It should have been considered a substantial and continuing change of circumstances when a woman receiving spousal maintenance now has substantial income and assets as a result of remarriage.
Jacobs v. State, No. 49S04-1403-CR-162, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 8, 2015).
Trial judge properly excluded specific instances of conduct offered to show witness’s untruthfulness.
Hitch v. State, No. 49A02-1404-CR-295, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 8, 2015).
Statutory domestic violence crime determination is a fact which increases the penalty for a crime and accordingly must be determined by the jury under the Blakely Sixth Amendment rule.
Fishers Adolescent Catholic Enrichment Society, Inc. v. Bridgewater, No. 93S02-1310-EX-704, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 6, 2015).
Disability discrimination claim must fail because the alleged discriminatory practice falls outside the authority of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission when it does not relate to education.
Morgan v. State, No. 49S02-1405-CR-00325, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 18, 2014).
“[W]e uphold the constitutionality of Indiana’s public intoxication statute, Ind. Code § 7.1-5-1-3, by reading a reasonableness standard into ‘annoys.’”