Expressly adopts “prison mailbox rule” for filings under the appellate rules, but as filing of motion to correct error is subject to the Trial Rules the prisoner’s use of regular mail, rather than registered or certified mail, meant the motion was not filed until received by clerk and here was untimely.
Criminal
State v. Shackleford, No. 10A01-0907-PC-353, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 10, 2010)
Affirms denial of Post-Conviction Rule 1 motion for change of judge.
Runyon v. State, No. 57A04-0910-CR-575, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 11, 2010)
When a person convicted of nonsupport of a dependent must pay support as a condition of probation, he has the burden to prove he was unable to pay at a revocation for having failed to make the support payments.
King v. State, No. 49S04-0911-CR-507, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Mar. 2, 2010)
Holds that the crime of attempted dissemination of matter harmful to minors can be committed when the harmful matter is sent to a police officer posing as a minor.
Washington v. State, No. 49A02-0907-CR-649, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 4, 2010)
Warrantless search of vehicle during infraction stop to find a handgun which driver admitted he had and for which he possessed a valid permit violated the Fourth Amendment when the officer lacked an articulable basis of concern for officer safety.