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No. 25A-CR-3221

Appeal from the Cass Circuit Court, Judge Stephen R. Kitts II. The court affirmed Sayger’s convictions for conspiracy to commit child molesting and child molesting as an accomplice but remanded the case to the trial court with instructions to revise her aggregate sentence from 252 years to 80 years. Sayger had arranged for her 13-year-old daughter to be sexually abused by an adult man in exchange for money. The court found sufficient evidence supporting her convictions, rejected claims of fundamental error regarding jury instructions and addressed issues of double jeopardy. Judge Weissmann authored the opinion, with Judges Bailey and Brown concurring. Appellant attorney: Mark K. Leeman, Leeman & Garrison Law, Logansport. Appellee attorneys: Office of the Indiana Attorney General. 

No. 25A-MF-1692

Appeal from Hendricks Superior Court, Judge Rhett M. Stuard. The court affirmed the trial court’s summary judgment favoring Raths, determining that U.S. Bank’s attempt to foreclose on the mortgage was barred by the statute of limitations, as the underlying debt had been barred for well over a decade. The court found that because Indiana law stipulates a mortgage cannot be enforced once the debt is barred, U.S. Bank, having waited eighteen years without enforcing its rights on the prior judgment, could not proceed against Raths as the current property owner. The court emphasized that allowing the foreclosure would be unjust given the time elapsed and the investments made by parties in the property. Judge May authored the opinion, with Judges Altice and Foley concurring. Appellant attorney: Jason E. Duhn, Diaz Anselmo & Associates, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Appellee attorney: Tammy L. Ortman, Ortman Law, LLC, Greenfield.