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The Indiana Court of Appeals has ordered a trial court to give a Franklin County man a new fact-finding hearing on the petition to revoke his probation after determining he did not voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently waive his right to counsel at the hearing.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Timothy Allen v. State of Indiana
24A05-1706-CR-1303
Criminal. Reverses the revocation of Timothy Allen’s probation and the imposition of the execution of his previously suspended 20-year sentence in the Department of Correction. Finds Allen did not waive his right to counsel at the fact-finding hearing on the petition to revoke his probation. Remands for a new fact-finding hearing.
The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission has certified three new senior judges for the next year.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is getting more help from within the circuit. Chief Judge James Shadid of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois and Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois will sit by designation and assist with the caseload of the Southern District of Indiana.
Former 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge John Tinder is stepping into a new role as chair of an effort designed to assess the current state of Indiana’s public defender system.
Read Indiana appellate court opinions from the most recent reporting period.
Find out who's been suspended in the most recent attorney discipline actions.
Bob Hammerle says Judi Dench is a royal treat in “Victoria and Abdul,” but finds little to recommend in “Blade Runner 2049.”
This year, follow me, and together we’ll take a detour around the zone, waking up with a smile, shouting, “Woo hoo, me!” on Jan. 1, 2018.
Despite the lack of monetary return on investment, young lawyers and their law firms gain huge returns on intangible benefits from bar association involvement.
In this issue, we’re launching a new column from Don Hopper about law firm succession planning. And speaking of the future and succession planning, we’ve got a succession plan in place here at Indiana Lawyer.
My impression is that Google has probably always been recording my voice text messages. They only recently added the notification about doing so because they probably got caught, so they included the notification to cover themselves.
This is a first in series of articles on the issue of law practice succession planning.
Given today’s political climate, nowhere is the interplay between politics and law more salient than in immigration law. If you are an advocate for a refugee, or represent someone seeking citizenship or asylum, part of the work is understanding the political ramifications of what you are trying to do.
Former Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has been a lifelong advocate of mediation and alternative dispute resolutions, building his career around the notion that many disputes can be resolved short of trial. So when Zoeller left the attorney general’s office, it made sense for him to continue his advocacy for mediation and ADR work in the private sector.
Several Indiana Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of a death row inmate’s challenge of the Department of Correction’s untried lethal injection drug cocktail formulation.
Officials decided to close the Madison County Government Center for about seven months beginning at the end of November. Courts will take up temporary residency for several months about six miles away from downtown Anderson.
Last April, our Indiana Legislature enacted a new process for selecting judicial officers in Marion County. Here is a general overview of how the process will work.
An unintended change in law that temporarily required will challenges to be filed within the probate case was reversed under a bill that took effect July 1 and tweaked several provisions of Indiana’s Probate Code.
The Wisconsin gerrymandering case now before the Supreme Court of the United States has all the intrigue of a first-class thriller — secrecy, sophisticated computer programs, outside consultants, and carefully drawn district lines to ensure a firm grip on power. It also has echoes of a similar Indiana case from 30 years ago.
