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Opinions July 6, 2021

Indiana Court of Appeals
Charles William Smith, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
20A-CR-2311
Criminal. Affirms Charles Smith Jr.’s conviction for Level 2 felony dealing in cocaine. Finds Smith unambiguously waived his right to be free from searches without reasonable suspicion as a condition of his placement in community corrections, so Marion County Community Corrections had Smith’s consent to search his residence. Also finds sufficient evidence to support the conviction.

National, state wiretaps see decreases during 2020

| IL Staff

Federal and state judges reported a combined 26% decrease in authorized wiretaps in 2020, according to court statistics released last week. Convictions stemming from cases involving electronic surveillance also decreased significantly.

Judge letting Indiana’s governor sue to block emergency law

| IL Staff and Associated Press

Attorneys for Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita faced off last month during oral arguments about whether the governor could hire his own legal counsel to represent him in a lawsuit he filed against the state’s legislative body. A Marion County Superior Court judge, in an order posted Saturday, ruled that he could.

US Supreme Court backs Minnesota Amish in septic tank fight

| Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court sided Friday with members of an Amish group in Minnesota who are fighting efforts by authorities to compel them to install septic systems, sending their appeal back to a state court for reconsideration in light of the high court’s recent ruling in a religious freedom case.

New bankruptcy judge appointed to Indiana Northern District

| IL Staff

St. Joseph Superior Court Magistrate Judge Paul E. Singleton has been appointed to a 14-year term as bankruptcy judge in the Indiana Northern District based in South Bend. Singleton will take office July 29, succeeding bankruptcy Judge Harry C. Dees, Jr.