Appeals on Wheels putting in the miles with visits to Morgan, Allen counties this week
The Court of Appeals of Indiana is on the road again this week, traveling to two judges’ former turfs.
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Round trip: Indiana COA hears arguments in all 92 counties
The Indiana Court of Appeals has wrapped up its pursuit of visiting every county through its Appeals on Wheels program. Introduced during the appellate court’s centennial in 2001, the traveling program has ventured statewide to high schools, colleges, law schools and other venues, promoting civics education by inviting local communities to observe how the appellate judiciary works.
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COA Appeals on Wheels headed to Shelbyville next week
The Court of Appeals of Indiana will be traveling to Shelbyville next week as part of its Appeals on Wheels program.
COA receives national honor for Appeals on Wheels program
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has been honored with the National Center for State Courts 2023 Sandra Day O’Connor Award for the Advancement of Civics.
Appeals on Wheels to hear case involving strip clubs at casino
Court of Appeals of Indiana judges are on the road again this week for traveling oral arguments, this time preparing to hear arguments about compelling arbitration between dozens of models and two Indiana strip clubs.
Appeals on Wheels operates on effective strategy, planning
Driving down Interstate 65 on a cold Monday evening, computer equipment and boxes of books in tow, Court of Appeals of Indiana communications director Anne Fuchs was preparing for a busy day.
COA to hear arguments in arsenic case at Notre Dame Law
The Court of Appeals of Indiana is hitting the road again this week as a panel prepares to hear oral arguments at Notre Dame Law School in a case concerning the use of arsenic to treat a home’s exterior.
Confused jury cited in appeal to murder convictions
The Court of Appeals of Indiana will be hearing oral arguments challenging a traffic stop and jury instructions that resulted in criminal convictions Tuesday at Wabash College as part of the Appeals on Wheels program.
Appeals on Wheels set to hit the road for oral arguments
The Court of Appeals of Indiana will hear several oral arguments next week across the Hoosier State.
Supreme Court skeptical about patent judge appointments
The Supreme Court on Monday seemed likely to find that the judges who oversee patent disputes are not properly appointed, a case important to patent holders and inventors including major technology companies.
Man who missed trial loses OWI appeal
A man convicted of a drunken driving charge despite not being present at his own trial has failed to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that his convictions should be overturned.
Bradford elected COA chief judge, succeeding Vaidik
The judges of the Indiana Court of Appeals have elected Judge Cale Bradford to serve for the next three years as the lower appellate court’s chief judge. He succeeds Judge Nancy Vaidik, whose term as chief expired last month. Bradford, whose term began Jan. 1., has served on the Court of Appeals for nearly 13 years.
Appeals on Wheels: Convicted man urges suppression of pre-Miranda statements
The Indiana Court of Appeals will travel to northern Indiana next week to hear oral arguments in a case about the admission of a man’s statements made to police after being handcuffed but before he was read his Miranda rights.
COA heads to Adams Co. to hear hit-and-run case
The Indiana Court of Appeals will travel northeast next week to hear arguments in a case involving a man charged in a fatal hit-and-run.
Murder, insanity appeal focuses on police interrogation, Miranda
“I’m done talking,” Bargersville criminal defense attorney Stacy Uliana repeated before a panel of appellate judges on behalf of her client, Joshua Risinger. Those statements Risinger made to police interrogators who continued to question him form the basis of his appeal.
Supreme Court takes oral argument to Parke Heritage High School
Indiana Supreme Court justices will travel to Parke Heritage High School on Tuesday to hear oral arguments in the civil negligence case of Cavanaugh’s Sports Bar & Eatery, Ltd. v. Eric Porterfield, 18A-CT-1814.
COA takes declaratory judgment case to Greensburg high school
An Indiana Court of Appeals panel is set to hit the road Friday to hear oral arguments in a case involving unpaid rent for a leased property used to house minimum security prisoners in Madison County.
Appellate panel considers med-mal claim in wrongful death suit
An appellate panel considered Wednesday whether a healthcare facility employee’s act of kicking a resident, resulting in his death, could be shielded from liability under the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act.
COA to hear wrongful death appeal at Indy community center
Whether claims from a deceased man’s estate allege facts that fall under Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act after he died from a leg injury will be argued during an Appeals on Wheels oral argument Wednesday at the Indianapolis Jewish Community Center.
COA takes criminal recklessness case to Munster H.S.
Questions of whether certain witnesses should have been excused from testifying in a criminal recklessness case for violating a separation of witnesses orders will be considered by a traveling appellate panel Thursday at Munster High School.
COA to hear denied mistrial, attempted murder arguments in Lake, Wayne counties
The Indiana Court of Appeals will travel twice this week to hear arguments in Lake and Wayne counties involving a denied mistrial and attempted murder.