Any issue which was raised by, or could have been raised by, a timely motion to correct error and timely direct appeal may not be subject of motion for relief from judgment.
Criminal
Means v. State, No. 23S-CR-26, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 1, 2023).
After the Court of Appeals accepts a discretionary interlocutory appeal, it may later dismiss the appeal on non-jurisdictional grounds, although its general reluctance to do so is appropriate. In addition, orders in limine are eligible for discretionary interlocutory review.
Doroszko v. State, No. 23S-CR-25, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 1, 2023).
Pursuant to TR 47(D), trial courts must permit parties or their counsel to question prospective jurors directly. The trial court may also examine the jurors. As part of its own examination, the court may, but does not have to, include questions the parties submit to the court in writing. If the court elects to examine the prospective jurors, it is within its discretion to decide whether its examination or the parties’ examination will occur first, but whenever the trial court examines the prospective jurors, it must allow the parties an opportunity to supplement the court’s inquiry by posing their own additional questions directly to the prospective jurors.
Johnson v. State, No. 22A-CR-427, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 24, 2023).
The trial court violated defendant’s federal and state constitutional rights of confrontation when the court required the witnesses to wear masks while testifying without entering specific facts of necessity. However, the error was harmless.
A.A. v. State, No. 22A-CR-1757, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 27, 2023).
The Trial Rules govern discovery and, as incorporated by Indiana’s Criminal Rules, apply to all criminal proceedings so far as they are not in conflict with any specific rule adopted by the Indiana Supreme Court for the conduct of criminal proceedings.