Indiana probationer, placed in Michigan under Interstate Compact, could not avoid revocation by arguing his arrest and return for probation violation did not comply with Compact provision on probable cause hearing after retaking.
Criminal
Gray v. State, No. 82S01-1106-CR-328, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Nov. 22, 2011).
Affirms bench trial conviction of apartment owner for possessing marijuana found under coffee table by which two teenagers were sitting.
Camm v. State, No. 87A01-1102-CR-25, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. , 2011).
Prosecutor’s having signed a contract to write a book about the prosecution, along with indications he still intended to write the book after the second retrial was completed, was an “actual conflict of interest” warranting his replacement with a special prosecutor.
Brent v. State, No. 34A04-1105-CR-268, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 17, 2011).
Marijuana found on street on passenger’s side of auto, where it may have been thrown from passenger’s window, coupled with driver’s suspicious behavior, was not sufficient to establish the passenger possessed the marijuana.
Carraway v. State, No. 47A01-1104-CR-162, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 17, 2011).
Trial court’s failure to take guilty plea into account as a mitigating factor required remand for resentencing.