Oakland City man acquitted in motel manager’s death
A southwestern Indiana jury has acquitted of murder a 21-year-old man whose attorney argued self-defense in the shooting death of a motel co-manager.
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Death penalty dropped for man’s third triple-murder trial
A northern Indiana man who’s facing his third trial in a triple-murder case won’t face the death penalty if he’s convicted again in the killings. Wayne Kubsch is expected to stand trial again next year for the 1998 Mishawaka slaying of his wife, her ex-husband and their son.
Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate with special counsel
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to cooperate with the special counsel’s Russia investigation as he pleaded guilty to federal charges and avoided a second trial that could have exposed him to even greater punishment.
COA: South Bend med-mal appeal lacks issues of fact
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a grant of summary judgment to a South Bend hospital after it upheld that res ipsa loquitur did not apply to facts in a hip-replacement related negligence claim.
Ineffective counsel arguments in OWI appeal lack cogent reasoning
A man’s arguments on appeal from his drunken-driving conviction that he had ineffective assistance of counsel were rejected in substance and form by the Indiana Court of Appeals on Friday.
Juvenile waived to adult court in Indy doctor’s slaying
A juvenile has been waived to adult court to face charges in the fatal shooting of an Indiana University doctor and educator last year.
Inmate who confessed sentenced to 63 years in 2008 slaying
A prison inmate who confessed in 2017 to a slaying years earlier in eastern Indiana has been sentenced to 63 years in prison.
Ruling: DOC violating rights of inmates with hepatitis
The Indiana Department of Correction’s failure to provide inmates with recommended hepatitis C treatment violates their constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment, a federal judge ruled Thursday in a groundbreaking order.
Daleville woman formally charged in son’s hot car death
Prosecutors have filed formal charges against a central Indiana woman who had been drinking and was taking a nap while her 2-year-old son crawled into a hot car and later died.
Justices to hear cell location history case in Anderson
The Indiana Supreme Court will travel north to Madison County later this month to hear an oral argument regarding how and when law enforcement may obtain historical cell phone location information in criminal investigations.
Terre Haute killer loses appeal to withdraw guilty plea
A man who pleaded guilty to murder last year and was sentenced to 60 years in prison cannot withdraw his plea, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
7th Circuit: Attempted robbery not violent crime in Indiana
A juvenile accused of robbing a pharmacy might not be tried in federal criminal court because attempted robbery is not considered a violent crime in Indiana, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, vacating the teen’s waiver to be tried as an adult.
Ex-Indiana State Police evidence clerk charged with theft
A former Indiana State Police evidence clerk is accused of stealing more than $50,000 from the evidence room at the agency’s Bloomington police post.
Former East Chicago councilman sentenced to 20 years
A former northwestern Indiana city councilman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting a man he owed a drug debt to.
Bolton: International Criminal Court ‘already dead to us’
America’s long-running reluctant relationship with the International Criminal Court came to a crashing halt as decades of U.S. suspicions about the tribunal and its global jurisdiction spilled into open hostility, amid threats of sanctions if it investigates U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
DCS case featuring sex with case manager reversed
Indiana trial courts and the Department of Child Services have once again been chastised for denying due process rights in a termination of parental rights case in which a DCS case manager had a sexual relationship with a case client.
Ruling for insurer in Evansville firm’s $7.2M indemnity suit upheld
An Evansville-based plastic supplier’s insurer is not required to indemnify the company against a $7.2 million jury award for producing a defective product, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Monday.
Infant laid to rest 2 years after death in college dorm tub
An infant who died after his mother delivered him in a Manchester University bathtub in 2016 has been laid to rest in northern Indiana less than two months after his Elkhart mother plead guilty in relation to his death.
Peru courthouse elevator repaired after 3 months
A broken elevator at the Miami County Courthouse in Peru has been repaired after being broken for more than three months, creating problems for people who couldn’t walk up three flights of stairs to pay taxes or attend court hearings.
Kavanaugh confirmation fight rallies Democrats to resistance
Democrats don’t have the votes to block Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but that didn’t stop them from putting up a rowdy, leave-nothing-on-the-table fight during four days of Senate confirmation hearings that marked a new stage in the party’s resistance to President Donald Trump.