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Appeals court finds IU med student properly dismissed
A third-year student at Indiana University School of Medicine kicked out after the university concluded he cheated on an exam lost his appeal of the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the university.
Supreme Court takes closer reading of precedent in affirming post-conviction relief
A man’s 2002 guilty plea to a habitual traffic violator offense will be set aside after the Indiana Supreme Court held his 1989 conviction in Fayette County constituted a material error.
Lawyer’s report sounds latest alarm about Marion County Small Claims courts
Problems with Marion County’s Small Claims courts are by now well-documented. After the Wall Street Journal took note of forum shopping, creditors’ cozy relationships with some courts and other lax practices, Court of Appeals Judge John Baker and Senior Judge Betty Barteau issued a report advocating reform.
Shuai case resolved, thorny legal issues remain
A resolution that spared Bei Bei Shuai more jail time and dropped murder and attempted feticide charges filed after the death of her newborn daughter did little to clarify the state of the law under which she was prosecuted.
Judge: Conour to stay behind bars before sentencing
Former attorney William Conour will remain jailed pending his sentencing in a little more than two months, a federal judge has ruled.
Dispute over Uptown Business Center in SoBro gets messier
A months-long court feud over a retail building at the southwest corner of 49th Street and College Avenue in Indianapolis has become even more heated now that the owner has sought bankruptcy in an attempt to delay foreclosure on the structure.
Indianapolis loses attorney and civic leader Edgar Lamb
An attorney who played an integral role in consolidating the governments of the city of Indianapolis and Marion County, which made the Hoosier state capital the 11th largest city in the United States, has died.
Hole in tail lamp no cause for traffic stop, appeals panel rules
An Indiana State Police trooper who pulled over a Jeep because a hole in its tail lamp emitted white light lacked probable cause to initiate the traffic stop that resulted in drunken-driving charges.
Shuai pleads guilty to lesser charge, is freed
The Chinese immigrant who tried to kill herself by consuming rat poison and was charged with murder and attempted feticide days later when her newborn daughter died pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of criminal recklessness, a Class B misdemeanor.
Shuai pleads guilty to criminal recklessness
A Chinese immigrant who tried to kill herself by consuming rat poison and was charged with murder and attempted feticide days later when her newborn daughter died has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of criminal recklessness, a Class B misdemeanor.
Marion County probation ending transportation for community service work
Criminal defendants ordered to perform community service work will have to get to their destinations without a ride from the Marion County Probation Department as the result of a program change adopted Friday.
Judge sets decorum rules for Shuai trial
Anticipating a high-profile, weeks-long trial beginning after Labor Day, a Marion County judge Friday laid down rules for public and media decorum in the criminal case against Bei Bei Shuai.
No-phone zones might be called for in Indy courts
Judges in Marion County were rightly troubled recently by multiple instances of cellphone video taken in court winding up online, which included secretly recorded video of a criminal informant’s testimony.
Policy change means ILAS will have to raise more funds
A change in policy from its largest contributor is pushing Indianapolis Legal Aid Society to introduce itself to a wider audience.
Judge advocates expanding Gideon to provide lawyers in non-criminal cases
While some legal scholars lament the deterioration of Gideon v. Wainwright 50 years after the landmark Supreme Court of the United States decision, Marion Superior Judge David Dreyer is calling for an expansion of the principle to include civil litigants.
Forum on state’s new expungement law scheduled for Aug. 7
To address the confusion that has been growing since the state’s new expungement law took effect, a group of state and local lawmakers from Marion County have scheduled a public forum and panel discussion to answer questions about removing old criminal offenses from individual records.
Judge issues gag order in Bei Bei Shuai case
The judge in the case of a woman charged with murder and attempted feticide in the death of her newborn daughter on Friday ordered prosecutors, defense attorneys and others involved in the case not to speak about it outside court.
Attorney’s report alleges trucking school small-claims abuses
An attorney’s report examining more than 7,700 lawsuits filed by an Indianapolis-based trucking school in just two Marion County township small-claims courts alleges systemic abuses that resulted in thousands of judgments against people who may never have stepped foot in the county or the state.
Public safety chief to address Marion County probation staff
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Safety Director Troy Riggs will be among the featured speakers for an event Wednesday honoring staff of the county probation department.