The Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause does not bar the State from forfeiting Defendant’s vehicle because the United States Supreme Court has not held that the Clause applies to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Criminal
WPTA-TV v. State, No. 35A02-1705-CR-1060, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 31, 2017).
Trial court properly granted a TV station’s request for a digitally recorded version of a publicly available court record while limiting its use of the audio record and barring its broadcast or dissemination.
Edmonds v. State, No. 49A05-1703-CR-400, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 26, 2017).
Because resisting law enforcement and leaving the scene of an accident are conduct-based crimes rather than result-based crimes, defendant may be convicted of only one count for each
Coulibaly v. Stevance, No. 49A02-1702-DR-235, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 25, 2017).
Trial court properly enforced a court’s order from the country of Mali under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) as codified in Indiana; Malian order was not the product of laws that violate fundamental human rights.
Allen v. State, No. 24A05-1706-CR-1303, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 17, 2017).
A defendant’s waiver of the right to counsel at a probation revocation hearing must be voluntary, knowing, and intelligent.