Man ruled competent to stand trial in officer’s slaying
A man accused in the fatal shooting of an Indianapolis police officer has been found competent to understand the charges against him.
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Man’s forgery convictions for bogus check affirmed
A man who tried to pass a bogus check for $2,248.33 at two Marion grocery stores failed to persuade an appellate panel to reverse his convictions because of insufficient evidence. He argued in part his conviction shouldn’t stand because the stores had no video cameras.
Despite inadmissible testimony, molestation conviction affirmed
A trial court erred in allowing evidence of a defendant’s alleged prior bad acts at his child molestation jury trial, but based on other corroborating evidence, the admission was harmless, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
Divided full 7th Circuit allows inmate death case to go to trial
A woman whose son was found dead in an Indiana Department of Correction facility can now take her case to trial after a divided en banc 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment in favor of the health care providers who treated her chronically ill son.
Defendant’s testimony makes admission error harmless
Although unauthenticated videos and photos showing a defendant appearing to make methamphetamine should not have been admitted at trial under the silent-witness theory, the Indiana Court of Appeals found the error was harmless because of the defendant’s own testimony.
Robing ceremony planned for former senator elected to St. Joseph bench
A former Indiana senator who was recently elected to St. Joseph Circuit Court will be honored this week.
Justices reject appeal of tea party groups over IRS review
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a nonprofit group that wanted to sue individual IRS officials for targeting tea party groups that applied for tax-exempt status.
Deadline approaches to apply for Indiana Supreme Court
The deadline for attorneys to apply to become an Indiana Supreme Court justice is noon on March 3.
COA reverses drug convictions for lack of police inventory regulation
The Indiana Court of Appeals vacated a Putnam County man’s drug conviction Tuesday after finding that police officers were not following proper protocol when they searched the man’s vehicle.
Supreme Court reprimands senior judge convicted of OWI
The Indiana Supreme Court has issued a public reprimand against a senior judge convicted of driving while intoxicated.
Supreme Court seems split in case of boy’s death near border
The Supreme Court of the United States appears to be evenly divided about the right of Mexican parents to use American courts to sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired across the U.S.-Mexican border and killed their teenage son.
Indiana man pleads guilty in 2015 crash that killed 3 teens
A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty in Newport to charges in connection with a one-vehicle crash in 2015 that killed his three teenage passengers.
Supreme Court to hear HHGregg, managers’ incentive fight
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear a case Feb. 23 in which a trial court and the Indiana Court of Appeals reached opposite conclusions about whether key HHGregg managers were entitled to incentive bonuses triggered by the company’s receipt of $40 million from an executive’s life insurance proceeds.
Merit selection for Marion County a path back to court?
As the General Assembly weighs a new means of choosing Marion County judges, critics of the proposed merit-selection system say its enactment will almost guarantee another court fight.
No slowdown in expungements
The number of petitions filed around the state remains high, but clerks and attorneys say they have adjusted to the workload.
Former Supreme Court Justice De Bruler dies
A funeral service took place Tuesday morning for former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Roger De Bruler, who died Feb. 13. De Bruler, 82, died with his family at his side, according to his obituary.
US Supreme Court weighs case of Mexican boy slain across border
Sixty feet and the U.S-Mexico border separated the unarmed, 15-year-old Mexican boy and the U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed him with a gunshot to the head early on a June evening in 2010.
7th Circuit allows Indy airport to proceed with insurance claim
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing the Indianapolis Airport Authority to move forward with part of an insurance claim stemming from a construction incident at the Midfield Terminal that delayed its opening in 2008.
Justices deny transfer in suit stemming from meningitis outbreak
The Indiana Court of Appeals’ ruling that some claims from those injured or family members of those who died after being injected with contaminated steroids are governed by the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act will stand after the Indiana Supreme Court declined to take the case on transfer last week.