Litigants do not have a license to abuse the litigation process. Pro se litigants must play by the rules. Litigants do not have an unfettered right to proceed in forma pauperis. Courts may place reasonable limits on filings by abusive litigants. Judges should not disqualify themselves because of a baseless demand.
Logan v. State, No. 20S05-1405-CR-339, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 24, 2014).
Although the trial court technically complied with Criminal Rule 4(C), defendant’s 1,291 delay violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial.
In re N.R., No. 21S01-1409-AD-592, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 25, 2014).
“[A]lthough a party forfeits its right to appeal based on an untimely filing of the Notice of Appeal, this untimely filing is not a jurisdictional defect depriving the appellate courts of authority to entertain the appeal.”
Marley v. State, No. 15A01-1403-CR-127, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 11, 2014).
Based on legislative policy in savings clauses for new penal code, determines not to consider new code penalties in evaluating appropriateness of sentence under Appellate Rule 7(B).
Layman v. State, No. 20A04-1310-CR-518, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 12, 2014).
Multiple opinion decision affirms felony murder convictions of waived juveniles when the death resulted from burglary victim’s shooting of defendants’ accomplice.