The former Marion County Center Township accountant who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $340,000 also should pay the cost of investigating his wrongdoing, the Indiana State Board of Accounts says.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Ronald Mitchell v. State of Indiana (NFP)
79A02-1308-PC-708
Post conviction. Affirms denial of successive petition for post-conviction relief.
Gared Holdings, LLC. v. Best Bolt Products, Inc. (NFP)
49A04-1404-PL-181
Civil plenary. Affirms order finding Best Bolt breached an implied warranty of merchantability with respect to certain pulleys and awarding damages based upon the pulleys’ fair market value.
Torrence Brown v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1404-CR-172
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class A felony rape, Class B felony criminal deviate conduct and Class D felony criminal confinement.
Michael Stephen Angle v. State of Indiana (NFP)
53A05-1311-CR-545
Criminal. Affirms 65-year sentence for murder.
Allan J. Reid v. State of Indiana (NFP)
20A04-1406-CR-259
Criminal. Dismisses appeal challenging guilty plea to Class B felony possession of cocaine.
Randal E. Crosley v. State of Indiana (NFP)
28A04-1404-CR-157
Criminal. Affirms 81-year aggregate sentence in the Department of Correction for felony murder, Class A felony conspiracy to commit murder, Class B felony conspiracy to commit rape, Class C felony criminal confinement and Class C felony dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance.
Thomas R. Cox v. State of Indiana (NFP)
39A04-1402-MI-88
Miscellaneous. Affirms order dismissing Cox’s constitutional and tort claims against the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
In the Matter of the Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of A.R. and M.R. (mother) v. Ind. Dept. of Child Services (NFP)
49A02-1404-JT-227
Juvenile. Affirms termination of parental rights.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Sharon Handy v. P.C, Building Materials, Inc., PC Properties, LLC, David A. Stemler, and Karen L. Stemler
22A01-1403-CT-125
Civil tort. Reverses summary judgment in favor of P.C. Building Materials and other defendants on Handy’s negligence claim. There are genuine issues of material fact that remain for a determination by a jury. Remands for further proceedings.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed drug charges against two Bloomington men after finding the police detective’s actions unreasonable. The detectives entered the men’s property while looking for another person despite clear signs of “no trespassing.”
A divided Indiana Court of Appeals on Wednesday concluded summary judgment was not proper for a home improvement business on a woman’s negligence claim. The customer was injured when a granite countertop propped up outside of the business fell on her foot while she was measuring it.
A federal judge on Monday approved a settlement between the Marion County Election Board and the unslated candidate from whom it confiscated campaign materials in 2012.
Members of the General Assembly took their oaths of office Tuesday as a part of Organization Day formalities and talked about some of their plans for when they return to work full-time in January.
The defendants in a multimillion-dollar legal dispute over construction defects at Carmel’s tony Palladium concert hall have agreed to settle the dispute, court records show.
Some city-county councilors might get early access to information about a new criminal justice complex, but they have to agree to keep it under wraps.
Indianapolis real estate attorney Zeff A. Weiss died Monday night surrounded by family after a battle with brain cancer. He was 57.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Jason E. Jackson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
91A04-1402-CR-55
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor operating a vehicle while suspended.
Jack E. Primmer v. State of Indiana (NFP)
79A04-1308-PC-394
Post conviction. Affirms denial of post-conviction relief.
Michelle R. Ruggio v. Review Board of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, et. al. (NFP)
93A02-1405-EX-336
Agency action. Affirms notice of dismissal by the Unemployment Insurance Review Board.
Charles Tinsley v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1402-CR-121
Criminal. Affirms conviction of murder.
Montez Belmar v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1404-CR-220
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class C felony possession of cocaine and Class C misdemeanor operating a vehicle never having received a license.
K.M. v. D.S. (NFP)
71A04-1405-PO-236
Protective order. Affirms issuance of a protection order against K.M.
Kenneth W. Gibbs v. State of Indiana (NFP)
22A04-1407-CR-331
Criminal. Affirms denial of petition to file a belated notice of appeal of denial of a motion to correct erroneous sentence.
Benjamin S. McMillen v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A03-1402-CR-57
Criminal. Affirms 18-year sentence following reinstatement of a suspended sentence and conviction in a separate case of Class B felony dealing in a Schedule II controlled substance.
Indiana Court of Appeals
In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of E.P. III and E.P. Jr. (Father) v. Indiana Dept. of Child Services
15A04-1403-JT-134
Juvenile. Affirms father’s termination of parental rights. Father did not object to the same judge who presided in his Class B felony child molesting and neglect convictions presiding in his termination of parental rights proceedings, therefore the argument first raised on appeal is waived. There also was sufficient evidence to support the termination of parental rights.
Repeatedly drawing attention to the heavily redacted record and scant information about procedures, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out a summary judgment granted to the government in a lawsuit stemming from a prison yard attack.
A father whose parental rights were terminated by the same judge who presided when he was convicted of child molesting and neglect raised the issue on appeal for the first time, therefore waiving the objection, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
The Indiana Supreme Court justices attended the dedication of a historical marker in Lafayette Nov. 10 honoring Helen M. Gougar, a 19th century attorney who fought for women’s right to vote.
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has postponed the third annual Birch Bayh Lecture that had been scheduled for Thursday at the law school.
A request for a preliminary injunction to stop a planned deer hunt at Indianapolis’ Eagle Creek Park will get a hearing just days ahead of the scheduled hunt.
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