Bank exec appointed to Hendricks Superior Court 3
| IL Staff
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has chosen a bank executive to succeed retired Judge Karen Love on the Hendricks Superior Court 3 bench.
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Judge pro tem appointed in Morgan Superior Court as Foley moves to COA
| IL Staff
A senior judge has been appointed to the Morgan Superior Court to serve pro tempore following Judge Peter Foley’s selection to the Court of Appeals of Indiana.
High court will hear social media terrorism lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases seeking to hold social media companies financially responsible for terrorist attacks.
Supreme Court rejects bump stock ban cases
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won’t take up two cases that involved challenges to a ban enacted during the Trump administration on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.
Senate race: Young tries to keep focus off abortion ruling that McDermott is trying to exploit
Voters can let Republicans keep their grip on Indiana’s Senate presence by reelecting Sen. Todd Young, who emphasizes his bipartisan accomplishments, or hand his seat to Tom McDermott, the hard-charging, plainspoken Democratic mayor of Hammond.
Shelbyville woman accused of abandoning autistic son sentenced
An Indiana mother accused of having abandoned her 5-year-old autistic son on a dead-end street in Ohio earlier this year has been sentenced to six months in a lockdown facility where she will receive mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Supreme Court’s top cases for new term, new Justice Jackson
The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term Monday, hearing arguments for the first time after a summer break and with new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
GOP states sue Biden administration over student loan plan
Six Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration in an effort to halt its plan to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans, accusing it of overstepping its executive powers.
Court rules in favor of Archdiocese in discrimination dispute with second Roncalli teacher fired for same-sex marriage
The Indiana Southern District Court has tossed the final discrimination lawsuit brought by a former Roncalli High School guidance counselor against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
IPAS appeals after district court denies motion seeking plan for faster competency restoration services
A federal court has denied a motion that would have required Indiana to reduce the time criminal defendants who are found incompetent wait to receive competency restoration services, ruling the jails’ treatment for the mentally ill is “minimally adequate.”
2nd time around, COA affirms modification of custody in father’s favor
After overturning a previous modification order because the mother was unrepresented, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed the trial court’s second order giving the father primary custody of his two girls.
COA remands after finding teacher’s aide’s 6th Amendment rights violated in child molesting case
A former teacher’s assistant sentenced to more than 40 years on child molesting charges could win a partial resentencing after she presented an issue of first impression to the Court of Appeals of Indiana, which held her Sixth Amendment rights were violated.
Indiana legal profession marks 25 years of ICLEO
On Thursday, dozens of Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity fellows from the last quarter-century met in Indianapolis to celebrate 25 years of the program.
Opinions Sept. 30, 2022
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Jennifer R. Holmgren v. State of Indiana
21A-CR-2756
Criminal. Affirms and reverses in part Jennifer Holmgren’s sentence to an aggregate of 47 years in the Department of Correction, with five years suspended to probation, for her convictions of child molesting as a Level 1 felony, child molesting as a Level 4 felony and inappropriate communication with a child as a Class A misdemeanor. Finds the Tippecanoe Superior Court did not err by classifying Holmgren as a credit restricted felon. Also finds the trial court erred by sentencing Holmgren for Count II under Indiana Code § 35-50-2-4(c), violating her Sixth Amendment rights. Remands for resentencing on Count II.
Second round of COA interviews for Molter vacancy scheduled for Oct. 12
| IL Staff
A second round of interviews for the group of finalists vying for an opening on the Court of Appeals of Indiana has been scheduled for Oct. 12.
Next DOC commissioner named as Carter joins Taft Law
Indiana Department of Correction Deputy Commissioner Christina Reagle has been promoted to the top post. That comes after current DOC Commissioner Rob Carter announced he is stepping down to take a position with Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.
US high court asked to undo Indiana Lake Michigan ruling
Three property owners with land along northwest Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a 2018 ruling by Indiana’s high court that declared the shoreline is owned by the state for the public’s enjoyment.
Former US Rep. Mark Souder dead at 72 after cancer battle
Mark Souder, a Republican who represented northeastern Indiana in Congress for more than 15 years, has died. He was 72.
Justice Jackson makes Supreme Court debut in brief ceremony
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made her first appearance on the Supreme Court bench in a brief courtroom ceremony Friday, three days before the start of the high court’s new term.
1/6 chairman: Ginni Thomas reiterates election fraud claims
Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, stood by the claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent during an interview Thursday with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, the panel’s chairman said.