Indy nursing home resident gets 45 years for murder and rape of 80-year-old invalid
A 61-year-old Indianapolis nursing home resident was sentenced Thursday to 45 years in prison for the murder and rape of an 80-year-old invalid last year.
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Indy woman pleads guilty to straw purchase of gun used to kill Illinois officer
An Indianapolis woman pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges stemming from the straw purchase of a gun used to fatally shoot one central Illinois police officer and wound another in 2021.
Lawyers submitted bogus caselaw created by ChatGPT. A judge fined them $5,000
A federal judge on Thursday imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm in an unprecedented instance in which ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim.
IN justices asked to ditch modified impact rule for medical privacy breach cases after patient’s info was posted to Facebook
A woman whose medical information was sent to the wrong person and then shared on social media is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to do away with the modified impact rule for negligence-based medical privacy breaches.
ACLU lawsuit accuses Indiana town council of violating 1st Amendment by removing residents from Facebook page
The town council of Kingsford Heights in northwest Indiana refuses access to its private Facebook page to people based on their content and expressed viewpoints, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is alleging in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
COA dismisses improperly filed appeal in child placement case
An incarcerated father seeking to modify the placement of his child failed to properly file his appeal and left the Court of Appeals of Indiana without appellate jurisdiction, the court ruled Thursday in dismissing the appeal.
Ochoa, Big Ten law deans pledge support for diversity ahead of SCOTUS affirmative action ruling
As the Supreme Court prepares to hand down a decision that could fundamentally alter affirmative action, a group of law deans — including Dean Christiana Ochoa at IU Maurer School of Law — has issued a statement affirming the deans’ commitment to diversity.
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation on Thursday in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Supreme Court rules against a man who was given 27 years in prison for having a gun
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a man whose conviction on gun charges was called into question by a recent high court decision is out of luck.
Rokita’s office files new appeal in RFRA-based lawsuit against Indiana abortion ban
The state Attorney General’s Office has filed to appeal a judge’s decision to grant class action certification to a lawsuit that seeks to strike down Indiana’s near-total abortion ban on the basis of the state’s controversial religious freedom law.
3 sentenced to more than 100 years for killing ex-Indiana University football player
A judge Wednesday sentenced three people to more than 100 years each in prison for the fatal shooting of a former Indiana University football player who was gunned down during unrest following George Floyd’s murder.
Army veteran sentenced to 55 years for Indy road rage shooting death of Muslim man
A suburban Indianapolis Army veteran was sentenced to 55 years in prison Wednesday for the road rage shooting death of a Muslim man after witnesses said he hurled ethnic and religious insults at the victim.
Prosecutors urge 3-year prison sentence for former Indiana congressman Buyer
A former Indiana congressman should spend three years in prison for committing insider trading while working as a consultant and lobbyist after his congressional career, prosecutors urged Wednesday.
Woman paralyzed in crash can’t file 2nd lawsuit against different defendants, IN Supreme Court affirms
An Indiana woman who won a multimillion-dollar verdict against a trucking company for a 2018 accident that left her quadriplegic cannot sue additional defendants for their alleged roles in the same accident, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
IN Supreme Court dismisses appeal of temporary custody order, finding no appellate jurisdiction
The Indiana Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal in an adoption case, finding no appellate jurisdiction over the issue of temporary custody.
Trailblazing Monroe Co. judge Taliaferro dies at 94
Judge Viola J. Taliaferro — who was considered an icon and groundbreaker in Bloomington and the Monroe County legal profession — died this month at 94.
Dog sniff enough to establish probable cause in meth case, COA affirms
A dog sniff that led to a man being convicted of possession of methamphetamine was sufficient to establish probable cause to search his truck, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled in affirming a lower court’s decision.
FTC accuses Amazon of enrolling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel
The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday for what it called a yearslong effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.
With Trump under indictment, House GOP calls on Trump-era special counsel who studied Russia probe
As Donald Trump faces a 37-count federal indictment and the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence if convicted, House Republicans are using a special counsel’s report to renew their argument that federal law enforcement is tainted by political bias.
DA, ethics panel back judge in Trump hush-money case, finding no evidence of bias
Manhattan prosecutors say neither the former president nor his lawyers have shown any evidence to support their claims that the judge in Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal case has an anti-Trump bias.