Massa investiture ceremony held Monday
Mark Massa was robed as the 107th justice of the Indiana Supreme Court in an investiture ceremony held Monday in the Supreme Court Courtroom.
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Massa investiture May 7
The formal swearing-in ceremony for new Indiana Justice Mark Massa will be May 7 in the Indiana Supreme Court Courtroom.
Massa to join Supreme Court April 2
Mark Massa, the state’s newest justice, will be sworn in April 2. Former Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard will administer the oath.
Indiana justice finalists named
Gov. Mitch Daniels will select next justice from a pool of two men, one woman.
Commission names 3 justice finalists
The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission has selected Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Cale J. Bradford, Indianapolis attorney Mark S. Massa, and Jane A. Seigel of the Indiana Judicial Center as finalists for an upcoming Indiana Supreme Court vacancy.
7 named as justice semi-finalists
Four men and three women have been named semi-finalists to become the next Indiana Supreme Court justice.
15 apply to be Supreme Court justice
Fifteen people have applied to be the next Indiana Supreme Court justice, the high court announced Friday. They are vying to replace Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, who will leave the bench March 4.
Chief Justice Shepard gives final State of the Judiciary
Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard gave his final State of the Judiciary on Wednesday, recapping not only the past 12 months, but also highlighting court initiatives and changes that have occurred during the quarter century he spent as chief justice.
Chief justice to give his final State of the Judiciary
Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard on Wednesday will give his annual State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Indiana General Assembly, the final time he will do so before retiring in March.
Chief justice completing his ‘dream job’
Randall T. Shepard will retire from the bench as country’s longest-serving state court leader.
Job opening: Indiana Supreme Court justice
Lawyers interested in becoming the next justice on the Indiana Supreme Court have until Jan. 27 to apply for the opening created by Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard’s upcoming retirement.
Rookie year on the Supreme Court
New Indiana Justice Steven David is settled but still finding his niche.
Supreme Court upholds Barnes ruling
Emphasizing that it’s not trampling on the Fourth Amendment, the Indiana Supreme Court has revisited a ruling it made four months ago and upheld its holding that residents don’t have a common law right to resist police entering a person’s home.
Justice touts Odyssey, counties seek addition judicial officers
The Commission on Courts meeting Wednesday contained some familiar elements: Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan testified regarding Odyssey and two trial judges have once again asked for an additional judicial officer.
Judge reduces death sentences to life without parole
If he’d had the ability more than three years ago to factor in a jury’s deadlocked view on the death penalty, a southern Indiana judge says he would have imposed life without parole rather than the death penalty for a man convicted of triple murder.
AG: DCS out-of-state placements shouldn’t be reviewable by courts
An Indiana Supreme Court decision upholding three statutes relating to juvenile judges’ authority on out-of-state placement cases created what the state attorney general’s office calls too much confusion, and the justices should revisit the ruling it made a little more than a month ago.
Justices reduce sentence of man found asleep in office
Four of the five Indiana Supreme Court justices decided that the man found asleep in the waiting room of a dental office – who had an empty handgun on him – should only be sentenced to 20 years for the crime instead of 40 years.
Justices keep pace with past years’ activity
In the final days before its fiscal calendar year ended, the Indiana Supreme Court kept pace with past years’ activity levels.
Lawmakers discuss scope of police entry case
A Bedford lawyer-legislator says a recent Indiana Supreme Court decision on resisting police entry has resulted in more feedback from attorneys and residents statewide than he’s experienced since the daylight saving time debate.