Affirms conviction, “concluding that some of the prosecutor’s conduct was improper, but because of the absence of any timely objection by the defendant, reversal is not warranted.”
Ponce v. State, No. 20S04-1308-PC-533, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 5, 2014).
Spanish translation of guilty plea rights advisement to defendant who did not understand English was so inaccurate the plea was not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily made.
Russell v. State, No. 84A01-1312-CR-532, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 5, 2014).
When plea agreement mistakenly assumed that the crimes were part of a single episode and were thus subject to the statutory cap on consecutive sentences, the sentence imposed under the agreement was contrary to law and was reversed by the Court of Appeals sua sponte.
In re V.A., No. 39A01-1307-JP-304, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 30, 2014).
Despite the T.R. 76(B) request for change of judge, matters in the case remanded by the Court of Appeals should be heard by the prior judge who heard the evidence.
Alldredge v. The Good Samaritan Home, Inc., No. 82S01-1305-CT-363, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 2, 2014).
“[I]f a plaintiff makes the necessary factual showing, the Fraudulent Concealment Statute may apply to toll the Wrongful Death Act’s two-year filing period.”