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Supreme Court orders special judge for third high-profile trial

The Indiana Supreme Court has appointed a southern Indiana judge to preside over the third trial of a former state trooper
charged with murdering his family a decade ago, and one of the initial decisions he’ll consider is whether to move the
trial outside that region.

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Day 2 of interviews for justice spot

By the end of the day, the seven-member Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission will decide who to bring back for a second
round of interviews for the state’s next Supreme Court justice.

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Lawyer privately reprimanded for hiring inmate

The Indiana Supreme Court handed down a private reprimand to a Shelby County attorney who engaged in misconduct by hiring
a nonlawyer inmate to help research and prepare a post-conviction relief petition for another client.

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Police entry violated man’s constitutional rights

The entry by police into a man’s apartment based on uncorroborated information from an anonymous source violated the
man’s federal and state constitutional rights, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Because of this, the drugs
found in the man’s apartment must be suppressed.

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Justices: no summary judgment for grocer in negligence suit

The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the denial of a supermarket’s motion for summary judgment in a negligence case, finding
the company failed to carry its burden in showing that criminal activity on its premises at the time a customer was assaulted
wasn’t foreseeable.

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Justices address economic loss rule in 2 opinions

In two separate rulings involving the “economic loss rule,” the Indiana Supreme Court ruled against a library
seeking to hold subcontractors and an engineer responsible for negligence, and in favor of a bank in its tort claim against
a title company.

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Justices address habitual-offender statute

The Indiana Supreme Court tackled the state’s habitual-offender statute today in two separate rulings, finding that
an instant offense of drug dealing, coupled with a prior conviction, can qualify a defendant as a habitual offender.

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