Modification of D felony operating while habitual traffic violator to A misdemeanor changes also provides that defendant’s driving privileges are suspended, not forfeited.
Criminal
Robinson v. State, No. 49A02-1101-CR-13, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 5, 2011).
Probable cause affidavit with “multiple levels of hearsay” did not pass the “substantial trustworthiness” test required by a probation revocation subject’s confrontation right.
Tongate v. State, No. 29A02-1102-CR-223, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 16, 2011).
After magistrate had presided at trial, judge properly ruled on motion to correct error after reviewing tape recording of trial.
Stansberry v. State, No. 49A04-1102-CR-75, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 19, 2011).
When suspect charged the officer, it did not amount to the forcibly resisting, obstructing, or interfering with law enforcement required for a resisting law enforcement conviction.
Barnes v. State, No. 82S05-1007-CR-343, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 20, 2011).
On rehearing, “we hold that the Castle Doctrine is not a defense to the crime of battery or other violent acts on a police officer,” and “[w]e also emphasize that this holding does not alter, indeed says nothing, about the statutory and constitutional boundaries of legal entry into the home or any other place.”