sept. 10, 2018
Indiana Court of Appeals
Jeremy Schmitt v. State of Indiana
83A04-1711-CR-2720
Criminal. Reverses the Vermillion Circuit Court’s denial of Jeremy Schmitt’s petition to modify his 50-year sentence for Class A felony conspiracy to commit murder. Finds prosecutorial consent was not required for Schmitt’s petition filed after 2015. Also finds that petitions filed for modification do not count toward the two petitions a petitioner can file without prosecutorial consent under the 2015 amendment made to Indiana Code section 35-38-1-17. Remands for the trial court to review Schmitt’s petition based on its merits, not for abuse of discretion.
COA remands to reconsider resentencing bid
The Indiana Court of Appeals found that prosecutorial consent was not required for an offender’s third sentence modification petition after an amended state statute removed that requirement in 2015.