Justices remand post-conviction case to COA
A man’s post-conviction relief case dismissed by the Court of Appeals was remanded by the Indiana Supreme Court, which found an appendix was timely filed.
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Justices to hear case of man convicted of mistreating police dog
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide if South Bend police officers unnecessarily deployed the use of Tasers and a police dog on a man stopped during a traffic pursuit after granting transfer in the case of a man convicted of mistreating K-9 officer.
Indiana Supreme Court grants transfer in parental rights case
Indiana’s highest court has agreed to hear a case regarding the termination of two parents’ rights to their children, with the father arguing that his rights should be restored because the Indiana Department of Child Services failed to file the termination petition within the required legal time frame.
High court takes alcohol wholesaler case
The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could decide whether beer and wine wholesalers can also be legally permitted to sell liquor in Indiana.
Supreme Court grants transfer in cellphone data privacy case
After an Ohio man’s convictions of armed robbery in Dearborn County were overturned by a divided Indiana Court of Appeals in August, the Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear the state’s appeal and decide if cellphone users have a reasonable expectation to the privacy of their tracked location information.
Indiana Supreme Court grants transfer in injured immigrant worker’s case
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide if an undocumented Mexican immigrant who was injured on the job in Indiana should receive compensation based on wages for his job in the United States or based on wages for the same job in Mexico.
Supreme Court takes post-conviction case of convicted murderer
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide if a man convicted of murder in 1996 should be granted post-conviction relief based on the fact that his trial counsel was ineffective and his petition is not barred by laches.
Supreme Court affirms sentence of man convicted of child solicitation against niece
The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed a trial court’s sentence for a man convicted of felony child solicitation against his teenage niece after it granted the state’s petition for transfer on Wednesday.
Justices take case on DCS caller confidentiality
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether the Indiana Department of Child Services may be sued for failing to maintain the confidentiality of a caller who reported suspected child neglect.
Indiana Supreme Court takes 4th Amendment case
The Indiana Supreme Court took two cases on transfer last week, including whether a police officer was within his community caretaker function when he pulled over a woman after she left a gas station.
Justices decline newborn blood sample case
The Indiana Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of an Indiana couple who wanted their child’s blood, taken when she was born, destroyed instead of being stored by the state.
Justices take just 1 case on transfer
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to one case last week, a criminal matter in which it issued its decision the same day it accepted it.
Indiana Supreme Court grants transfer to 4 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to four cases last week, including a decision that divided the Court of Appeals as to whether to provide a defendant a video copy of his controlled drug buy.
Supreme Court grants transfer to insurance case
The Indiana Supreme Court accepted one case out of the 24 cases up for transfer last week, a case involving a lawsuit seeking underinsured motorist coverage.
Indiana Supreme Court accepts 1 case on transfer
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer in one case last week that it decided Friday, unanimously denying the 12 others that were up for transfer.
Indiana Supreme Court accepts 3 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to three cases out of 13 this week and denied one by a 3-2 vote.
Justices take 2 cases, deny 18
The Indiana Supreme Court granted two of 20 transfer requests and decided the cases last week, but four more cases were denied with split decisions.
Supreme Court takes protection order case
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to one case last week, denying seven other petitions.
Indiana justices take case involving denied deposition request
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether a man on trial for a drug charge should have been allowed to depose two witnesses before trial. The issue divided the Indiana Court of Appeals in September.
Split court reverses dismissal of complaint against probation officers
The Indiana Supreme Court decided 3-2 Tuesday to reverse the dismissal of a man’s claims arising out of his incarceration for a probation violation that allegedly occurred after his term of probation had expired.