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The 20-year executed sentence a Kokomo man received after pleading guilty to selling an undercover police officer 10 hydrocodone pills for $6 each was excessive, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
A lawsuit prompted by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s controversial recycling-plant deal is set for hearing March 10.
The Indiana attorney general's office is appealing a court ruling that state wildlife officials overstepped their authority in trying to shut down Indiana’s high-fenced deer-hunting preserves.
A 35-year-old Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for using a shotgun to kill another Indianapolis man in Henry County.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Jennifer Harding v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
34A02-1408-CR-590
Criminal. Reverses determination of Harding’s credit time after trial court ordered her to serve her suspended sentence. Remands with instructions.
Ted Prather v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
29A04-1408-CR-400
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C misdemeanor operating while intoxicated.
Alvino Pizano v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
45A05-1406-CR-277
Criminal. Affirms denial of Pizano’s motion to remove sexually violent predator designation and motion to remove parole special stipulations Nos. 1, 5 and 10.
Kap Thang v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
49A02-1406-CR-393
Criminal. Affirms order revoking community corrections placement.
Aurora Loan Services, LLC v. Gary Brian Plunkitt and Robert Nelson Imbody (mem. dec.)
32A04-1403-MF-104
Mortgage foreclosure. Affirms dismissal of Aurora Loan Services’ complaint against Plunkitt and Imbody seeking to enforce a promissory note on a residential property after Plunkitt defaulted on the note.
Devonne Clayborne v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
49A02-1407-CR-508
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor battery.
Wynford Jones v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
49A02-1407-CR-520
Criminal. Affirms revocation of probation and reinstatement of suspended sentence.
In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of, A.R.B., & A.K.B. (Children), and J.B. (Father) v. The Indiana Department of Child Services (mem. dec.)
02A04-1407-JT-348
Juvenile. Affirms termination of father’s parental rights.
Barbara L. Mack (individually) and Barbara L. Mack, Grandmother/Custodian and Next Friend of Jaylan N. Brown, a minor child v. Christine A. Amiott, Harold S. Burchfield, et al. (mem. dec.)
10A01-1405-CT-221
Civil tort. Affirms summary judgment in favor of Safe Auto Insurance that determined Mack’s uninsured motorist claim is barred because it was not filed within the policy’s two-year limitations period for claims arising under the uninsured motorist coverage.
Indiana Supreme Court
Kenneth Griesemer v. State of Indiana
49S04-1408-CR-564
Criminal. Affirms conviction of patronizing a prostitute. Finds the undercover detective merely presented Griesemer with an opportunity to patronize a prostitute and there was no inducement and therefore no entrapment. Justices Dickson and Rucker dissent with separate opinion.
A woman who claimed a bank acting as trustee breached its fiduciary duties by selling stock of JP Morgan Chase over the course of several years is still on the hook for more than $100,000 in attorney fees and costs to the trustee, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday. The COA agreed Susan Moeder brought a groundless claim against Salin Bank and Trust Co. after it sought to resign as trustee.
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a man’s conviction of patronizing a prostitute, with the majority ruling the state rebutted his defense of entrapment by showing there was no police inducement.
The Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments over same-sex marriage on April 28 and make audio of the proceedings available later that day.
An Indianapolis woman convicted of killing six children and a man in a wrong-way, head-on collision along a state highway will not get a new trial, a judge has ruled.
An Indianapolis woman convicted of killing six children and a man in a wrong-way, head-on collision along a state highway will not get a new trial, a judge has ruled.
A class-action lawsuit that says the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles overcharged customers by millions of dollars is set to go to mediation.
Severe weather and emergency travel restrictions have closed several federal courts in southern Indiana. The Evansville and New Albany offices of the U.S. District and Bankruptcy courts for the Southern District of Indiana are closed Thursday. The Clark County Government Building, which houses the Circuit courts, is also closed.
Two federal lawsuits filed in Indianapolis allege Eli Lilly’s top-selling antidepressant Cymbalta caused almost immediate dangerous withdrawal symptoms when patients attempted to stop using the medication.
Reginald T. Walton is guilty of "very poor judgment" and "ethics violations," and also "did a pretty good job concealing" his involvement in private real estate partnerships during his tenure leading the Indy Land Bank, but he's not guilty of any crime, his attorney argued in federal court Wednesday.
The Supreme Court of the United States was sharply divided Wednesday in the latest challenge to President Barack Obama's health overhaul, this time over the tax subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of Americans.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Erik Toombs v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
49A02-1408-CR-524
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator.
Rodrick Hughes v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
49A02-1408-CR-562
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy.
In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of: H.A., B.A., and J.A. (Minor Children) and H.A. (Mother) v. The Ind. Dept. of Child Services (mem. dec.)
53A01-1408-JT-338
Juvenile. Affirms termination of mother’s parental rights.
Indiana Court of Appeals
David Bisard v. State of Indiana
02A03-1312-CR-492
Criminal. Affirms convictions and sentence for Class B felony operating a vehicle with a BAC of 0.15 or higher causing death and two counts of Class D felony operating a vehicle with a BAC of more than 0.08 percent causing serious bodily injury. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Bisard’s motion for a mistrial based upon issues relating to juror misconduct and the statement by the court that admitting testimony from Bisard regarding his drinking habits would open the door to a subsequent drunken-driving conviction did not amount to denial of due process.
A trial court incorrectly calculated the amount of credit for the time a man had served prior to the revocation of his probation as well as the sentence imposed after the revocation, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
Former Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer David Bisard, convicted of drunken-driving offenses after he struck three motorcyclists while responding to a non-emergency call, was not entitled to a mistrial based on juror misconduct issues, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.