An attenuated familial relationship is sufficient for the definition of family or household member (Ind. Code 35-31.5-2-128) for a Level 6 felony battery.
Harris v. Harris, No. 49A04-1501-DR-14, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 7, 2015).
Husband consented to trial court’s personal jurisdiction when he asked the trial court to approve an agreed entry for decree of dissolution, authorizing the court to adjudicate all issues necessary to dispose of the marital property.
Stephenson v. State, No. 15S00-1401-LW-40, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Apr. 23, 2015).
“We decline to find that the mere existence of an attempted suicide, without more, is relevant evidence of a person’s guilty conscience about committing a charged crime,” but in this case Defendant’s suicide attempt approximately a month after the alleged murder was properly admitted as relevant to his motive for committing the crime.
Beasley v. State, No. 49A04-14-6-CR-253, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 29, 2015).
Applies mistrial analysis to juror’s statement she saw a person in the gallery and was concerned for her safety.
Swallows v. State, No. 03A05-1412-CR-549, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 30, 2015).
Savings clause prohibits application of current sentence modification statute to a crime committed prior to July 1, 2014.