Evidence was insufficient to prove the weight of the manufactured methamphetamine was three grams or more, as required for A felony manufacturing.
In Re: Prosecutor's Subpoena Regarding S.H. and S.C., 73A01-1109-CR-468, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., June 22, 2012).
A prosecutor investigating a crime before charging someone without a grand jury has the same authority to grant use immunity as a prosecutor using a grand jury.
Gill v. Evansville Sheet Metal Works, Inc., No. 49S05-1111-CV-672, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., June 25, 2012).
Defined “improvement to real property” as used in Indiana Code 32-30-1-5 as “(1) an addition to or betterment of real property; (2) that is permanent; (3) that enhances the real property’s capital value; (4) that involves the expenditure of labor or money; (5) that is designed to make the property more useful or valuable; and (6) that is not an ordinary repair.”
City of Indianapolis v. Buschman, No. 49A02-1108-CT-782, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., June 26, 2012).
When a claimant’s tort claim notice contains a specific and definitive assessment of loss, recovery is limited to the loss described in the original notice, and if additional losses are discovered after the notice has been submitted then the claimant should amend the original notice or submit another notice in a timely manner.
Williams v. Illinois, No. 10-8505, __ U.S. __ (June 18, 2012).
Plurality opinion on whether Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to introduce an analyst’s forensic report through an expert witness; plurality holds in this case Clause did not preclude an expert’s testimony that defendant’s DNA profile matched a vaginal swab semen DNA profile produced by a Cellmark analyst who did not testify.