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Indiana Court of Appeals
Jeremy Benner v. State of Indiana (NFP)
79A02-1211-CR-913
Criminal. Affirms conviction of child molesting as a Class C felony.

Randy Reeder v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A05-1210-PC-540
Post conviction. Affirms conviction of four counts of murder and sentence to an aggravated term of 65 years for each conviction, to be served consecutively for a total term of 260 years.

Dwayne Kelly v. State of Indiana (NFP)
27A01-1212-PC-568
Post conviction. Affirms denial of post-conviction relief.

In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Rel. of M.R.; C.B. v. Indiana Department of Child Services (NFP)
49A05-1212-JT-643
Juvenile. Affirms the termination of parental rights of C.B., the mother of M.R.

Carolyn (Hansen) Miller v. Robin Mendelsohn, M.D. (NFP)
67A01-1301-PL-13
Civil plenary. Affirms the jury verdict entered in favor of Mendelsohn.

Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Tax Court released no opinions by IL deadline.
 

7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Anthony Weddington v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent
11-3303
Vacates denial of Weddington’s habeas petition and remands for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Finds the District Court erred in failing to consider Weddington’s claims that he could not meet the limitations period because prison officials confiscated his legal paper work, law books and legal mail. Also points out that the question of whether Judge Tanya Walton Pratt should have recused herself can be remedied by assigning the case to a different district judge on remand.

Indianapolis-based Celadon Group Inc. has agreed to pay $18.5 million to the families of two men who died in a multiple-vehicle accident involving a Celadon truck driver in northwest Indiana in February 2011. The settlement was disclosed late last week. The Indianapolis Business Journal has the story.

Indiana Court of Appeals
Keith Ellis v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1212-CR-983
http://media.ibj.com/Lawyer/websites/opinions/index.php?pdf=2013/august/08011302cjb.pdf
Criminal. Affirms conviction for Class C felony robbery. Finds the prosecutor’s comments about Ellis’ decision to represent him at trial and not to testify did not rise to the level of fundamental error.

Donald R. Green v. State of Indiana (NFP)
18A02-1212-CR-1032
Criminal. Affirms conviction for domestic battery as a Class A misdemeanor.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt has made permanent an injunction barring Indiana from denying Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood clinics. Indiana Lawyer’s sister publication Indianapolis Business Journal has the story.
 

Indiana Court of Appeals
In the Matter of the Involuntary Term. of the Parent-Child Rel. of M.N., Minor Child and his Father, M.D.N. v. Indiana Department of Chiild Services (NFP)
79A02-1301-JT-21
Juvenile. Affirms the juvenile court’s order terminating father’s parental rights to his son, M.N.  

Abdul G. Buridi v. RL BB Financial, LLC (NFP)
10A01-1212-MF-580
Mortgage foreclosure. Affirms denial of Buridi’s motion asking that the summary judgment be set aside because of newly discovered evidence.

Daniel R. Clemans v. State of Indiana (NFP)
29A02-1302-CR-289
Criminal. Affirms conviction of operating a motor vehicle while driving privileges are suspended due to being a habitual traffic violator, a Class D felony.

James W. Baker, Jr. v. State of Indiana (NFP)
03A01-1302-CR-49
Criminal. Affirms sentence for two courts of burglary as Class C felonies. Finds trial court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Baker to eight years on each of the two counts, all executed, to be served concurrently with each other but consecutively with Baker’s sentences in two other separate cases.

Joshua A. Yenna v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A03-1211-CR-499
Criminal. Affirms conviction for Class D felony battery.

 In the Matter of the Paternity of C.B., A.B. v. R.B. (NFP)
54A01-1211-JP-495
Juvenile Paternity. Affirms in part and reverses in part the judgment of the trial court. Concludes the trial court’s decisions regarding the calculation of child support were well-supported by its findings and by the evidence. However, finds the trial court erred by granting R.B.’s request to change C.B.’s name because he did not include this request in his written petition to establish paternity.

The Indiana Supreme Court and Tax Court released no opinions prior to IL deadline.