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A trial court didn’t abuse its discretion when it did not find a man’s autism spectrum disorder diagnosis to be a mitigating circumstance in his 2022 sentencing for sex crimes against a minor, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Monday.
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was posted after IL’s deadline Friday:
United State of America v. Derrick Granger, Clifford R. King Jr., and Eric Walker
21-2874, 21-3056 and 21-3382
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge James Sweeney.
Criminal. Affirms convictions of conspiring to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, and firearms offenses, for Derrick Granger, Clifford King and Eric Walker. Finds the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendants’ objections to the seating of a juror. Vacates Walker’s sentence. Remands for resentencing.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overrule a district court judge’s decision to not disqualify a juror in a heroin and methamphetamine case involving three men. But the appellate court did vacate the sentence handed down for one of the men.
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A person who filed a putative class action lawsuit against their current employer for an alleged data breach must refile the complaint using their real name, a federal magistrate judge has ruled.
Nominations are now open for Indiana Lawyer’s newest event, Diversity in Law.
Indiana has one of the weakest governor systems in the nation, lacking both a pocket and line-item veto in addition to the low threshold for override.
Despite recent optimism about Indiana’s financial footing, budget regulators want all state agencies to hold back a “management reserve” of 2% in their next annual spending plans, according to a memo obtained by the Indiana Capital Chronicle.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed lawsuits last week against the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, deepening tensions between the government and an industry that has been marred by scandals and market meltdowns.
The 2022 elections marked the first using new voting districts drawn from updated census data. Those districts typically last for a decade, but they could be short-lived in some states.
An insurance broker who stole more than $1.2 million from clients has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison.
A promotional company that personalizes products shouldn’t be considered the manufacturer of a defective charger that caused a fire, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in affirming a lower court’s decision.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Erie Insurance Exchange v. Myron Corporation
22A-CT-2699
Civil tort. Affirms the Montgomery Superior Court’s denial of Erie Insurance Exchange’s motion to consider Myron Corporation as the manufacturer of a power bank charger in order to apply strict liability, and the trial court’s grant of Myron’s motion to dismiss Erie’s strict liability claim. Finds Erie failed to establish a genuine issue of the material fact that Myron is to be considered the domestic distributor of a power bank charger pursuant to the Indiana Products Liability Act.
A northern Indiana high school student and her mother who alleged a school bus driver acted in a racist manner when the student was told to go to the back of the boarding line after jumping the line have failed to prove their discrimination claims.
Competing motions for summary judgment are seeking to resolve the litigation against Lake County’s merit-based judicial selection process.
An Indianapolis school teacher has teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana to challenge a new state law that prohibits instruction on human sexuality in grades K-3.
Former President Donald Trump is facing 37 felony charges related to the mishandling of classified documents.
Two apologetic lawyers responding to an angry judge in Manhattan federal court blamed ChatGPT on Thursday for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing.
An Alabama prisoner received a life sentence Thursday for escaping with the help of a jail official who ultimately took her own life as police closed in following a manhunt across three states.
