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New ILS project assists nonprofits serving the indigent

A new initiative launched at Indiana Legal Services is aimed at helping nonprofits with their legal needs. The Community Development Legal Project, which officially started in September, is designed to provide services to 501(c)(3) organizations that stretch their dollars to serve the indigent population and have little or no resources to spend on hiring attorneys to draft agreements, file for tax-exempt status, or handle other legal issues.

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Another round: Alcohol issues brewing again at Statehouse

Expanding retail sales of cold beer beyond liquor stores and permitting Sunday sales of alcohol are among the issues that will once again be on tap for lawmakers in the 2018 session of the Indiana General Assembly.

Rethinking bail: Pretrial release and apps among trends here and nationwide

The drumbeat to reexamine the practice of cash bail in Indiana and nationally has grown louder in recent years as jails groan under the weight of overpopulation. A court pilot program in Indiana assesses risk while a private initiative in New York uses computing power to raise money to pay bail for nonviolent arrestees.

Former US attorneys, GOP officials defend Mueller

More than 40 former U.S. attorneys and Republican and conservative officials are pushing back against efforts to discredit the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Opinions Dec. 22, 2017

The following Indiana Supreme Court opinions were posted after IL deadline Thursday:
Matthew L. Johnson v. State of Indiana
32S05-1707-CR-469
Criminal. Reverses the trial court’s overruling of Matthew Johnson’s objection to his habitual offender charges. Finds Indiana Code section 35-50-2-8(d) unambiguously requires each underlying low-level offense to meet the statutory 10-year requirement for a habitual offense.

COA: Traffic stop that led to arrest not a constitutional violation

Though an Indiana trial court erred in admitting a defendant’s statements about prior drug activity, the Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the defendant’s current dealing conviction after finding the officers who arrested him did not violate his Fourth Amendment rights.

7th Circuit upholds denial of environmental insurance claim

A northern Indiana couple cannot seek insurance coverage for pre-existing environmental pollution they discovered on their businesses’ property because the language of their insurance policy unambiguously exempts coverage for known or unknown property damage occurring before their policy began, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Supreme Court raises minimum senior judge days to 15

The Indiana Supreme Court is increasing the minimum number of senior judge service days available to the state’s courts as a means of enabling courts to provide timely justice to litigants.

Divided Supreme Court reverses habitual offender enhancement

A divided Indiana Supreme Court reversed a man’s habitual offender enhancement Thursday after determining his two prior Illinois convictions were statutorily considered Level 6 felonies, thus disqualifying the enhancement. The dissenting justice, however, found ambiguity in the statutes at issue.

Justices: 2015 habitual offender law set 10-year limit for past low-level felonies

The 2015 version of Indiana’s habitual offender statute requires an offender to have been released from all lower-level felonies within 10 years to establish a habitual offender enhancement, the Indiana Supreme Court. Justices reversed a trial court that overruled a reversal of a defendant’s objection to his habitual offender charges.

Opinions Dec. 21, 2017

The following Indiana Supreme Court opinion was posted after IL deadline Wednesday:
Bellwether Properties, LLC v. Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
53S04-1703-CT-121
Civil tort. Reverses the dismissal of Bellwether Properties, LLC’s complaint against Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. Finds the dismissal was premature because the face of the complaint did not establish the asserted claim was time-barred. Remands for further proceedings.

COA allows spoliation claim to proceed

The Indiana Court of Appeals has struck down a claim for a private right of action raised under Indiana’s medical record production statute, but allowed a spoliation claim against a doctor who no longer possesses a patient’s medical records to proceed. However, two judges urged the Indiana Supreme Court to reconsider a 1991 opinion that required them to strike the private right of action claim.