Brief detainment at a sobriety checkpoint does not entitle defendant to Miranda warnings.
Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado, No. 15–606, __ US __ (March 6, 2017)
When a juror makes a clear statement indicating that he or she relied on racial stereotypes or animus to convict a criminal defendant, the trial court must consider the evidence of the juror’s statement and any resulting denial of the jury trial guarantee.
Pilkington v. Pilkington, No. 18A02-1605-PL-1086, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 2, 2017).
Trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to decide whether beneficiary interest in the trust was extinguished by bankruptcy.
Underwood v. Bunger, No. 53S01-1703-MI-126, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 6, 2017).
The warranty deed’s unambiguous statement that the three grantees, including husband and wife, hold their interests in the property “all as Tenants-in-Common” overcomes the legal presumption favoring a tenancy by the entirety.
Sams v. State, No. 67A01-1604-CR-814, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 21, 2017).
Where an item searched would not have been the target of a well-regulated inventory search, and would not have been searched at all but for the criminal suspicions of the searching officer, the search is pretextual and unreasonable and an item discovered is inadmissible.