Indiana Court of Appeals
Justin Taylor v. State of Indiana
49A05-1201-CR-4
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C felony failing to register as a sex offender. Rejects argument that ankle bracelet alerted authorities Taylor was living at a different address.
A defamation suit against an employee will proceed following the Indiana Court of Appeals’ finding that there is doubt as to what conclusion a jury could reach in determining whether statements were made in good faith and without malice.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments Nov. 21 over whether the state’s school voucher program is unconstitutional.
Asserting it cannot reweigh evidence, the Indiana Court of Appeals rejected a father’s arguments that the evidence did not support the extension of a protective order against him.
A sex offender cannot use an ankle monitor as an excuse for failing to update his address on the sex offender registry, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
Indiana Supreme Court and Tax Court posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
George Sanders v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A04-1112-PC-703
Post conviction. Affirms denial of petition for post-conviction relief.
D. Frank Winconek v. State of Indiana (NFP)
18A05-1204-CR-184
Criminal. Affirms sentence following guilty plea to five counts of Class D felony theft.
Abigail Begeman v. State of Indiana (NFP)
30A01-1204-CR-163
Criminal. Affirms sentence for convictions of Class A misdemeanors battery and resisting law enforcement, and Class B misdemeanors disorderly conduct and public intoxication.
Ellis DeBerry v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1111-CR-606
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement.
Gerald Jerome Cox v. State of Indiana (NFP)
45A03-1202-CR-70
Criminal. Affirms 15-year sentence for Class B felony child molesting.
In the Matter of the Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of Ge.S. & O.S., and G.S. v. The Indiana Dept. of Child Services (NFP)
45A03-1201-JT-11
Juvenile. Affirms involuntary termination of parental rights.
Robert Wendel v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1201-CR-2
Criminal. Affirms convictions and 40-year sentence for Class A felony robbery, Class B felonies burglary, criminal confinement and aggravated battery, and Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy.
Angela B. Tate v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A03-1203-CR-140
Criminal. Affirms restitution order following convictions of Class D felony aiding theft and Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement.
Darius Jiggetts v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A03-1202-CR-59
Criminal. Affirms imposition of consecutive sentences following revocation of probation.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
G&S Holdings LLC, et al. v. Continental Casualty Company
11-1813
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division, Judge Jon E. DeGuilio.
Civil. Affirms grant of Continental’s motion to dismiss the suit against it stemming from Continental’s failure to pay adequate damages to G&S Metal Consultants Inc., which caused the plaintiffs damages. The plaintiffs cannot succeed on their claim that the wrong standard was applied to the motion to dismiss and the record supports dismissing for failure to state a claim.
A Carmel attorney has filed a lawsuit claiming a Morgan County security company has violated laws that prohibit most employers from asking whether an employee owns, possesses, uses or transports firearms and from preventing employees from having a gun locked up and out-of-sight in their vehicles.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a group of businesses that sued an insurance company claiming its failure to adequately pay G&S Metal Consultants Inc. following an explosion at the GSMC Georgia plant led to the plaintiffs suffering financial losses.
The Indiana Court of Appeals concluded Thursday that portions of a man’s lawsuit alleging false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and other claims against his ex-wife and the city of Bloomington may continue. The trial court had dismissed all claims against the parties, which includes Monroe County.
Indiana Chief Justice Brent Dickson has signed off on the 2013 master list for jury pool assembly. The Judicial Technology & Automation and Jury committees merged data from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Department of Revenue to create the list. Any obvious duplicate information, errors or nonqualified persons were removed.
An Elkhart man is entitled to a new trial on drug charges after the Indiana Court of Appeals found the police failed to “scrupulously honor” his right to remain silent.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that the party at-fault in an auto accident is not entitled to benefit from the injured party’s “carefulness and assiduousness” in obtaining underinsured motorist insurance coverage.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Supreme Court and Tax Court posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Kenneth Kelly v. State of Indiana (NFP)
30A01-1112-PC-612
Post conviction. Affirms denial of petition for post-conviction relief.
Bruce Kevin Pond v. State of Indiana (NFP)
90A05-1202-CR-73
Criminal. Affirms sentence for voluntary manslaughter as a Class A felony.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Michael Carpenter v. State of Indiana
85A05-1202-CR-57
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class B felony conspiracy to commit dealing in methamphetamine. The police officers did not violate Carpenter’s Fourth Amendment rights when they entered the house’s curtilage pursuant to an arrest warrant and looked into the bathroom window. The officers also did not violate his rights under the Indiana Constitution.
The board of directors of the Indiana Judicial Conference approved proposed changes to the state’s parenting time guidelines Sept. 14 and sent them to the Supreme Court for review. However, the guidelines were sent on without any suggestions on parenting coordination.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has found that Greensburg-based Custom Conveyor Inc. is only entitled to recover about a tenth of the original $1.4 million awarded to it on breach of contract and warranty claims the company made against a subcontractor regarding work on the Indiana Honda plant.
Duane Turner will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering a Ball State student in 1994. The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected his claims that his sentence was unconstitutional and that his attorney was ineffective.
An inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility can have his visitation restricted to non-contact visits due to committing battery with a deadly weapon and violating disciplinary procedures, the Court of Appeals concluded.
The Indiana Court of Appeals concluded Wednesday that a Bartholomew Superior judge did not err in denying partial summary judgment on the issue of whether two physicians working as independent contractors were the apparent agents of Columbus Regional Hospital.