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2012 DTCI Amicus Report

In 2012, the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana’s Amicus Committee participated, or is participating, in four interesting appeals, each involving support for parties seeking transfer to the Indiana Supreme Court.

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Pilot iPad program expanding in Indiana General Assembly

The process of turning a bill into a law requires thousands of pages of paper. Even the bills that do not become laws consume stacks and stacks – literally tons – of paper each year. But the tide may be turning. A pilot project in the Indiana General Assembly is being expanded with the goal of eventually replacing all that paper with electronic copies.

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Opinions Dec. 17, 2012 ILD

7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued no Indiana opinions and the Indiana Supreme Court and  Tax Court issued no opinions by IL deadline.

Indiana Court of Appeals
Charles Knight v. Allstate Property and Casualty Ins. Co. (NFP)
02A05-1206-PL-290
Civil plenary. Affirms summary judgment in favor of Allstate.

Shelly Watson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1204-CR-204
Criminal. Affirms trial court conviction of Class B misdemeanor public intoxication.

Ellis DeBerry v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1111-CR-606
Criminal rehearing. Declines request for rehearing and reaffirms trial court conviction of Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement.

Star Homes, Individually and d/b/a Garden Homes, Inc., David Garden, Donna Rothwell, John Michael Myers, Indiana Telephone Co., et al. v. Equity Trust Co., FBO James E. Henke, IRA (NFP)
49A02-1204-MF-350
Mortgage foreclosure. Reverses the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Equity Trust and remands, holding that summary judgment was inappropriate because the evidence was sufficient to create a factual issue regarding tendered payments.

In the Matter of B.A., Child Alleged to be in Need of Services; C.A. v. Indiana Dept. of Child Services (NFP)
49A02-1203-JC-252
Juvenile. Affirms the trial court order finding B.A. to be a child in need of services.

In the Matter of the Term. of the Parent-Child Rel. of J.B.; J.J. and B.B. v. Indiana Dept. of Child Services (NFP)
40A01-1204-JT-155
Juvenile/termination of parental rights. Affirms trial court termination of parental rights.

 

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ATM fee notice change likely

A requirement that automated teller machines post notices on or near the machine will be repealed under a bill Congress has sent to President Barack Obama.

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Opinions Dec. 14, 2012 ILD

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued no Indiana opinions and the Indiana Supreme Court and Tax Court issued no opinions prior to IL deadline.

Indiana Court of Appeals
Bert S. Watkins, II v. State of Indiana (NFP)
89A01-1203-CR-103
Criminal. Affirms three-year sentence for obstruction of justice, a Class D felony, with habitual offender enhancement.

Nicholas Corbin v. State of Indiana (NFP)
79A02-1202-CR-161
Criminal. Affirms convictions of burglary as a Class B felony, burglary as a Class C felony, attempted burglary as a Class C felony, theft as a Class D felony, auto theft as a Class D felony, resisting law enforcement as a Class D felony and a Class A misdemeanor, three counts of receiving stolen property as a Class D felony, and criminal mischief as a Class B misdemeanor.

Brian Taskey v. State of Indiana (NFP)
67A04-1204-CR-189
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony battery resulting in bodily injury and Class D felony neglect of a dependent. COA found the state presented sufficient evidence to prove Taskey committed the charged offenses.

In the Matter of the Term. of the Parent-Child Rel. of: MS. and M.T.; and A.H. and T.S. v. The Indiana Dept. of Child Services (NFP)
07A04-1204-JT-217
Juvenile Termination of Parental Rights. Affirms involuntary termination of parental rights of A.H. (mother) and T.S. (father) to their respective children.

William C. Davis v. State of Indiana (NFP)
65A04-1206-PC-307
Post Conviction Relief Petition. Affirms denial of post-conviction relief. After the post-conviction court denied Davis’ petition the first time, the COA affirmed much of the decision but remanded for further proceedings related to several of Davis’ claims. The post-conviction court again denied Davis relief and the COA affirmed.

Henry Coyne Woodward v. Kimberlee Ann Norton (NFP)
71A03-1207-DR-311
Domestic Relation. Affirms money judgment in favor of Norton for Woodward’s failure to transfer funds from a retirement account to her. Reverses and remands for proceedings the order finding Woodward in contempt because the judgment that Woodward pay Norton a fixed amount is not enforceable by contempt.

Benito D. Lesiak v. State of Indiana (NFP)
45A03-1204-CR-183
Criminal. Affirms conviction of reckless homicide, a Class C felony.

Dewayne Walker v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A03-1204-CR-199
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class B felony burglary, finding trial court did properly deny Walkers’ request to instruct the jury on the less-included offense of residential entry.

Kenneth Meer v. State of Indiana (NFP)
18A04-1204-CR-193
Criminal. Affirms convictions of rape, as a Class A felony, and criminal deviate conduct, as a Class A felony.

Miles A. Parker v. State of Indiana (NFP)
22A01-1204-CR-151
Criminal. Affirms 20-year aggregate sentence for convictions of three counts of burglary, each as a Class B felony, two counts of attempted burglary, each as a Class B felony, and one count of burglary as a Class C felony.
 

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Opinions Dec. 14, 2012

Indiana Court of Appeals
Brenda Alexander v. Donald Alexander
32A05-1108-DR-417
Domestic relations. Affirms in a divided opinion the trial court denial of a motion to correct error of the court’s omission of an award for incapacity maintenance for Brenda Alexander. She claimed that testimony of her disabilities and court findings supported an award, but the majority held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion on ruling that such an award was not warranted.

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