The Indiana Court of Appeals held that a 2023 amendment stopping parole credit during incarceration could not be applied to a murder committed in 1995, making the later parole revocation unlawful.
The Indiana Supreme Court suspended a Marion Superior Court judge without pay for 45 days after persistent case-management and staff-supervision failures harmed defendants and the administration of justice.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed suppression because the objective circumstances did not restrict Hoffman’s movement to the degree associated with formal arrest.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that a knowing failure-to-appear warrant qualified as an interstate detainer, but refused dismissal because the prisoner did not strictly follow the IAD request process.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a Level 3 felony neglect conviction, holding that any error in admitting a diabetic child’s prior hospitalizations was harmless given extensive independent evidence.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed an early felony-to-misdemeanor reduction because the plea agreement unambiguously required twelve months of supervised probation before modification.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that witness testimony supplied an adequate chain of custody and that laboratory evidence identifying marijuana with more than 1% delta-9 THC supported the conviction.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that children on other floors were physically present for felony domestic battery because they might hear the attack and the defendant knew it.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed stalking and perjury convictions based on a years-long campaign of false property claims despite repeated court rulings.
The Indiana Court of Appeals dismissed the State’s post-acquittal appeal because it sought fact-bound review of a directed verdict rather than presenting a legal question preserved in the trial court.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a 13.5-year sentence and court-cost liens but reversed jail-booking and death-benefit fees that were collected by an unauthorized method.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a neglect conviction because unsworn reports from jail staff did not establish that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to attend trial.
A divided Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a refusal-to-identify conviction based on circumstantial proof that the defendant knew police had stopped him for an ordinance violation.
A divided Indiana Court of Appeals held that misdemeanor contributing to delinquency does not require proof that the defendant knew the recipients of alcohol were under eighteen.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a probationer’s convictions, ruling that an unambiguous search waiver covered his cellphone and that later forensic extraction stayed within the warrant.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a juvenile’s DOC commitment because Indiana law allowed the juvenile court to consider placement and wardship with the nonparent who had been caring for him.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that two fog-line deviations created reasonable suspicion of impaired driving under the Fourth Amendment and Indiana Constitution.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a mother’s child-molesting and conspiracy convictions but revised her 252-year sentence to 80 years as an outlier under Appellate Rule 7(B).
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that executing a full four-year suspended sentence was disproportionate where technical probation violations coincided with a documented psychiatric crisis.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that the criminal restitution statute does not authorize reimbursement for a victim’s rental-car expenses.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld drug-dealing and firearm-theft convictions, finding prior transaction messages relevant under Rule 404(b) and the theft evidence sufficient.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a false-informing conviction based on specific, knowingly false accusations against police, distinguishing verifiable claims from protected political rhetoric.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld five challenged child-molesting convictions, ruling that sexual intent could be inferred from the touching, pornography, and consistent testimony about related abuse.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed seven convictions and ordered an insanity acquittal because the only definite expert opinion found insanity and the remaining evidence supplied no probative basis for sanity.