Under recent SCOTUS decision in Rodriguez v. U.S., defendant’s traffic stop was not unreasonably extended by drug-dog sniff or by officer’s questions.
Criminal
Singh v. State, No. 49A02-1410-CR-717, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 20, 2015).
Distinct evidence supported convictions for attempted promotion of human trafficking and criminal confinement; convictions therefore did not violate double jeopardy.
Rodgers v. State, No. 20A03-1412-CR-438, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 7, 2015).
Court could not order defendant to participate in victim-offender reconciliation program (VORP) without his agreement.
Bryant v. State, No. 90A04-1501-CR-11, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 7, 2015).
In prosecution for receiving stolen property, county where the property was stolen was a proper venue, regardless of whether defendant knew where the theft occurred.
Williams v. State, No. 35A02-1412-PC-864, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 7, 2015).
Even if defendant’s paraphernalia conviction could not support HSO enhancement under pre-2014 criminal code, he was not entitled to PCR; he benefited from the guilty plea that included the enhancement and would have pleaded guilty anyway.