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A man’s murder convictions vacated in a habeas decision by the en banc 7th Circuit Court of Appeals should be reviewed by the United States Supreme Court, the Indiana Attorney General’s Office says.
A man accused in the fatal shooting of an Indianapolis police officer has been found competent to understand the charges against him.
A man who tried to pass a bogus check for $2,248.33 at two Marion grocery stores failed to persuade an appellate panel to reverse his convictions because of insufficient evidence. He argued in part his conviction shouldn’t stand because the stores had no video cameras.
A trial court erred in allowing evidence of a defendant’s alleged prior bad acts at his child molestation jury trial, but based on other corroborating evidence, the admission was harmless, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
A woman whose son was found dead in an Indiana Department of Correction facility can now take her case to trial after a divided en banc 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment in favor of the health care providers who treated her chronically ill son.
Although unauthenticated videos and photos showing a defendant appearing to make methamphetamine should not have been admitted at trial under the silent-witness theory, the Indiana Court of Appeals found the error was harmless because of the defendant’s own testimony.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Thomas E. Stettler v. State of Indiana
18A04-1607-CR-1638
Criminal. Affirms Thomas E. Stettler’s conviction of child molesting as a Class B felony. Finds the Delaware Circuit Court’s admission of evidence barred by Evidence Rule 404(b) was harmless error. Also finds the prosecution did not engage in misconduct during closing arguments, so there was accordingly no fundamental error.
A former Indiana senator who was recently elected to St. Joseph Circuit Court will be honored this week.
The Indiana Supreme Court’s Race & Gender Fairness Commission is inviting the public to participate in a series of discussions about the status of race and gender in the judicial system.
After more than a year of study, a task force convened by the bar associations in Indianapolis has concluded part of the Indiana Bar Exam tests on “fake laws” and the revised grading system may be forcing the Board of Law Examiners to fail more students.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a nonprofit group that wanted to sue individual IRS officials for targeting tea party groups that applied for tax-exempt status.
The deadline for attorneys to apply to become an Indiana Supreme Court justice is noon on March 3.
The Indiana Court of Appeals vacated a Putnam County man’s drug conviction Tuesday after finding that police officers were not following proper protocol when they searched the man’s vehicle.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Otis Sams, Jr. v. State of Indiana
67A01-1604-CR-814
Criminal. Vacates Otis Sams’ conviction of Level 4 felony possession of methamphetamine. Finds the state did not carry its burden to show that the inventory search of Sams’ truck was sufficiently regulated. Also finds that all fruits of the inventory search of the truck were inadmissible. Remands with instructions to grant Sams’ motion to suppress and for any further proceedings.
The Indiana Supreme Court has issued a public reprimand against a senior judge convicted of driving while intoxicated.
The Supreme Court of the United States appears to be evenly divided about the right of Mexican parents to use American courts to sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired across the U.S.-Mexican border and killed their teenage son.
Students’ right to pray aloud in Indiana schools would be reaffirmed under a measure a House education committee has approved.
An Indiana House panel on Tuesday approved an amended version of a measure that would require abortion providers to give women considering drug-induced abortions information on stopping the procedure midway through — even though that process is scientifically disputed.
A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty in Newport to charges in connection with a one-vehicle crash in 2015 that killed his three teenage passengers.
See photos from the IndyBar Lawyer-Legislator Luncheon, held Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017