The trial court properly did not instruct the jury regarding spoliation of evidence when plaintiff inspected and took pictures of the evidence, and the evidence was available for over a year after the incident.
Wysocki v. Johnson, No. 45S03-1407-CT-459, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 15, 2014).
Liability under the Crime Victims Relief Act is a ”matter of the factfinder’s discretionary judgment of whether the defendant is criminally culpable.”
Richard v. State, No. 46A05-1312-CR-628, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 8, 2014).
Evidence that housing complex was at the time of trial a “family housing complex” as defined by statute was insufficient to prove the drug transaction was within 1,000 feet of a family housing complex at the time of the alleged offense.
Evansville Courier & Press v. Vanderburgh County Health Dept., No. 82S04-1401-PL-49, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 7, 2014).
Death certificates with the cause of death are public records and should be available to anyone requesting access.
Corbin v. State, No. 75S03-1401-CR-13, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 30, 2014).
Affirms trial court’s refusal to dismiss attempted child molesting charge, which defendant asserted entailed no more than an invitation, not “urging” or “persuasion.”