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A trial court didn’t err in giving a lesser included aggravated battery jury instruction in the case of a man charged with attempted murder, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
A longtime tenant at an Indianapolis rental property had no right to take action against a new property owner’s quiet title default judgment, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Thursday in affirming a trial court’s decision.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
D.M. v. State of Indiana
23A-JV-395
Juvenile. Reverses D.M.’s adjudication as a delinquent child for dangerous possession of a firearm. Affirms D.M.’s adjudications for possession of a firearm on school property and criminal recklessness. Finds the adjudications for possession of a firearm on school property and dangerous possession of a firearm constitute double jeopardy. Also finds the state presented sufficient evidence to support the adjudication for criminal recklessness. Remands with instructions to vacate the dangerous possession adjudication. Judge L. Mark Bailey concurs in result with separate opinion.
A trial court did not err in excluding and redacting portions of a journal from a college student in a case involving another student who was charged with sexual battery, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
The man convicted of aggravated battery and other charges in connection with the 2019 shooting of two Indiana judges will see two of his aggravated battery convictions overturned for a double jeopardy violation, although his other convictions were upheld.
The man convicted of killing Southport Police Lt. Aaron Allan has lost his arguments on appeal that due process violations and insufficient evidence undercut his murder conviction.
A dangerous-possession-of-a-firearm delinquency adjudication has been overturned on double jeopardy grounds, but the Court of Appeals of Indiana also upheld the juvenile’s criminal recklessness adjudication.
Artificial intelligence promises to revolutionize how people work, and nearly every aspect of life could be transformed — prompting lawmakers in an interim commerce committee to scrutinize the new technology and how to best regulate it.
A man convicted of fatally shooting his wife and a bystander and injuring a third person at a southern Indiana gas station last year was sentenced to 240 years in prison Wednesday.
A low-key lawmaker in Congress for less than a decade, new House Speaker Mike Johnson isn’t recognizable to most Americans. But the social conservative and devoted ally of former President Donald Trump has been a quiet force within the Republican conference.
A man shot and killed at least 16 people at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Maine and then fled into the night, sparking a massive search by hundreds of officers while frightened residents stayed locked in their homes.
Donald Trump was called to the witness stand and then fined $10,000 on Wednesday after a judge concluded that the former president had violated a limited gag order in his civil fraud trial.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Donald K. Ingram v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
23A-CR-838
Criminal. Affirms Donald Ingram’s Level 4 felony child molesting conviction and 12-year sentence in Morgan Superior Court. Finds the state presented sufficient evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to support Ingram’s conviction. Also finds his sentence is not inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and his character.
A woman who filed a class-action complaint against a credit union didn’t accept an addendum to an agreement that would have forced arbitration, a split Indiana Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a trial court’s decision.
A woman in a wheelchair fighting for a ramp at her local post office will be able to make her argument in court after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated summary judgment for the United States Postal Service, which so far has refused to build the ramp.
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has entered into an agreement with Indiana State University to create the Indiana State University Law Scholar program, the 14th such partnership for the Indianapolis law school.
The total number of abortions provided in the U.S. rose slightly in the 12 months after states began implementing bans on them throughout pregnancy, a new survey finds.
For thousands of Hoosiers undergoing civil proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic, remote hearings or “Zoom court” allowed them to attend safely and conveniently.
A 19-year-old eastern Indiana man has been fatally shot after shooting at local sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of a drug overdose, state police said.
Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority.