Barnes delays new office celebration
| IL Staff
Barnes & Thornburg is postponing the celebration of its new office in South Bend as the surge in COVID-19 cases has led to new restrictions in St. Joseph County.
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Justices: Juvenile courts lack jurisdiction over dangerous possession of firearm law
Juvenile courts lack jurisdiction to adjudicate the offense of dangerous possession of a firearm because an adult cannot be charged with that crime, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decision vacating a delinquency adjudication casts doubt on the state law that bars possession of guns by minors.
COVID-19 school turmoil, teacher pay face Indiana lawmakers
The turmoil that Indiana schools have faced from the coronavirus pandemic will be a top concern of state legislators during their upcoming session, the leader of the Indiana House said ahead of lawmakers convening for Organization Day.
Delay sought after lawyers for woman on death row get virus
The two attorneys representing the first woman scheduled to be put to death by the U.S. government in more than six decades are seeking to delay her execution because they’ve contracted coronavirus visiting their client at a Texas prison.
Police fatally shoot Batesville man after standoff
Police in southeastern Indiana shot and killed a man who fired gunshots at them during a nearly four-hour standoff, state police said.
Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania vote heads to court
A hearing on the Trump campaign’s federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track for Tuesday after a judge quickly denied the campaign’s new lawyer’s request for a delay.
Republicans select ex-Marion County chair to replace Merritt at Statehouse
Former Marion County Republican Party Chairman Kyle Walker was elected by caucus Sunday to replace retiring state Sen. Jim Merritt. The veteran Indianapolis lawmaker announced his pending departure from the Statehouse earlier this year.
Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade
Hate crimes in the United States rose to the highest level in more than a decade as federal officials also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings since the FBI began collecting that data in the early 1990s, according to an FBI report released Monday.
Opinions Nov. 16, 2020
Indiana Court of Appeals
Robert James Plato, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
20A-CR-475
Criminal. Affirms the Madison Circuit Court’s revocation of Robert Plato Jr.’s probation and order that he serve the four years of his previously suspended sentence. Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion.
Vigo County orders semi-trailers to house COVID-19 bodies
The Vigo County Health Department is pleading with the community in and around Terre Haute to take coronavirus precautions seriously after county officials announced they’ve rented four refrigerated semitrailers to store bodies of those who have died from COVID-19.
Bopp drops suit claiming Wisconsin election fraud; Pennsylvania claims pulled
| Associated Press and IL Staff
Three people in Wisconsin who filed a federal lawsuit alleging widespread fraud in absentee voting have dropped the lawsuit in which a Terre Haute conservative activist attorney represented the plaintiffs.
Southern District amends rule for initial extensions of time
| IL Staff
A rule amendment taking effect next month in the Southern District of Indiana changes filing and notice procedures for counsel seeking initial extensions of time.
Habeas petition dismissed for man facing federal execution Thursday
A federal judge in Indianapolis has denied a habeas petition filed on behalf of a convicted killer scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute. Defense attorneys immediately appealed, seeking a stay of execution.
Application deadline nears for city court judgeship in Marion
| IL Staff
Qualified applicants interested in serving as city court judge in Marion have until Nov. 25 to make their interest known.
Poll workers contract virus, but Election Day link unclear
Despite painstaking efforts to keep election sites safe, some poll workers who came in contact with voters on Election Day have tested positive for the coronavirus, including more than two dozen in Missouri and others in Indiana, Iowa, New York and Virginia.
Attorney ‘beyond disgusted’ no charges against Indianapolis cop
Attorneys for the family of a 21-year-old Black man who was shot and killed in May by an Indianapolis police officer blasted the investigation on Saturday, saying a more thorough one could have led the grand jury to return a criminal indictment against the officer.
Simon cuts discount deal to buy Taubman, halt COVID-related merger suit
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group has negotiated a $656 million cut in the price it will pay to purchase a Michigan-based shopping center company in light of the pandemic — a deal that comes just in time to stop a trial that was set to start Monday.
Opinions Nov. 13, 2020
Indiana Court of Appeals
R.W. v. J.W.
19A-PO-02697
Protective order. Affirms the issuance of a permanent protective order against Rafer Weigel and the Porter Superior Court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the petition for an order of protection. Finds the trial court did not err by failing to transfer J.W.’s petition to Illinois and did not err by finding and concluding that sufficient evidence existed to support issuing a permanent order of protection in favor of J.W. Judge Terry Crone concurs in a separate opinion, arguing Weigel’s identity should not be hidden from the public.
Terre Haute election fraud case to be highlighted at Southern District Court history symposium
| IL Staff
The third and final fall virtual continuing legal education event hosted by the Court Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana will take place next week.
COA affirms protective order, splits on whether to identify TV anchor
An appellate panel has affirmed the permanent protective order granted against a suspended Chicago television anchorman who threatened a Valparaiso woman he was romantically involved with. A concurring judge, however, disagreed that the man’s identity should be shielded from the public, writing separately to name the ex-anchor.