The Court of Appeals of Indiana denied a man’s post-conviction appeal Wednesday of his conviction and sentence for sexual misconduct with a minor, affirming that he received effective assistance from counsel and knowingly pleaded guilty in the case.
Legislators will spend their interim break studying various topics of interest, including the impacts of cannabis legalization on the workforce and possible tax reform.
Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and refusing government demands to give them back.
A western Indiana man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a felony charge stemming from his mother’s fatal stabbing has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
An Indiana state lawmaker isn’t facing any immediate legislative discipline after pleading guilty to drunken driving charges for crashing his pickup truck through an interstate highway guardrail and driving away.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed and remanded a case in which four Indiana cities allege streaming services are subjected to requirements of the Indiana Video Service Franchises Act, ruling that Marion Superior Court has the authority to hear the case.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana granted a rehearing Tuesday and corrected a factual error in an opinion issued in April, but the court otherwise reaffirmed its ruling that there was sufficient evidence to support a conspiracy to commit murder conviction.
A third Indianapolis man involved in a 2020 armed robbery in Lawrence has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his role in the incident.
The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to using marijuana while possessing a firearm, which is illegal under U.S. law.
After nearly a year of waiting, it’s official: A more than $3 billion electric vehicle battery cell plant is coming to northern Indiana.
The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t review North Carolina’s decision to stop issuing specialty license plates with the Confederate flag.
AES Indiana, one of the state’s “big five” investor-owned utility companies, logged the country’s fourth-highest rate of residential disconnections, according to data from an Indiana University dashboard launched Friday.
Indiana state Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, has entered into a plea agreement for Class C operating a vehicle while intoxicated and Class B leaving the scene of an accident charges following his early-morning crash and arrest in Jackson County in May.
Two of the area’s oldest law firms have joined forces, as Hamilton County-based Church Church Hittle + Antrim celebrated its new merger with Burrus & Sease June 8.
A trial court didn’t abuse its discretion when it did not find a man’s autism spectrum disorder diagnosis to be a mitigating circumstance in his 2022 sentencing for sex crimes against a minor, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Monday.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overrule a district court judge’s decision to not disqualify a juror in a heroin and methamphetamine case involving three men. But the appellate court did vacate the sentence handed down for one of the men.
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A person who filed a putative class action lawsuit against their current employer for an alleged data breach must refile the complaint using their real name, a federal magistrate judge has ruled.
Nominations are now open for Indiana Lawyer’s newest event, Diversity in Law.
Indiana has one of the weakest governor systems in the nation, lacking both a pocket and line-item veto in addition to the low threshold for override.