The trial court abused it discretion by proceeding with a hearing and terminating parental rights in the parent’s absence when the parent was in jail.
Belcher v. Kroczek, No. 45A03-1311-CT-436 , __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 9, 2014).
Reputation, privacy, and identity are not chattel under T.R. 75(A)(2).
Berry v. State, No. 49S04-1406-CR-416, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 27, 2014).
“[W]hen a trial court accepts a plea agreement with an executed time cap, its discretion to impose further punitive conditions of probation does not extend beyond what the plea agreement specifies.”
Tin Thang v. State, No. 49S04-1402-CR-72, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 27, 2014).
Distinguishing caselaw holding that, for the OWI offense, endangerment cannot be inferred from intoxication alone, affirms public intoxication conviction on basis defendant’s presence while intoxicated with a car at a gas station supported an inference he operated the vehicle while intoxicated and thus committed the public intoxication element of endangering himself or others.
Gaddie v. State, No. 49S02-1312-CR-789, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 27, 2014).
“To avoid conflict with the Fourth Amendment . . . the statute defining the offense of Resisting Law Enforcement by fleeing after being ordered to stop must be construed to require that a law enforcement officer’s order to stop be based on reasonable suspicion or probable cause.”