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7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Mark Benner v. Jesse Carlton, Chief Probation Officer of St. Joseph County, Indiana
22-1139
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division.
Judge Damon R. Leichty.
Civil. Affirms the denial of Mark Benner’s petition for collateral relief from his convictions of child seduction. Finds Indiana Code § 35-42-4-7(n) is not unconstitutionally vague.
The exclusion of a toxicology report did not undermine a man’s voluntary manslaughter conviction, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Thursday.
A disgraced high school basketball coach convicted of seducing one of his players has failed in his bid for relief from the federal courts after two appeals at the Court of Appeals of Indiana previously failed.
Wednesday’s hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary was a relatively quiet affair for Indiana Southern District Court Magistrate Judge Matthew Brookman, who has been nominated to become a district judge on the court where he currently serves. That quiet could be a sign that he’s on the path to an all but assured confirmation.
Hoosiers convicted of felony vote fraud offenses wouldn’t be able to cast a ballot for 10 years under a bill passed 6-4 by the Indiana House Committee on Elections and Apportionment on Wednesday.
Third District Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Banks does want stronger anti-abortion laws but said he doesn’t believe measures banning travel from Indiana to abortion access states like Illinois is the answer.
An Indiana Senate panel voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would prohibit non-compete agreements between physicians and their employers.
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Indiana House Republicans are mulling legislation to delay local referendums to increase school property taxes until the fall election, a move that could have major implications for a rebuilding plan for Indianapolis Public Schools.
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The Indiana Supreme Court is seeking public comment on amendments to rules governing judges, senior judges and prosecutors as well as a proposed amendment to public access rules.
The Indiana Senate heard two amendments Tuesday to a resolution that would limit the right to bail, but neither passed.
A Department of Natural Resources officer did, in fact, commit “criminal” conduct when he committed the act of false informing against a motorist who struck and killed his dog, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in a Wednesday reversal.
The Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend will be awarded summary judgment after the Court of Appeals of Indiana found evidence to negate a student-athlete’s claim that the diocese was negligent in allowing her to compete following a “minor” injury.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
State of Indiana, acting by and through its Department of Natural Resources v. Kailee M. Smith (now Leonard) and Jeffrey S. McQuary
22A-MI-685
Miscellaneous. Reverses the judgment in favor of Kailee Leonard on her suit against the state of Indiana for indemnification. Finds the state did not waive its challenge to the noncriminality of Officer Scott Johnson’s actions in procuring Leonard’s false arrest. Also finds the falsehood finding does not support the Marion Superior Court’s conclusion that Johnson’s actions were “noncriminal” under the indemnification statute.
Dozens of bills are already advancing through committees and legislative chambers halfway through the third week of Indiana’s 2023 session.
A jury for the trial of an Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls from Delphi nearly six years ago will be selected from a northern Indiana county of over 300,000 people, online court filings on Tuesday showed.
An officer-involved shooting in Gary left a man dead Tuesday evening, police said.
Marion Superior Judge Charnette Garner has been elected to serve as the presiding judge of the Marion Superior Court Executive Committee for the 2023-2024 term.
Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Carmel residence last week, his lawyer says, the latest in a string of recoveries of confidential information from the homes of current and former top U.S. officials.
