A court cannot change legal custody of a child when a parent files a notice of intent to relocate, unless a parent specifically requests a change of custody.
Marshall v. State, No. 18S-CR-00464, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 27, 2019).
A police officer does not have to document a driver’s exact speed in order to establish reasonable suspicion for an excessive speed traffic stop.
Wadle v. State, No. 18A-CR-1465, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 28, 2019).
Convictions for leaving the scene of an accident, OWI causing serious bodily injury, OWI endangering a person, and operating a vehicle with an ACE of 0.08 or more, constitute double jeopardy under both the actual evidence test and common-law prohibitions.
State v. Kirby, No. 18A-PL-2334, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 4, 2019).
The unlawful-entry statute, prohibiting a serious sex offender from entering school property, is not an unconstitutional ex post facto law as applied to defendant who had to stop attending his son’s school events.
State v. Neff, No. 18S-IF-00478, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 27, 2019).
A public official may be removed from office for only a general failure to carry out his or her required duties.