Even though detective’s interrogation was intense and confrontational, defendant’s video-taped child-molesting confession was voluntary under the circumstances.
Criminal
Woods v. State, No. 39A05-1204-CR-189, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 27, 2012).
The probable cause affidavit may be used to supplement the charging information to meet the requirement that the State allege the crime concealment exception to the criminal statute of limitations.
Kimbrough v. State, No. 45S04-1212-CR-687, __N.E.2d __ (Ind., Dec. 19, 2012).
Appellate court may not find trial court abused its sentencing discretion based on weight trial court afforded aggravators and mitigators.
Young v. State, No. 20A04-1112-CR-699, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 11, 2012).
When victim had come to the fire station on her own and was being treated by firemen, her statements in response to firefighters’ questions were not “testimonial” under the Crawford Confrontation Clause rule.
Teague v. State, No. 89A01-1202-CR-86, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 5, 2012).
Holds under the facts in this case that “a 911 recording that involves statements by a caller that were relayed from a victim [were] admissible where the victim had personal knowledge of the underlying incident but the caller did not,” on the basis that the caller’s frame of mind and lack of opportunity to reflect qualified her 911 statements as excited utterances.