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Opinions Oct. 28, 2014 ILD
Indiana Court of Appeals
Harry H. Robertson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
82A01-1405-CR-231
Criminal. Reverses denial of petition for post-conviction relief and remands with instructions.
Antonio Manuel v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1402-CR-73
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class B misdemeanor public intoxication.
Remington Diaz v. State of Indiana (NFP)
84A01-1403-CR-149
Criminal. Affirms order revoking probation and requiring Diaz to serve the balance of his previously suspended sentences under two different causes in the Department of Correction.
In Re the Marriage of Reba M. Dunagan and Joseph Dunagan, Joseph Dunagan v. Reba Michele Dunagan (Clinkenbeard) (NFP)
84A01-1312-DR-541
Domestic relation. Affirms order regarding multiple petitions filed by both parties related to child support, including finding father in contempt.
Good Earth Natural Foods, and Patrick Skowronek v. Metropolitan Development Commission, City of Indianapolis and Broad Ripple Associates, LLC (NFP)
49A04-1403-PL-120
Civil plenary. Affirms dismissal of complaint filed by remonstrators seeking judicial review of a zoning decision.
Jeffrey R. Hill v. State of Indiana (NFP)
20A03-1404-CR-132
Criminal. Affirms 120-year sentence following guilty plea to Class A felony robbery, Class A felony burglary, Class B felony conspiracy to commit burglary, and Class B felony criminal confinement.
In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relantionship of : G.B,, D.B., Li.B., C.B., & Z.B., Minor Children and L.B., Father v. The Indiana Department of Child Services (NFP)
47A05-1405-JT-194
Juvenile. Affirms involuntary termination of father’s parental rights.
Opinions Oct. 28, 2014
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Trevor Hinds
13-3543
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, New Albany Division, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.
Criminal. Affirms two-level sentencing enhancement for production or trafficking under U.S.S. G. 2B1.1(b)(11)(B)(i). Hinds’ crime involved the production of counterfeit access devices (credit cards) and the court did not err in applying the enhancement. Vacates the two special conditions imposed: that Hinds pay a portion of the court-ordered substance abuse treatment and drug testing and that he submit to suspicionless searches and seizures. The court did not make a finding whether Hinds could pay for the testing, and the government concedes that the search and seizure condition is unlawfully broad and invasive.
Court adopts case-by-case approach in subrogation issue
The Indiana Court of Appeals, after skirting around the issue in 2012, decided that Indiana should use the case-by-case approach to address subrogation claims of landlords’ insurers against negligent tenants.
Children should remain in home despite grandmother’s felony conviction
The Indiana Court of Appeals found I.C. 31-19-11-1(c) to be unconstitutional as applied and upheld the adoption of two boys by their maternal grandmother. The judges held that her 1997 felony conviction for neglect of a dependent should not automatically bar her from adopting the children.
Police had probable cause to arrest man at library for child porn possession
Even though a man’s possession of child pornography charge was eventually dismissed, his arrest on the matter at a Bloomington library led to other charges. The Court of Appeals Tuesday affirmed the denial of Paul Allen Decker’s motion to suppress, in which he claimed any evidence stemming from that arrest must be suppressed.
Defense counsel’s move to prosecutor’s side doesn’t require special prosecutor
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a man’s 60-year sentence for shooting and killing his girlfriend after an argument, rejecting his claim that a special prosecutor should have been appointed in his case after his defense counsel took a job with the prosecutor’s office.
COA dismisses appeal that gave man ‘second bite at apple’
The Indiana Court of Appeals dismissed a case in which the trial court set aside a previous judgment in order to have a chance to get a new appeal. When doing so, the trial court noted, “hopefully the Court of Appeals wouldn’t frown upon” the judge who did that.
7th Circuit reverses 2 special conditions with bank fraud conviction
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.
Judges affirm DOE can counterclaim for repayment of student loans
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.
Man charged with stalking Indiana legislator
A man running as an independent for an Indiana House seat faces charges that he stalked the district's current representative.
Texas prosecutor: Indiana suspect’s history unknown
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.
Opinions Oct. 27, 2014 ILD
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.
Opinions October 27, 2014
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.
COA agrees sellers must pay $280,000 in damages for ‘downright dangerous’ home
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.
Judges affirm Indiana retailer owes Levi’s $315,000 after violating policies
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.
COA: Court must rule on incarcerated father’s request for counsel
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.
Indiana Legal Services still planning to hire new executive director by year’s end
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.
Justices order COA to reconsider dismissed termination appeals
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.
Judge rejects sentence modification for ex-cop
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.