For an alleged violation of Brady v. Maryland to be meritorious, the evidence at issue must be favorable to the accused, either because the evidence is exculpatory or because it is impeaching; the evidence must have been suppressed by the State, either willfully or inadvertently; and prejudice must have ensued.
Criminal
Austin v. State, No. 22A-CR-1240, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 28, 2022).
Proof of the slightest penetration of the sex organ is sufficient to demonstrate a person performed other sexual misconduct with a child.
Young v. State, No. 22S-CR-306, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 13, 2022).
Evidence of guilt reviewed on appeal need not overcome every reasonable hypothesis of innocence to pass muster. It is sufficient that a reasonable jury could have inferred that the defendant committed the crimes charged; the weighing of all the evidence and resolution of conflicts is left to the jury
N.H. v. State, No. 22A-XP-1026, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 13, 2022).
The trial court erred by striking some of the language included in the expungement statute (Ind. Code s 35-38-9-10(c)) from its order granting expungement; the language should either by left in its entirety or left out in its entirety.
Teising v. State, No. 22A-CR-548, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 15, 2022).
The residency statutes illustrate that a person does not change residency by the mere fact of being physically present in another location; rather, the person must have intent to reside in the new location.