Affirms probation condition prohibiting child sex offender from accessing Internet sites and programs in which children are likely to participate.
Criminal
Passwater v. State, No. 48S05-1210-PC-583, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., June 28, 2013).
Approves Indiana Pattern Jury Instruction on penal consequences of verdicts of not responsible by reason of insanity or guilty but mentally ill.
Escobedo v. State, No. 71S03-1306-CR-455, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Jun. 28, 2013).
“Community outrage” may not be considered in determining sentence.
Chambers v. State, No. 53S01-1307-CR-459, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., July 2, 2013).
Supreme Court affirms trial court’s consecutive sentences.
Fry v. State, No. 09S00-1205-CR-361, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Jun. 25, 2013).
“We hold today that when a defendant charged with murder or treason seeks bail, the burden is on the State, if it seeks to deny bail, to show—by a preponderance of the evidence—that the proof is evident or the presumption strong.”