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Indiana Court of Appeals
Paul M. Robey v. State of Indiana
20A-CR-2187
Criminal. Affirms Paul M. Robey’s conviction of Class 4 felony child molesting. Finds the video of the victim’s forensic interview was merely cumulative of B.B.’s testimony, so any error in publishing it was harmless.
The Federal Trade Commission and six states including Indiana are suing Frontier Communications for not delivering the internet speeds it promised customers and charging them for better, more expensive service than they actually got.
In her last years on the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. But Ginsburg, who died in September at age 87, was known for her speed at something: writing opinions.
The case involves New Carlisle municipal employees who alleged city officials spied on them and violated the Indiana Wiretap Act.
The arrest of a Connecticut high school student accused of posting racist comments about a Black classmate on social media is being supported by civil rights advocates, but free speech groups are calling it an unusual move by police that raises First Amendment issues.
The grandfather had argued that a video of his granddaughter’s statement published at his trial was impermissible hearsay.
Joshua Payne-Elliott, a foreign language and social studies teacher, sued the archdiocese after his contract with Cathedral was terminated in June 2019.
The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications is requesting that the law license of a former Hamilton County magistrate busted in a meth sting only be reinstated if he can maintain a sustained recovery and fully comply with the Judges & Lawyers Assistance Program.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Donnie Louis Sawyer v. State of Indiana
20A-CR-1446
Criminal. Reverses the order denying Donnie Louis Sawyer’s petition for depositions of two minors alleged to be victims of child molesting by Sawyer. Finds Indiana Code § 35-40-5-11.5 conflicts with the Indiana Trial Rules 26 and 30, so the provisions of the Trial Rules govern.
C.W.’s parental rights were terminated in October 2020. She appealed, but the Court of Appeals has affirmed.
A dispute over a misspelled name that led to two entities both thinking they owned an Indianapolis property has been resolved in favor of the entity holding the tax deed.
Marion County will wait until June 7 to ease its current pandemic-related restrictions, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced Wednesday, and could fully reopen in July if enough people get vaccinated.
The law enacted in 2020 received widespread support from lawmakers and prosecutors but had been challenged by the defense bar.
Voting rights activists are calling on Indiana legislative leaders to give the public a month for reviewing proposed new congressional and state election district maps before they are finalized.
Abortion. Guns. Religion. A Trump-fortified conservative majority is making its presence felt at the Supreme Court by quickly wading into high-profile social issues that have been a goal of the right for decades.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled that a state trial court lacked jurisdiction to rule on a motion to quash in a Florida lawsuit involving an Indiana University professor and a Russian bank allegedly involved in a 2016 political hacking scandal.
The president wrote in a memo that the pandemic “has further exposed and exacerbated inequities in our justice system” as legal services were curtailed. He added that the problems “have touched the lives of many persons in this country, particularly low-income people and people of color.”
As part of his battle with the Legislature over executive powers, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is accusing Attorney General Todd Rokita of creating a legal fiction in order to expand the attorney general’s “authority beyond his statutory duties and powers.”
Like the two previous admission ceremonies, the Tuesday induction for the new admittees to the Indiana bar was held virtually. But this time, along with introducing themselves to the state and federal judiciary, the freshly minted lawyers took a few minutes to thank those who helped them get to this day.