Misdemeanor battery is not an “infamous crime” for the purpose of Article II, § 8, of the Indiana Constitution, which authorizes the General Assembly to disenfranchise “any person convicted of an infamous crime”; additionally, the General Assembly has separate constitutional authority to cancel the registration of any person incarcerated following conviction, for the duration of incarceration.
Spangler v. Bechtel, No. 49S05-1012-CV-70, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Dec. 13, 2011).
“[P]arents’ separate actions seeking damages for emotional distress from experiencing the
stillbirth of their child are not barred by the Indiana Child Wrongful Death Act or the Indiana
Medical Malpractice Act.”
Clark v. State, No. 48A04-1104-CR-249, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 5, 2011).
When probation is transferred to another county, the forty-five day filing deadline for a revocation in I.C. 35-38-2-3(a)(2)(B) begins when the receiving court with supervisory authority has notice of the violation, and not when the sentencing court first learns of the violation.
Jones v. State, No. 34A05-1101-CR-66, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 5, 2011).
Police substantially complied with statute on destruction of hazardous chemicals so that photographs and other evidence of the chemicals was properly admitted at trial.
A.A.Q. v. State, No. 71A03-1105-JV-239, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 6, 2011).
Consultation by alleged delinquent and parents with public defender prior to initial hearing supports conclusion the waiver of counsel at that hearing was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary.