There is no “class-of-one” defense to criminal charges.
Criminal
Jones v. State, No. 49A02-1406-CR-383, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 30, 2014).
D felony assisting a criminal does not require State to prove defendant knew the level or type of felony the assisted person committed.
Heien v. North Carolina, No. 13-604, __ U.S. __ (Dec. 15, 2014).
An officer has the reasonable suspicion required by the Fourth Amendment for a traffic stop even if she is mistaken about the law she believes was violated, as long as her mistake of law is “objectively reasonable.”
Blount v. State, No. 49S02-1405- CR-338, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 17, 2014).
Admission of course-of-investigation evidence was error.
Elvers v. State, No. 34A02-1404-CR-239, __ N.E. 3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 17, 2014).
Because the dealing in a synthetic drug offense prohibits dealing in a synthetic substance “in any pure or adulterated form,” a single charge of dealing in the synthetic substance JWH-122 should have been used rather than separate dealing charges for each brand name of “spice” product containing the synthetic substance JWH-122.