In order to establish prejudice by counsel’s deficient performance resulting in a guilty plea, a defendant must substantiate his claim with contemporaneous evidence and not rely merely on post hoc claims that he would not have pled guilty had he been better advised.
Elkhart Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. v. City of Elkhart Redevelopment Commission, No. 20A03-1709-CT-213, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 3, 2018).
Ind. Code 34-11-2-11.5 is the statute of limitations for Environmental Legal Actions; as soon as a person incurs a cleanup cost, the ten-year period starts to run with respect to that cost.
State v. Lucas, No. 18A-CR-92, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 28, 2018).
The search of a vehicle in defendant’s garage did not unconstitutionally exceed the scope of the search warrant under the Fourth Amendment. A search warrant authorizing a search of a particularly described premises permits the search of vehicles owned or controlled by the owner of, and found on, the premises.
State v. Norfolk So. Railway Co., No. 18S-IF-193, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 24, 2018).
The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act preempts Indiana’s blocked-railroad crossing statute.
Rainbow Realty Group, Inc. v. Carter, No. 49A02-1707-CC-1473, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 27, 2018).
Rent-to-buy agreement is not a lease subject to the Landlord-Tenant Act.