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President Joe Biden on Monday took fresh aim at ghost guns, the privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes, as he struggles to break past gun-control opposition to address firearm deaths.
The effort to hold drug companies, pharmacies and distributors accountable for their role in the opioid crisis has led to a whirlwind of legal activity around the U.S. that can be difficult keep tabs on.
Former Indiana State Sen. Darryl Brent Waltz has pleaded guilty to two felonies in federal court for taking illegal campaign contributions from a casino and lying to the FBI.
Citing the continuing need created by the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Legal Services Corp. is asking Congress for an appropriation of $1.26 billion for fiscal year 2023.
The plaintiffs in the Ohio River toll bridges billing dispute are asking a federal court to approve a $2.5 million settlement they have reached with Gila, LLC, a subcontractor hired to help with the invoicing and collections operation.
Family members of the victims who were killed during a mass shooting at the Indianapolis FedEx Ground facility last year on the city’s southwest side have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking justice for their loved ones.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Lisa Rose Fedij v. State of Indiana
21A-CR-1481
Criminal. Reverses Lisa Rose Fedji’s conviction of Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana but affirms her conviction of Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia. Finds that the Hamilton Superior Court abused its discretion when it admitted the writing and symbols from packages in Fedij’s possession into evidence under the market reports exception to hearsay, Evidence Rule 803(17). Also finds insufficient evidence to support Fedij’s Class A misdemeanor conviction, but sufficient evidence supports the Class C misdemeanor conviction. Remands with instructions for the trial court to vacate Fedij’s conviction and sentence for the Class A misdemeanor conviction.
A woman has been cleared of a drug-related charge after the Court of Appeals of Indiana concluded two packages of THC candies seized from a search warrant of her bedroom were wrongly admitted under the market reports exception to hearsay.
A Clark County judge will resume his duties on the bench this week after taking a medical leave of absence this past winter.
Two South Bend police officers were injured when a man armed with two screwdrivers attacked them, authorities said.
An inmate at a northern Indiana prison has been convicted in a 2020 attack on a correctional officer who was slashed in the face with a razor blade, leaving him with a permanent scar.
A northwest Indiana man has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and other charges for his role in the killings of two teenagers fatally shot during a drug-related robbery.
Five Indianapolis Democrats are in a crowded primary election battle to become their party’s nominee for a newly drawn seat in the Indiana Senate.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has signed on to an amicus brief opposing a California law that limits the amount of ammunition a firearm magazine can hold to 10 or fewer rounds.
A Lake County man charged with rape 35 years after the incident allegedly occurred will present oral arguments before the Court of Appeals of Indiana next week.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Adam Kristopher Baumholser v. State of Indiana
21A-PC-2138
Post-conviction. Affirms in part, reverses in part Adam Kristopher Baumholser’s convictions for Class A felony child molesting and two counts of class C felony child molesting and petitioned for post-conviction relief. Finds that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to move to dismiss the class C felony charges and that Baumholser is entitled to relief on that claim. Reverses on that issue but affirms in all other respects.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has partially reversed a child molester’s convictions after concluding he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial.
Colleagues, family and members of the legal community gathered around Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven David on Wednesday evening as he reminisced and offered observations about appellate practice before he steps down from the bench.
A man who fatally shot two people at a gas station in southern Indiana has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, police said Thursday.
Indianapolis and several other Indiana cities are joining an estimated $507 million statewide opioid settlement after previously opting out of the state’s lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.