A juvenile may waive constitutional right to be present at factfinding hearings by knowingly and intentionally refusing to appear.
Criminal
Rodriguez v. State, No. 20A03-1704-CR-724, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 11, 2018).
Trial court may modify defendant’s sentence under Ind. Code § 35-38-1-17(l), as a person may not waive the right to sentence modification as part of a plea agreement.
E.B. v. State, No. 47A04-1706-JV-1263, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 19, 2017).
Intimidation conviction was reversed because the threat was not transmitted in a way that the defendant knew or had good reason to know the statement would reach the victim.
Barcroft v. State, No. 49A05-1704-CR-844, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 19, 2017).
Trial court erred in finding defendant guilty but mentally ill when it rejected the findings of three mental-health experts and relied on demeanor evidence that had no probative value on the question of her sanity.
Jones v. State, No. 84S05-1712-CR-741, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind.,Dec. 19, 2017).
Abandonment is an allowable defense for both attempted robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, but it must be voluntary and occur after the “prohibited conduct” and before the “underlying crime” has been committed or becomes inevitable.