Reviews instructing on conversion as a lesser included offense of theft.
Criminal
Tharp v. State, No. 49A02-0905-CR-394, __ N.E.2D __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 18, 2010)
Evidence the protected person or another layperson told the defendant there was a protective order against him does not suffice to prove the protective order knowledge element in the invasion of privacy offense.
Palacios v. State, No. 29A02-0908-CR-750, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 26, 2010)
Daughter’s translation of her mother’s statements to investigating officer were admissible under the present sense impression hearsay exception.
Skinner v. State, No. 55A01-0811-CR-543, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 28, 2010)
Former defense counsel, who had withdrawn when another client, defendant’s jailmate, became a state’s witness, could not be compelled to disclose what he had learned from the prospective witness through the attorney-client relationship, particularly when there were adequate alternative sources of impeachment available to defendant.
State v. Haldeman, No. 55S00-0906-CR-266, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Jan. 15, 2010)
Even though statute requiring preliminary appellate review of wiretap warrant has been repealed, Criminal Rule 25’s requirement of preliminary appellate review of wiretap warrants must be complied with.