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A Madison County man who alleged the state challenged a potential juror for race-based reasons has lost his appeal, with the Indiana Court of Appeals finding the record of the robbery trial does not support the argument that the juror was released because he was black.
A northern Indiana man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s boyfriend in 2016 and hiding the body in a sewer has been sentenced to 64 years in prison.
State officials unveiled a new tool Thursday that they believe will help combat Indiana’s opioid epidemic by making it easier for addicts to get drug treatment.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is leaving open the possibility of calling lawmakers back to the Statehouse after this year’s legislative session descended into chaos Wednesday as bickering Republicans failed to take up some key bills.
The following Indiana Supreme Court opinion was issued after IL deadline Wednesday.
In the Matter of the Honorable Dean A. Young, Judge of the Blackford Circuit Court
05S00-1706-JD-430
Judicial discipline. Suspends Blackford Circuit Judge Dean Young for six days without pay for judicial misconduct stemming from his issuance of a restraining order barring former county clerk Derinda Shady from the courthouse. Young is also ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings by the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
The only surviving son of a Huntington County woman is not entitled to his mother’s house because she did not properly amend her trust to gift it to him, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Two court officials have been appointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb to fill judicial vacancies in Allen and Lawrence counties.
A former Indiana judge facing a sex-based harassment claim has lost his bid to stay discovery in the case against him, the latest development in a federal suit against former Huntington Circuit Judge Thomas Hakes.
A driver whose vehicle was rear-ended after the driver in front of him suddenly stopped cannot sue the driver who stopped due to a release he signed with the motorist whose car collided with his.
A bill that would have given immunity to guardians ad litem and court appointed child advocates stalled in the Indiana House, but other measures covering foster parents and placing new requirements on the Indiana Department of Child Services all passed through the Statehouse with little or no opposition.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of a planned buyer of a Corydon auto dealership in a dispute that arose after the sale fell through.
A white nationalist arrested for physically harassing a woman protesting at a 2016 Donald Trump rally is accused of attacking his wife and her stepfather in the southern Indiana community of Paoli.
A Blackford County judge has been suspended without pay for six days for barring a county’s clerk from entering the courthouse in Hartford City.
Indiana’s legislative session descended into chaos in its final minutes as Republicans who dominate the Statehouse struggled to pass bills ahead of the midnight deadline Wednesday.
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was posted after IL deadline on Tuesday:
United States of America v. Timothy Ryan
16-4048
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr.
Criminal. Affirms Timothy Ryan’s convictions of possessing, receiving and distributing child pornography. Finds the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Ryan’s motion to substitute counsel. Also finds the record supported Ryan’s distribution conviction and his related sentencing enhancement. Finally, finds the government’s violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(b)(5)(A) was harmless error.
An Indiana couple trying to bring a negligence claim against the lessor of a home with an allegedly-defective handrail can pursue neither a negligence per se argument nor a private-right-of-action argument, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in a Tuesday opinion discussing the differences between those doctrines.
A proposal that would lift a prohibition on young immigrants referred to as “Dreamers” from obtaining state professional licenses could soon be taken up by the full Indiana Legislature.
A central Indiana woman has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for killing her 96-year-old great aunt.
A woman who started a drug recovery home for women in southern Indiana has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on a drug-dealing charge that had languished in court since her 2013 arrest.
Indiana lawmakers entered the final day of the annual legislative session with a substantial amount of work left to do and a midnight deadline to get it done by.