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The government conceded that a man convicted for using fraudulently produced credit cards should not be subjected to suspicionless searches and seizures by authorities, so the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that condition of his supervised release.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court that the U.S. Department of Education’s counterclaim for loan repayment, filed in a man’s lawsuit seeking to not have to repay his student loans, is not barred.
A man running as an independent for an Indiana House seat faces charges that he stalked the district's current representative.
Texas prosecutors may not have offered a suspected serial killer such a lenient prison sentence in a 2009 sexual assault case had they known about his conviction on a similar charge in Indiana five years earlier, a district attorney's spokesman said Monday.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Juaquin Diaz-Delreal v. State of Indiana (NFP)
46A03-1404-CR-130
Criminal. Affirms one-year sentence in jail following guilty plea to criminal recklessness. Reverses and remands for trial court to vacate conviction as a Class D felony and enter the judgment as a Class A misdemeanor.
Uriah Booker v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1403-CR-103
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C felony battery.
Roy Lee McGraw v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1312-CR-589
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony intimidation.
Pepper M. Glisson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
35A04-1403-CR-145
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class D felonies perjury and obstruction of justice.
Mark Bender v. State of Indiana (NFP)
09A05-1403-CR-143
Criminal. Affirms 4-year sentence following guilty plea to Class C felony possession of cocaine.
Shelley L. King v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A05-1404-CR-153
Criminal. Affirms revocation of placement in community corrections and probation.
Trevin Hornbeak v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1311-CR-569
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana and reverses conviction of Class A misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia.
Indiana Court of Appeals
In Re the Adoption of K.W.: M.W. v. S.L. and T.L.
10A04-1309-AD-469
Adoption. Reverses decree granting S.L. and T.L.’s petition to adopt K.W. The trial court violated father’s due process rights when it failed to rule on his request for appointed counsel. Remands for the trial court to determine whether father, who is incarcerated, is indigent, and if so, to appoint counsel to represent him at a new adoption hearing.
A couple who sold a house they built themselves that contained numerous structural issues is on the hook for $280,000 to the buyers of the home. The Court of Appeals found that the sellers made misrepresentations on their real estate sales disclosure form.
An Indiana company that operates a website selling jeans must pay Levi Strauss North America more than $315,000 after the company violated Levi’s Internet policies for distributors.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed the adoption of a child by the maternal grandparents after finding the trial court violated the father’s due process rights when it did not rule on his request for counsel.
Still set on hiring a new executive director by the end of the year, Indiana Legal Services Inc. has narrowed it search to six candidates.
In light of a September ruling in which the Indiana Supreme Court held it had jurisdiction to entertain a biological father’s appeal of an adoption, the justices granted transfer and ordered the Court of Appeals to reconsider two cases.
A southern Indiana judge has rejected a sentence modification for a former police officer convicted of pointing a gun at his girlfriend during a confrontation in front of his two children.
A former Indiana State Police trooper acquitted in the slayings of his wife and two children has sued prosecutors, investigators and others for false imprisonment and other counts.
A state agency has rejected the appeals of two former Indiana child-welfare workers fired following the death of a paralyzed young woman.
Responding to requests from Indiana Democrats, the Office of Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller on Friday afternoon released records arguing the state’s defense of statutes banning same-sex marriage cost the state about $7,000.
While the supporters of the Citizens United decision claim greater spending can energize the public to participate in the political process, First Amendment attorney David Kendall maintains the result has actually been less-thoughtful political speech and an influx of Congressional members who are more concerned with fundraising than setting policy.
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush recently recognized 17 judges for their long-time service or completion of educational programs through the Indiana Judicial Center.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Michael C. Wilson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1401-PC-49
Post conviction. Affirms denial of petition for post-conviction relief.
Rolando L. Diaz v. State of Indiana (NFP)
45A05-1403-CR-122
Criminal. Affirms 40-year aggregate sentence following guilty plea to two counts of Class B felony aggravated battery.
Indiana Court of Appeals
219 Kenwood Holdings, LLC v. Properties 2006, LLC
45A03-1401-MI-49
Miscellaneous. Affirms finding that Properties 2006 LLC substantially complied with the requirements of I.C. 6-1.1-25-4.5(e), which requires the purchaser of property sold at a tax sale to notify the owner of record of, among other things, the purchaser’s intent to petition for a tax deed on or after a specified date.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed that the purchaser of property in a tax sale substantially complied with the statutory requirement that the owner of record is notified about the buyer’s intent to petition for a tax deed.