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Indiana Court of Appeals
Kenneth Ratliff v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-107
Criminal. Affirms Kenneth Ratliff’s affirm Ratliff’s convictions and sentences in Porter Superior Court  for Level 3 felony burglary and Level 3 felony rape, with Ratliff to serve 12 years on his Level 3 felony burglary conviction and 16 years on the Level 3 felony rape conviction, with three of those 16 years suspended to probation and the sentences to be served consecutively.. Reverses his conviction for Class A misdemeanor battery. Remands with instructions for the trial court to vacate that conviction and its sentence.

Indiana Tax Court
John E. Sparre v. St. Joseph County Assessor
23T-TA-18
Tax. Affirms he Indiana Board of Tax Review’s final determination that left unchanged John Sparre’s 2019, 2020, and 2021 property tax assessments and concluded that Sparre’s constitutional claims lacked merit and were unsupported by the evidence. Finds Sparre’s claims that the Indiana board’s procedures violated his rights under the First and Seventh Amendments to the United States Constitution are contrary to law. Also finds Sparre’s equal protection claims that Indiana’s property tax system, both generally and as applied to his property, are unavailing because they were unsupported by substantial and reliable evidence.