The day of the arrest is not included in the fifteen-day time frame for which a defendant, who faces a petition to revoke probation, may be held in jail without a hearing.
Branscomb v. Wal-mart Stores East, L.P., No. 20S-CQ-515, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., April 7, 2021).
Store manager cannot be held liable for negligence when he is not directly involved in the accident at issue.
Bonds v. State, 20A-CR-1449, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 31, 2021).
An allegation by an inmate that the trial court has not included credit time earned in its sentencing is the type of claim appropriately advanced by a motion to correct sentence.
Riddle v. Khan, No. 20A-PL-1441, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., April 5, 2021).
Doctors, who treated children while they were in the custody of DCS, did not act under color of state law for purposes of a §1983 action.
Harris v. State, 20S-CR-546, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Mar. 24, 2021).
Although Indiana Rule of Evidence 615(c) is the proper vehicle to permit a parent-witness to remain in the courtroom despite a separation-of witnesses order, the exception is not automatic; child defendants must still affirmatively show their parent’s presence is “essential.”