Suspended attorney was guilty of practicing law as a non-attorney for providing various legal services during his suspension.
Criminal
Sidener v. State, No. 10A01-1507-CR-1006,___N.E.3d____ (Ind. Ct. App., May 26, 2016).
Law enforcement’s use of a GPS tracking device to track the movements of a vehicle in which defendant was a passenger did not violate his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution.
Betterman v. Montana, No.14-1457, __US__ (May 19, 2016).
The Sixth Amendment’s speedy trial guarantee does not apply once a defendant has been found guilty at trial or has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
Carroll v. State No. 27A02-1510-MI-1743, ___N.E. 3d___ (Ind. Ct. App., May 19, 2016).
Defendant’s conduct that occurred during a video hearing, and not in a courtroom, did not preclude application of the contempt statute.
Saylor v. State, No. 39A05-1503-PC-113, __ N.E.3D__ (Ind. Ct. App., May 23, 2016).
Because defendant did not personally waive his right to a jury trial—rather, his attorney did—when he pled guilty to being a habitual offender, the Court vacated his habitual-offender adjudication and remanded the case for a new trial on that charge