A divided Indiana Court of Appeals held that case-specific good cause supported brief continuances beyond CHINS factfinding deadlines and affirmed the adjudications.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that a former partner’s parental role and earlier voluntary contact did not overcome the fit parent’s constitutional presumption.
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 upheld relief from a default judgment because turmoil after a sheriff’s death supplied at least slight evidence of excusable neglect and the defendant presented a meritorious defense.
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 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.
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 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 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 a consent search but held that five of seven convictions impermissibly punished the same criminal transaction, requiring resentencing on the two surviving counts.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed molesting, incest, and attempted-obstruction convictions while construing the post-2022 obstruction statute and applying Wadle.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a new trial for Jason Hubbell, holding that suppressed evidence pointing to another suspect undermined confidence in his murder conviction.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a DNA warrant, rejected a mistrial claim, and found circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove breaking in a 2003 cold case.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a felony-murder conviction, rejecting Batson, causation, abandonment, and Appellate Rule 7(B) challenges.
The Indiana Court of Appeals ordered post-conviction relief because counsel’s failure to support a Criminal Rule 4(B) motion cost the defendant mandatory dismissal.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed an adoption without the father’s consent based on his prolonged failure to communicate and found no due-process violation.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that a probation petition identifying a new criminal case gave adequate notice when that case later produced the conviction used to revoke probation.
The Indiana Court of Appeals suppressed drugs found after officers facilitated a detection dog’s entry into a vehicle before probable cause existed.
The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected untimely tort and easement claims but allowed judicial review of a county guardrail decision to proceed on an undeveloped record.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that the Attorney General cannot issue a civil investigative demand without a concrete factual predicate for an existing investigation.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that a revocation petition gave adequate notice of the requested sanction and that consideration of a later, unalleged arrest did not require reversal.