Distinguished members of the judicial community, including former Massachusetts Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, will be on hand May 10 at a celebration dinner honoring former Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard.
The Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals has unanimously approved Indiana Tech’s plans to build a new law school on its campus in the northeastern Indiana city.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear a case Monday involving a dispute between neighboring pork farms.
A federal judge on Thursday rejected Indianapolis financier Tim Durham’s months-long quest to have his indictment dismissed on the grounds that the government used wiretaps before it had court authorization to do so.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the denial of a man’s request for post-conviction relief because he couldn’t prove that his trial or appellate counsel were ineffective.
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development announced Wednesday afternoon that it allegedly has been cheated out of $2.4 million in unemployment insurance benefits. Fifteen people have been indicted for allegedly scheming to use fake companies to claim benefits.
A woman convicted of murdering her husband in the 1970s who escaped from prison and remained a fugitive for 35 years isn’t entitled to file a petition for belated appeal because her willful act of fleeing prevented her attorney from pursuing the appeal.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals had posted no Indiana opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Tax Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Berry Moss v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1107-CR-360
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor criminal conversion.
In Re the Term. of the Parent-Child Rel. of: Al.S. & A.S. and C.S. v. The Indiana Department of Child Services (NFP)
79A02-1112-JT-1158
Juvenile. Affirms termination of parental rights.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Anthony Hogan v. State of Indiana
20A03-1103-PC-158
Post conviction. Affirms denial of petition for post-conviction relief. Hogan failed to show ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel.
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7th Circuit Court of Appeals had posted no Indiana opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Tax Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
In Re the Adoption of K.B.M. and L.B.M.; T.M. v. R.P.F. (NFP)
39A01-1109-AD-423
Adoption. Affirms decision that biological father T.M.’s consent to the adoption by stepfather R.P.F. was not required.
In Re the Paternity of K.S.; J.S. v. M.M. (NFP)
17A03-1109-JP-438
Juvenile. Affirms trial court decision to continue joint legal custody, but reverses modification of primary physical custody to mother. Remands with instructions to enter an order addressing father’s contentions as to mother’s failure to pay costs. Judge Riley concurs in part, dissents in part, and would remand for sole legal custody to be awarded to either mother or father.
Chad Jeremy Orme v. State of Indiana (NFP)
73A01-1105-CR-233
Criminal. Reverses revocation of probation and sentence imposed.
Justin A. Staples v. State of Indiana (NFP)
90A04-1109-CR-490
Criminal. Affirms sentence for Class D felony aiding, inducing or causing theft.
Margaret M. Hammond v. Review Board of the Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development and Porter County Commissioners (NFP)
93A02-1110-EX-956
Agency appeal. Affirms Hammond is ineligible for unemployment benefits.
Dennis Mikel v. State of Indiana (NFP)
52A04-1111-SC-598
Small claim. Affirms the trial court did not err in denying Mikel’s request for appointed counsel or in not conducting a jury trial on his complaint. The trial court erred in entering judgment in favor of the defendants. Reverses and remands for an assessment of damages.
Ramon Crawford v. State of Indiana (NFP)
48A02-1108-CR-728
Criminal. Affirms revocation of probation and imposition of previously suspended portion of sentence.
Jason Myers v. State of Indiana (NFP)
09A02-1105-CR-598
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class C felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury and Class B felony aggravated battery.
Huntington Copper, LLC v. Conner Sawmill, Inc. (NFP)
09A02-1110-PL-917
Civil plenary. Reverses denial of Huntington Copper’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Derrick Mays v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1107-CR-669
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class B felony robbery, Class D felony criminal recklessness and Class C felony carrying a handgun without a license.
Ronald Edward Madison, Jr. v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A04-1110-CR-597
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony possession of cocaine.
Brandon Ray Carter v. State of Indiana (NFP)
73A01-1108-CR-379
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C felony battery causing serious bodily injury.
Jason A. Reber v. State of Indiana (NFP)
64A04-1107-CR-408
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class A misdemeanor domestic battery and Class A misdemeanor interference with reporting a crime.
Michael Jackson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A05-1112-CR-669
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony theft.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Todd Walters and Matenia Walters v. Aaron Austin and Herman & Goetz, Inc.
20A04-1106-CT-342
Civil tort. Dismisses the Walterses’ appeal of the judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Austin and his employer on the Walterses’ complaint for damages arising from a multi-vehicle accident. The appellate court does not have jurisdiction. Judge Darden dissents.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has held that if an employee’s explanation for the behavior that led to his termination is another terminable offense, that provides just cause for termination. As a result, the judges reversed the decision to grant a fired man unemployment benefits.
The Indiana Supreme Court will visit Martin University in Indianapolis Friday to hear arguments in a case over whether a man driving a scooter could be convicted of operating a “motor vehicle” while his driving privileges were suspended.
The majority on a personal injury case has dismissed it for appellate review, finding the Indiana Court of Appeals doesn’t have jurisdiction. The majority believed the case was not timely appealed.
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced Tuesday that he is investigating whether political phone calls are being made under the guise of the AG’s main office number.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Gerald Mayberry v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1109-CR-879
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor interference with reporting a crime and Class B misdemeanor battery.
Jamie E. Green v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A05-1106-CR-316
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
Robbie S. McCain-Ficklin v. State of Indiana (NFP)
27A02-1108-CR-767
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony battery on McCain-Ficklin’s minor stepson.
Charles Frederick Miller v. State of Indiana (NFP)
41A01-1106-CR-250
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony auto theft.
John Brooke v. State of Indiana (NFP)
75A05-1106-CR-297
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class B felony conspiracy to commit armed robbery and 22-year sentence.
The Law Office of Deborah Agard v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (NFP)
93A02-1107-EX-672
Agency appeal. Affirms finding that the law office owed unemployment insurance tax contributions for an individual the office paid to perform cleaning services at its office and at Kids’ Voice, a nonprofit center where Deborah Agard, the sole proprietor of the law office, serves on the board of directors.
Sterling B. Nelson v. Michelle L. Nelson (NFP)
29A05-1110-DR-533
Domestic relation. Affirms post-dissolution order, in which the trial court imputed $415 in gross weekly income to father during his 12-week period of unemployment and refused to deviate from the Child Support Guidelines.
Manuel Martinez v. State of Indiana (NFP)
57A03-1109-CR-554
Criminal. Affirms restitution order following guilty plea to battery.
Michael M. and Lana S. Ashley, et al. v. Jeffrey and Holly Spaw, et al. (NFP)
02A03-1108-MI-340
Miscellaneous. Affirms trial court’s affirmation of the Indiana Natural Resources Commission’s decision to rule in favor of several back-lot owners in the Long Lake Park subdivision regarding riparian rights.
Indiana Supreme Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Kimani Lanier Fleming
11-1404
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division, Judge Robert L. Miller Jr.
Criminal. Affirms Fleming’s revised sentence of 480 months imprisonment for convictions of several serious drug and firearm charges. There was no clear error in the District Court’s decision to include routine drug purchases as relevant conduct when it computed his revised sentencing guideline range. Denies Fleming’s implicit request for an expanded certificate of appealability.
Dealing with the issue for the first time, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a certificate of appealability is needed for the part of a case that challenges the denial of collateral relief.
Indiana Tax Court Judge Martha Wentworth has denied the State Department of Revenue’s attempt to disqualify the two attorneys representing a company in a refund dispute.