Herzog v. State — Pursuit defeated self-defense claim
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.
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Hunt v. State — Court rejects speedy-trial and obstruction challenges
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.
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Commonwealth v. Sharpe — Superior Court vacates extreme downward sentencing departure
The Superior Court vacated a sentence more than six years below the mitigated guideline range because the record did not support the trial court’s reasons for immediate parole and house arrest.
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Commonwealth v. McAllister — Superior Court upholds elder-exploitation and theft convictions
The Superior Court upheld a caretaker’s convictions for theft by deception and financial exploitation of an older adult based on checks obtained beyond her agreed compensation.
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Commonwealth v. Mitchell — Superior Court requires a defendant’s own motion for discretionary probation termination
The Superior Court held that a probation department petition did not preserve a defendant’s separate request for discretionary early termination under Section 9771.
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Vamos v. State — Full probation revocation affirmed despite challenge to unalleged arrest evidence
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.