A four-day period between the illegal activity and the finding of probable cause does not render a warrant constitutionally stale.
Criminal
Schuler v. State, No. 31S00-1703-LW-134, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 18, 2019).
Because the trial court’s revised sentencing order demonstrated that it did not rely on non-statutory aggravating circumstances in imposing life without parole, the order was not improper.
McAnalley v. State, No. 18A-CR-1099, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 18, 2019).
Defendant is permitted to stipulate to his status as a felon in a trial for unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. When a passenger in an automobile is arrested on a warrant, search of the passenger compartment is permissible under both the Indiana and federal constitutions, based on suspicious behavior and/or admission by the passenger of ownership of contraband in the passenger side of the vehicle.
Falls v. State, No. 19S-CR-557, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 8, 2019).
A charge of stalking may be supported by conduct that is continuous in nature, even if it is a single episode.
State v. McFarland, No. 18A-CR-2408, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 10, 2019
Trial court properly denied the State’s motion to amend the habitual offender charging information because it would prejudice defendant’s substantial rights and because it was not supported by good cause.