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Court of Appeals of Indiana
Joseph L. Wilson v. State of Indiana
21A-CR-2308
Criminal. Affirms the denial of Joseph L. Wilson’s motion to modify his sentence. Finds Wilson has not demonstrated that the Jay Circuit has authority to modify his sentence while he is on parole.
An Indiana man’s request to modify his sentence to probation instead of parole has been denied by the Court of Appeals of Indiana, as it concluded the trial court didn’t have authority to make the change.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana is preparing to hear arguments in cases involving solar farms, imminent domain and insurance coverage next week.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has overturned the aggregate 60-year sentence of a Union County man convicted of child molestation because the trial court did not explain its reasoning for the consecutive sentences.
A former Ohio police chief who admitted to misusing his position and conspiring with two Hoosier gun dealers to illegally traffic hundreds of fully automatic machine guns has been sentenced to three years of probation.
A $5,000 reward has been given to a person who provided help in capturing an inmate who sparked a nationwide manhunt after escaping with a jail official, Alabama’s governor said Wednesday.
The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week’s deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas, said Wednesday that he’s talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he has stopped cooperating.
The white man accused of killing 10 Black people in a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday on a state domestic terrorism and hate crime charge that would carry a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
The U.S. House is beginning to put its stamp on gun legislation in response to mass shootings in Texas and New York by 18-year-old assailants who used semi-automatic rifles to kill 31 people, including 19 children.
A dental hygienist who claimed she did not get a pay raise as a result of racial discrimination lost her appeal of the judgment in favor of her employer at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Indiana is among eight states receiving grants in connection with the launch of the National Center for State Courts’ Eviction Diversion Initiative, which is focused on strengthening efforts to prevent evictions and improve housing stability.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Timothy DeWayne Forshee v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
21A-CR-2228
Criminal. Affirms Timothy DeWayne Forshee’s sentence to an aggregate of five years executed for his convictions of three counts of Level 5 felony sexual misconduct with a minor. Finds the Madison Circuit Court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Forshee. Also finds Forshee’s sentence is not inappropriate.
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The U.S. is headed for “a lot of unnecessary loss of life,” the Biden administration says, if Congress fails to provide billions more dollars to brace for the pandemic’s next wave. Yet the quest for that money is in limbo, the latest victim of election-year gridlock that’s stalled or killed a host of Democratic priorities.
A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.
Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron expressed her frustration about gun violence in the United States in a profanity-filled Facebook tirade last week following a school shooting in Texas that took the lives of 19 children.
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has hired former state legislator and current utility regulator David Ober to help lobby the government and advance the organization’s issues.
Office of Governor Eric J. Holcomb DePaul College of Law, 1985 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I wanted to be a prosecutor and help victims of crime. It was a profession that called to me. Specifically, I wanted to prosecute sex offenses — rape and child sexual assault cases. And I […]