Trial Rule 34(C)(3) permits non-parties to recover attorney fees associated with complying with a subpoena or other discovery request, but that refusing to comply with a discovery request solely on the basis that the parties cannot agree on an appropriate amount to pay does not constitute reasonable resistance to a discovery request.
Gomillia v. State, No. 49S02-1408-CR-521, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 12, 2014).
Affirms “this basic premise” – “[w]here a trial court’s reason for imposing a sentence greater than the advisory sentence includes material elements of the offense, absent something unique about the circumstances that would justify deviating from the advisory sentence, that reason is ‘improper as a matter of law.’”
Guilmette v. State, No. 71S04-1310-CR-705, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 13, 2014).
Police do not need a separate warrant to test lawfully seized evidence which is unrelated to the crime for which the defendant is in custody.
Lucas v. State, No. 03A01-1309-CR-389, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 14, 2014).
Officer’s taking expired license suspect into patrol car to “review the information and decide what we were going to do,” when review could have been conducted by the side of the suspect’s auto, impermissibly expanded scope of an investigatory stop without justification.
SCI Propane, LLC v. Frederick, No. 55A04-1211-PL-586, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 13, 2014).
Defendants can recover attorney fees under the General Wrongful Death Statute.