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The Supreme Court said Thursday that a federal appeals court was wrong when it ordered Michigan to retry or release a convicted murderer because his rights were violated when he was shackled at trial.
The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program that’s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The Supreme Court on Thursday kept alive a California man’s hope of reclaiming a valuable impressionist masterpiece taken from his family by the Nazis and now on display in a Spanish museum.
The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Jesse L. Mathews v. State of Indiana
20A-CR-2229
Criminal. Affirms the Clay Circuit Court’s decision to use the state’s jury instruction on the issue of motive in a partial decapitation case in which Jesse Mathews was convicted of felony murder and Level 6 felony abuse of a corpse. Finds that either the trial court or the state’s instruction would have produced the same verdict. Also finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion is excluding evidence of a witness’s purported call to a police officer. Finally, finds a mistrial was not warranted in response to an individuals’ spontaneous testimony regarding a possible polygraph test, and the cumulative effect of the trial court’s decisions does not require reversal of Mathews’ conviction.
A pattern jury instruction on motive used in a murder case adequately equipped the jury to perform its role in convicting a man who tried to decapitate a woman he killed, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
A defendant challenging his habitual offender status based on a change to state statute did not persuade the Court of Appeals of Indiana, which found the Legislature’s move to limit the jury’s role did not infringe on any constitutional rights.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has partially reversed for a Greencastle man after it concluded testimony from a sheriff’s deputy wasn’t enough evidence for a resisting law enforcement conviction.
Thirteen sexual assault victims of Larry Nassar are seeking $10 million each from the FBI, claiming a bungled investigation by agents led to more abuse by the sports doctor, lawyers said Thursday.
A southern Indiana judge who was involved in an early-morning brawl that led to a shooting in downtown Indianapolis in 2019 is ending her 2022 reelection campaign following another undisclosed “incident” and has stepped down from the bench.
More than 50 Republicans who once joined a lawsuit claiming the House’s pandemic-era proxy voting was unconstitutional have themselves voted by proxy this year, remotely without showing up.
Everyone knows police aren’t supposed to question suspects without reading them their Miranda rights. But what happens when law enforcement officers don’t first read suspects their rights? The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with whether a sheriff’s deputy can be sued for money damages for violating the rights of a hospital employee who was accused of sexually assaulting a patient.
Marijuana legalization is coming to the forefront of the Indiana Democratic Party’s 2022 platform.
A Gary woman has admitted to helping hide a gun her boyfriend used to kill two teenagers at a Gary-area home, court records show.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Cliff Decker and Wendy Decker, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Star Financial Group, Inc.
21A-PL-2191
Civil plenary. Reverses and remands the Allen Superior Court’s grant of a motion to compel arbitration filed by Star Financial Group, Inc. against Cliff and Wendy Decker. Finds that the Deckers did not receive reasonable notice of the arbitration provision. As such, finds the trial court erred by granting Star Financial’s motion to compel arbitration. Judge Terry Crone dissents with a separate opinion, opining that the Deckers’ failure to seasonably read the change notice does not relieve them from their contractual obligations.
A working group created at the height of the #MeToo movement to address workplace conduct within the federal judiciary has released additional recommendations for improvement in a new report.
A divided Court of Appeals of Indiana has reversed for a couple it found was not given reasonable notice by their bank of a new arbitration provision included in the terms and conditions attached to the end of their monthly electronic bank statement.
Wabash College junior Cooper Smith, who has interned with legal organizations and has plans to become an attorney, has earned a Harry S. Truman Scholarship, one of just 58 undergraduates across the country selected for the national fellowship award.
The Justice Department said Tuesday it will not appeal a federal district judge’s ruling that ended the nation’s federal mask mandate on public transit unless the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the requirement is still necessary.
Domestic violence in central Indiana grew more prevalent and severe in the first year of the pandemic, according to the 2020 State of Domestic Violence Service Report released Tuesday.