An Indiana felon who used an accomplice to purchase firearms couldn’t convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that he was charged with duplicitous counts or that his sentence was improperly calculated. In July 2018, James Rogers, who had a previous felony conviction, went to a Rural King store in Bedford and handled multiple firearms […]
A split 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed an Elkhart man’s granted habeas corpus petition, finding that the Court of Appeals of Indiana applied a rule contradicting Supreme Court precedent in refusing him relief, leaving its decision not entitled to deference under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
The FBI recovered “top secret” and even more sensitive documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released Friday after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorized the sudden, unprecedented search this week.
Prosecutors on Friday filed two attempted murder charges and four other counts against a man accused of shooting an eastern Indiana police officer in the head during a traffic stop and search for possible narcotics.
A minority-owned staffing agency based in Batesville has filed a lawsuit in Marion County against a New Jersey-based company that alleges the out-of-state firm owes it $10 million related to a contract with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration.
In a lawsuit filed last month in Marion Superior Court, investors of VoCare accused top officers and board members of self-dealing, gross mismanagement and fraudulent behavior that has put the privately held company in “imminent danger” of insolvency.
Allegations about a Marion County judge made by the president of the Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #86, is drawing sharp rebuttal from the Indianapolis Bar Association, which is asserting the community does not benefit from “reckless rhetoric.”
Twelve Hoosier lawyers and judges have applied to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Court of Appeals of Indiana that will be left by Judge Derek Molter when he joins the Indiana Supreme Court next month.
After being buoyed by a win in the trial court then sunk by a reversal from an appellate panel, a group of Indianapolis businesses that sued after a sprinkler system broke and flooded their offices will be able to float their arguments again since the Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer of their case.
A South Bend man with a history of filing dozens of “meritless actions” has once again failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that he was wronged by the justice system, drawing it to further tighten the boundaries of his filing abilities.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush will fill in for Justice Steven David as the chair of the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee after he retires at the end of the month.
Trustees at Indiana and Purdue universities were voting Friday to revamp a 52-year relationship that is IUPUI and rebrand the urban campus as Indiana University Indianapolis, a move intended to end confusion and drive growth in enrollment, research and prestige.
Political leaders on Thursday honored Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana as a determined advocate for her beliefs during a funeral after she and three other people were killed in a highway crash last week.
Data cannot be recovered from the laptop of the 20-year-old man who allegedly shot five people in a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall, killing three of them, the FBI said Thursday.
An eastern Indiana police officer shot in the head during a traffic stop and search for possible narcotics remained in “extremely critical” condition Thursday, her police chief said.
The nation’s top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said people no longer need to stay at least 6 feet away from others.
In an uncommon turn of events, all fraud charges against two former Celadon Group Inc. executives have been dropped, ending a federal criminal case that had been ongoing for more than two years.
Inmates with mental health and substance use disorders in five Indiana counties will be offered new peer support and resources through a pilot program designed to connect them with treatment options, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction has announced.
A convicted murderer will not be able to appeal the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief after the Court of Appeals of Indiana determined a trial court erred in granting him permission to file a belated appeal.
An attorney has been reinstated to the practice of law in Indiana after her suspension for noncooperation was lifted.