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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday used the case of a Christian mailman who didn’t want to work Sundays to solidify protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations.
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita appears to be threatening legal action after just three medical providers responded to a request for details on care for transgender minors he made earlier this year.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office, through its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, joined more than a dozen states and the federal government Wednesday in a nationwide enforcement action against 78 individuals charged with $2.5 billion in Medicaid Fraud.
An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls from Delphi confessed multiple times to the murders in a phone call to his wife while in prison, according to court documents released Wednesday.
An Indiana state trooper was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle being chased by police in suburban Indianapolis, officials said.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
In the Matter of: R.G. (Minor Child) v. The State of Indiana
23A-JV-00011
Juvenile. Affirms the Lake Superior Court’s award of guardianship of R.G. to the Indiana Department of Correction following his violation of the probation he was serving after his adjudication as a delinquent. Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it placed R.G. in DOC when he failed to abide by probation requirements, engaged in physical altercations in detention, and the only residential placement facility that accepted him didn’t have an opening for six to eight weeks.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed the termination of a Madison police officer after a merit board found he didn’t properly log evidence or disclose relationships with women involved in criminal cases.
The Indiana Supreme Court has issued a new set of Rules of Criminal Procedure, deleting 10 rules and rearranging several others. The court also announced three new administrative rules.
A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it ordered a juvenile who violated the terms of his probation to be placed in the Indiana Department of Correction, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Wednesday.
A father’s requests for a mistrial or a reduced sentence related to his multiple convictions of sexual abuse against his daughters have failed at the Court of Appeals of Indiana.
A judge sentenced a former Muncie police sergeant to 19 months in prison Tuesday for obstructing justice by filing a false report in 2018 to cover up excessive use of force by other officers under his command.
The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a controversial legal theory that could have changed the way elections are run across the country but left the door open to more limited challenges that could increase its role in deciding voting disputes in 2024.
More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog.
Applications are open for upcoming superior court vacancies in Howard and Vanderburgh counties.
Indiana justices granted transfer to two cases for the week ending June 23, including one that involves Duke Energy’s nearly $2 billion economic development plan.
An Indiana trial court properly sanctioned the state by excluding a defendant’s statements related to a polygraph that was supposed to be admissible, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.
A man convicted of a sex crime against a minor 15 years ago in Kentucky must remain on Indiana’s sex offender registry, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Tuesday.
Indiana Supreme Court
State of Indiana v. Bryan D. Lyons
23S-CR-163
Criminal. Grants transfer and affirms the suppression of incriminating statements Bryan D. Lyons made immediately after a polygraph that was changed to a “non-stipulated,” inadmissible investigatory examination without disclosure to the state. Finds that before excluding evidence as a Trial Rule 37 discovery sanction, a trial court must find that the exclusion is the sole remedy available to avoid substantial prejudice or that the sanctioned party’s culpability reflects an egregious discovery violation. Also finds the Lawrence Superior Court’s order in Lyons’ case enforced Trial Rule 37 within those limits.
Jeffrey Epstein was left alone in his jail cell with a surplus of bed linens the night he killed himself. Nearly all the surveillance cameras on his unit didn’t record. One worker was on duty for 24 hours straight. And he wasn’t checked on regularly.