COA won’t rehear injured immigrant worker’s case
The Indiana Court of Appeals will not revisit its divided ruling that an injured masonry laborer’s immigration status is valid evidence in his lawsuit against the general contractor at his worksite.
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Democratic senators pushing for vote on federal nominees
Some Democratic senators in the U.S. Senate Wednesday are calling for unanimous consent to hold a floor vote on the judicial nominations, including Winfield Ong who has been nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
COA orders new trial on vicarious liability issue
A new jury will decide whether a Sony employee in Terre Haute was acting in the scope of his employment when he hit a security guard on the property while driving to recycle personal items on company property.
COA: Trial court properly reinstated demoted police officer’s rank
In a case of first impression, the Indiana Court of Appeals agreed that a judge could order a police officer’s rank returned to sergeant instead of sending the matter back to the police merit board for further proceedings.
Evidence supports order to raze uninhabited home
The Grant County Area Plan Commission provided enough evidence to support the trial court’s decision to order a home torn down because it is not up to code and is uninhabitable, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
COA: Plea agreement doesn’t prevent court from considering certain evidence
A Greensburg father who pleaded guilty to felony dangerous control of a child after his young son accidently shot his future stepbrother lost his claim before the Indiana Court of Appeals that the trial court shouldn’t have considered evidence relating to a dismissed charge.
Indiana high court rejects rehearing in lawmaker emails case
The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to rehear a case that sought to force lawmakers to release their email correspondence with lobbying groups and businesses.
Tom Brady’s ‘Deflategate’ appeal rejected by federal court
Quarterback Tom Brady's last best chance to avoid serving a four-game "Deflategate" suspension to start the new season was flatly rejected Wednesday by an appeals court.
Blagojevich resentencing: Judge to mull opposing portraits
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to order former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to serve his entire 14-year prison term when he returns to court for resentencing next month. But his attorneys want about nine years lopped off the sentence of the man they say has been a model prisoner who's tutored, taught and counseled fellow inmates while also forming an Elvis-inspired rock band.
Judge tosses murder charge against man jailed 22 years
A New Jersey man who served 22 years behind bars before his murder conviction was overturned has been freed from prison.
Clinton lawyer: More questions about email server ‘futile’
Hillary Clinton's lawyer said in a court filing Tuesday it would be "futile" for a federal judge to order the former secretary of state to answer questions under oath about her use of a private email server.
Brutal Indy home invasion leader gets sentence tweak
The alleged ringleader of six men who brutalized, shot and sexually assaulted three north side Indianapolis residents in their home will still likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after the Indiana Court of Appeals modestly reduced his sentence Tuesday.
Power of attorney may trump guardianship order
An elaborate court ruling that sought to bring family harmony by appointing each of six siblings as co-guardians over a specific area of their elderly mother’s life may have hit a sour note because of a 12-year-old power of attorney which remains valid.
Justices adopt COA opinion, affirm intimidation conviction
The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the intimidation conviction of a man who threatened to kill his sister’s landlord if she returned to the Indianapolis apartment.
Official to plead guilty to tax assessment shakedown
A northwest Indiana assessor's office employee will plead guilty to allegedly shaking down businesses in exchange for reducing their tax assessments.
Illinois detectives investigate Indiana killer in 1986 murder
An Indiana man serving a life sentence for the abduction and murder of an eastern Illinois girl over two decades ago has been identified as a suspect in the strangulation of a woman found in 1986 outside a southwestern Illinois town.
Judge gives Richmond man 76 years for kidnapping wife
A Richmond man has been sentenced to 76 years in prison for kidnapping his estranged wife two years ago.
Lawyer invokes ADA in discipline case after crime
A northeastern Indiana lawyer who allegedly “terrified” a woman who rejected his romantic advances contends in his resulting attorney discipline case that he had an undiagnosed mental illness. Because of that, he argues that an Indiana Supreme Court sanction against his license to practice law would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
State’s parenthood laws ruled unconstitutional
Indiana’s married lesbian parents win the right to be listed on their child’s birth certificate.
Inside the Criminal Case: The exclusionary rule is on a losing streak
The latest defeat for the exclusionary rule came in the case of Utah v. Strieff.