The same bodily injury inflicted on a victim of a robbery may not be used to enhance the penalty on both a conviction of conspiracy to commit robbery and a conviction of robbery.
Criminal
Shinnock v. State, No. 18S05-1706-CR-429, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 27, 2017).
Independent, circumstantial evidence that was the crime was committee was sufficient for corpus delicti evidence required to have a confession admitted.
Whiteside v. State, No. 02S05-1706-CR-441, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 29, 2017).
Juvenile waived into adult court and convicted of Class B felony attempted rape and two counts of Class B felony criminal deviate conduct was properly sentenced to an aggregate sentence of sixty years imprisonment.
Jacobs v. State, No. 49S02-1706-CR-438 , __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 29, 2017).
State has the burden to demonstrate the reasonableness of a warrantless search in light of three factors: 1) the degree of concern, suspicion, or knowledge that a violation has occurred, 2) the degree of intrusion the method of the search or seizure imposes on a citizen’s ordinary activities, and 3) the extent of law enforcement needs.
McNeal v. State, No. 49S05-1706-CR-405, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2017).
Supreme Court vacated a portion of the Court of Appeals’ opinion discussing the community caretaking exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement.