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 Tax Court upheld Lake County’s 2023 land order, clarifying its timing, permitted valuation methods, and the boundary between countywide and parcel-level challenges.
The Indiana Court of Appeals enforced a $26 million business and real-estate transaction, holding that the note was not due before closing and mortgage forms were nonessential terms.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that prolonged unsuccessful job searching can materially change the assumptions behind stipulated income used for child support.
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 enforced a commercial lease renewal, applied equitable estoppel against forfeiture, and barred reimbursement under the voluntary-payment doctrine.
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 preserved its CGL coverage ruling while clarifying that the insurer’s ultimate indemnity duty remains unripe until liability is established.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that a tax-sale owner who received the auction surplus could not seek additional compensation based on the property’s appraised value, and that the same valuation theory could not support an excessive-fines claim.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed six convictions because charges involving two victims shared only a similar character, making severance mandatory under Indiana law.
An unidentified certified mailing and unrelated tracking page did not prove service, so the Indiana Court of Appeals held a treble-damages default judgment void for lack of personal jurisdiction.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that allegations tying an assault to employer-provided travel and lodging were sufficient to survive dismissal on direct negligence and vicarious liability theories.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that evidence Herzog pursued fleeing teenagers rather than disengage allowed the jury to find he acted with fault and reject self-defense.
The Indiana Court of Appeals erased a $20,726 arrearage because the parents’ performed agreement to substitute health insurance for weekly support substantially complied with the decree.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that later speedy-trial requests displaced earlier pro se requests and affirmed Hunt’s attempted-obstruction convictions and 35-year sentence.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that Aaron’s Law immunity requires the claimant to personally request emergency assistance and that a fact-based dismissal motion must include affidavits.
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 held that missing the 30-day CHINS dispositional deadline requires dismissal without prejudice when a timely motion is filed and no continuance extended the deadline.
The Indiana Tax Court upheld increased home assessments, finding the assessor’s appraisal probative and the taxpayers’ procedural and constitutional challenges insufficient.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a probation revocation because the trial court failed to establish a knowing and intelligent waiver of counsel.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that notice to a professor’s personal insurer did not substantially comply with the Indiana Tort Claims Act’s 180-day deadline.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that prolonged neglect supported an animal-cruelty conviction where a free surrender option was available despite inability to afford veterinary care.