Handgun found in coat pocket of a coat removed when defendant stepped out of his car was improperly admitted into evidence because search was not lawful as incident to arrest or as an inventory search.
Criminal
Williams v. State, 82A04-1602-CR-295, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 10, 2016).
State did not properly authenticate evidence to establish a chain of custody for blood sample that tested positive for meth.
State v. Collier, No. 49S04-1610-PC-554, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 25, 2016).
Post-conviction trial court properly granted relief from judgment under T.R. 60(B)(8).
Karp v. State, No. 15S04-1610-CR-555, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 25, 2016).
Supreme Court agreed with Court of Appeals opinion affirming defendant’s conviction and sentence but vacated language that found sentencing argument to be specious and unsupported by cogent reasoning.
Johnson v. State, No. 28A05-1602-CR-309, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 31, 2016).
rial court abused its discretion in finding that defendant’s violation warranted serving the entirety of the remaining portion of his executed sentence in the DOC due to the level of his limited functioning and financial resources, his previous successful placement on work release, the nature of the violation, and the severity of the court’s sentence.