Amended expungement statute, which clarifies that the “date of conviction” for a felony reduced to a misdemeanor is the date of the felony conviction, applies retroactively.
Criminal
Giden v. State, No. 19A-CR-2891, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 24, 2020).
The escape statute does not violate the Proportionality Clause of the Indiana Constitution.
Gammons v. State, No. 20S-CR-22, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jun. 26, 2020).
Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 10.0300 dilutes the causal standard for self-defense; the instructional error was not harmless and case was remanded for a new trial.
State v. Ryder, No. 20S-CR-435, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jun. 29, 2020).
Blood-draw search warrant application satisfied the filing requirement under Ind. Code § 35-33-5-2(a) because the signing judge’s uncontroverted certification that an affidavit had been delivered to her at the time of the warrant’s authorization established that the filing requirement had been satisfied.
Crane v. State, No. 19A-CR-2292, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 18, 2020).
A sentencing order shall reflect the disposition of all charges