Testimony that defendant’s DNA was found in a national database was not an impermissible reference to his criminal record.
Farmer v. State, No. 29A05-0810-CR-609, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 9, 2009)
Trial court’s reference in the presence of the jury to witnesses as “experts” was error but not reversible.
Ben-Yisrayl v. State, No. 49A02-0806-CR-512, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 10, 2009)
Indiana capital procedures do not authorize court to impose a term of years as a back-up sentence in case death penalty is reversed.
Peterson v. State, No. 29A05-0902-CR-101, __ N.E.2d )__ (Ind. Ct. App., July 14, 2009)
Probationer’s answers to sex offender treatment polygraph exam were properly admitted at his probation revocation hearing.
Hoop v. State, No. 49A02-0807-CR-666, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 14, 2009)
In contrast to the Fourth Amendment, the Indiana Constitution requires reasonable suspicion before police may conduct a drug dog sniff of a residence.