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An inmate suffered “extreme pain” as he received a dose of pentobarbital during just the second federal execution following a 17-year lag, according to court filings by lawyers representing one of the inmates scheduled to be executed next.
An attempt to allow all eligible Hoosiers to vote by mail in the November general election has been thwarted by a federal judge who ruled the limits on absentee balloting do not deny state residents their fundamental right to vote.
Finding Indiana’s process for matching signatures on absentee ballots is unconstitutional, a federal judge has permanently enjoined the Secretary of State and other election officials from rejecting any mail-in ballot on the basis of a signature mismatch without providing adequate notice to the voter.
Indiana Court of Appeals
John P. Hampton v. Audie Barber
20A-MI-143
Miscellaneous. Affirms the Delaware Circuit Court’s order granting Audie Barber’s request for a permanent injunction following his complaint for ouster of an unlawful office holder in which the court concluded that Muncie City Councilman John P. Hampton is ineligible to hold a seat on the council under Indiana Code Section 3-5-8-1(e). Finds the evidence supports the trial court’s finding that Barber has a special interest in the city council seat, and that finding supports the court’s conclusion that Barber had standing to file the complaint against Hampton. Also finds that Hampton has waived for review the issue of whether Indiana Code Section 3-8-1- 5(e)(3) violates Article 1, Section 23 of the Indiana Constitution as applied to him.
A man convicted of domestic battery and disorderly conduct successfully secured a new trial from the Indiana Court of Appeals after it found the admission of his wife’s hearsay statements were in error.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a young adult’s decades-long sentence for felony burglary convictions that stemmed from several residential break-ins he committed as a teen, finding that his sentence is not inappropriate.
A Muncie city councilman could not persuade the Indiana Court of Appeals to determine on Friday that he is still eligible for the position after another candidate revealed that the councilman has a felony record.
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to block critics from his personal Twitter account after a federal appeals court rejected the proposition.
Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president suggested he might consider it.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, pressed by senators over campaign season mail disruptions, said Friday he was unaware of some recent changes by his agency until they sparked a public uproar. But he also said he has no plans to restore mailboxes or high-speed sorting machines that have been removed.
As the Indiana Supreme Court takes up the question of whether a man convicted of murder should get a new trial because of misconduct by an attorney who served as jury forewoman at his trial, that attorney also is suing the state over her firing related to her conduct in the case.
Two teenage boys, one of whom already faced a murder charge, have been charged in the fatal shooting last fall of a pizza delivery driver in Gary.
Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination with a vow to be a unifying “ally of the light” who would move an America in crisis past the chaos of President Donald Trump’s tenure.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Judy Reece v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., et al.
20A-CT-214
Civil tort. Majority affirms the grant of summary judgment in favor of Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc. in a lawsuit alleging that tall grass on its property obstructed the view of an intersection before a crash in which a motorcyclist sustained catastrophic brain injuries. Finds Tyson negated the element of duty in Reece’s negligence claim. Senior Judge John Baker dissents, finding multiple issues of fact rendering summary judgment inappropriate, and would consequently reverse and remand for proceedings. Unanimously affirms the trial court’s evidentiary rulings.
As President Donald Trump’s lawyers moved swiftly Thursday to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that granted Manhattan’s top prosecutor access to his tax returns, Trump blasted the long-running quest for his financial records as a “continuation of the most disgusting witch hunt in the history of our country.”
The guardian of a Wayne County man who sustained catastrophic brain injuries in a motorcycle crash lost an appeal of a judgment against her negligence suit Thursday, but one judge would have permitted her case against a meat plant near the crash scene to proceed.
Indiana Legal Services has launched a public education campaign to help all eligible Hoosiers access their federal stimulus payments, noting millions of dollars could remain unclaimed unless individuals act before the Oct. 15 deadline.
Indiana judges can advise family members on legal issues, but they must do so in a behind-the-scenes way that does not “trade on the prestige” of their office, a judicial ethics opinion issued Thursday says.
The battle over an enjoined Indiana law requiring women to obtain an ultrasound 18 hours before an abortion has taken a new turn, with the parties entering an agreement that would vacate the injunction in the new year.
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme “We Build The Wall.”