A party must strictly comply with the statutory provisions allowing relief from the registration requirements of the Indiana Sex Offenders Registry Act.
Criminal
Bess v. State, No. 09D02-1502-F5-14, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 16, 2016).
Record should be corrected to accurately reflect the facts, but this correction is not enough to provide sentencing relief.
State v. Hancock, No. 39S05-1604-CR-182, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 16, 2016).
The elements of two statutes are “substantially similar” if they have common core characteristics that are largely, but not identically, alike in degree or extent.
Webster v. State, No. 49A05-1603-CR-417, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 7, 2016).
State must prove defendant possessed handgun in a place other than his dwelling, property, or fixed place of business for conviction of carrying a handgun without a license
Burton v. State, No. 49A04-1602-CR-242, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 7, 2016).
Lifetime driving privileges suspension upheld even though statutory provision was repealed after offense committed and before sentence rendered.