Legislature intended that inmate’s left-over educational credit time after his release on parole would not still be available to him when his parole was revoked and he returned to prison.
Criminal
Lock v. State, No. 35A04-1010-CR-641, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 26, 2011).
Evidence defendant’s motorcycle was going 43 miles per hour did not prove its “maximum design speed” was 25 miles per hour or more, a “design speed” the State had to prove in order to show defendant was operating a “motor vehicle” rather than a “motorized bicycle” so that defendant was guilty of driving while suspended.
Hawkins v. State, No. 79A02-1101-CR-100, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 18, 2011).
Sentence modification statute’s 365 day period in which judge may modify without prosecutor agreement starts when original sentence is imposed and is not “reset” with a resentencing.
Cottingham v. State, No. 06A01-1008-CR-431, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 19, 2011).
2010 amendment of I.C. 35-38-2.6-6 providing for “credit time” for community corrections home detention is ameliorative and required credit for home detention served prior to the amendment when probation was revoked after effective date.
Sharp . State, No. 12A02-1010-CR-1188, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 19, 2011).
Defendant’s convictions for Class A child molesting and Class C child molesting, alleged to have occurred during the same 13 month period, did not violate Indiana double jeopardy under the “actual evidence test.”