Community corrections programs may be managed by counties as well as the Department of Correction, and the trial court properly adopted the program’s disciplinary decision to revoke defendant’s good time credit in the sentencing order.
Criminal
Taylor v. State, No. 32A05-1608-CR-1720, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 17, 2017).
Evidence obtained via a valid search warrant is admissible even though the arresting officer only had an electronic copy at the time of the search.
Skipworth v. State, No. 49A02-1605-CR-973, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 10, 2017).
Trial court has authority to order defendant to complete domestic violence counseling even though he was not convicted of domestic battery when it is reasonably related to the crime.
Tyms-Bey v. State, No. 49A05-1603-CR-439, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 13, 2017).
Indiana’s RFRA offers no protection for the allegedly criminal nonpayment of income taxes, and the trial court did not err by denying a request to assert the defense.
Watkins v. State, No. 82A01-1510-CR-1624, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 6, 2017).
Under the totality of the circumstances, the extent of law enforcement’s need for a “military-style assault” was low and the degree of intrusion was unreasonably high; the search violated defendant’s right to be secure against an unreasonable search and seizure.