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.
Criminal
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
Pugh v. State, No. 49A02-1506-CR-482, __N.E.3D__ (Ind. Ct. App., May 10, 2016).
Single larceny rule does not apply where robbery of husband, wife and daughter were distinct transactions; and continuous crime doctrine only applies where defendant has been charged multiple times with the same continuous offense.
Osborne v. State, No. 29A02-1511-CR-1931, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., May 12, 2016).
The “community caretaking function of police officers may apply to justify a traffic stop where the officer does not otherwise observe a traffic violation or have a reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot,” but did not apply in this instance.