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States ask court to keep up health subsidies cut by Trump

Top government lawyers representing 19 U.S. states on Wednesday asked a federal judge in California to force the administration of President Donald Trump to make health care subsidy payments that Trump abruptly cut off last week.

Opinions Oct. 19, 2017

Indiana Court of Appeals

State of Indiana v. Pebble Stafford
 39A04-1705-CR-930 
Criminal. Affirms the Jefferson Circuit Court's sentence modification reducing the time Pebble Stafford was to serve in the Department of Correction after pleading guilty to Class B felony dealing in a controlled substance, Class C felony battery and Class B misdemeanor possession of substance to interfere with a screening test. Holds that the plain language of I.C. § 35-38-1-17(e) says offenders may not waive the right to sentence modification as part of a plea agreement, and trial courts are authorized to modify sentences. Remands to the trial court to omit suspension of the remainder of her six-year term to probation and to determine whether direct placement in community corrections would be appropriate. 

Democratic National Committee chair to speak at IU McKinney

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez will present “The Lawyer’s Duty: Social Justice, Racial Justice, Economic Justice,” in the sixth annual Birch Bayh Lecture at Indiana Robert H. McKinney School of Law. The speech will be Tuesday, October 24 in the Wynne Courtroom at Inlow Hall.

More than two-thirds of Indiana counties now e-filing

Indiana courts are closing in on a goal of mandatory e-filing statewide by the end of 2018. Decatur Circuit and Superior Courts switched on e-filing in most cases Wednesday, becoming the sixty-third of Indiana’s 91 circuits to launch electronic filing.

Jury convicts ex-Oklahoma police officer in 4th murder trial

A white former Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer was convicted of first-degree manslaughter late Wednesday in the off-duty fatal shooting of his daughter's black boyfriend after jurors in three previous trials couldn't decide whether to find him guilty of murder.

Tax Court remands denial of pro-life ministry’s exemption

The Indiana Board of Tax Review must reconsider a South Bend pro-life ministry’s appeal of the denial of a tax exemption after the Indiana Tax Court ruled Tuesday the board erred by dismissing the appeal sua sponte.

Opinions Oct. 18, 2017

Indiana Supreme Court
Mario Watkins v. State of Indiana
82S01-1704-CR-191
Criminal. Affirms Mario Watkins’ conviction of possession of  a Schedule II controlled substance as a
lesser-included Class A misdemeanor, possession of cocaine as a Level 6 felony, possession of a schedule IV controlled substance as a lesser-included Class A misdemeanor, possession of marijuana as a lesser-included Class B misdemeanor, and maintaining a common nuisance as a Level 6 felony. The search warrant executed at Watkins’ house did not violate Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution or the Fourth Amendment.  

Justices affirm Evansville SWAT drug arrest that split COA

The Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously affirmed drug convictions against an Evansville man who challenged a “military-style” SWAT team raid on his house that turned up cocaine, marijuana and prescription painkillers. The convictions previously were reversed in a divided opinion of the Indiana Court of Appeals that was vacated when justices granted transfer.

Trump’s lawyers to ask for dismissal of lawsuit

Lawyers for President Donald Trump are asking a federal judge to toss a civil lawsuit accusing the president of violating the Constitution because his businesses accept money from foreign governments.