Churches are not “school property” at any time within the meaning of Ind. Code 35-31.5-2-285(1)(D); serious sex offenders are not prohibited from entering church property if that church offers Sunday school or child care services for children in the relevant age group.
Coulibaly v. Stevance, No. 49A02-1702-DR-235, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 25, 2017).
Trial court properly enforced a court’s order from the country of Mali under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) as codified in Indiana; Malian order was not the product of laws that violate fundamental human rights.
Allen v. State, No. 24A05-1706-CR-1303, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 17, 2017).
A defendant’s waiver of the right to counsel at a probation revocation hearing must be voluntary, knowing, and intelligent.
Watkins v. State, No. 82S01-1704-CR-191, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 18, 2017).
Courts should look to the totality of the circumstances when determining the reasonableness of search warrants, as set forth in Litchfield v State.
Shepard v. State, 84S01-1704-CR-00190, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 20, 2017).
Community corrections directors have no authority to deprive an individual of earned good time credit without specific delegation of that power from Department of Correction, which they have not given.