Where child’s father killed child’s mother, then voluntarily terminated his parental rights, child’s paternal grandmother did not have standing to pursue grandparent visitation.
Eads v. Community Hospital, No. 45A03-0807-CV-350, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., July 23, 2009)
Where plaintiff sued under premises liability for injuries incurred in hospital, but did not appeal trial court’s dismissal of her complaint, the Journey’s Account Statute did not apply to her subsequent medical malpractice lawsuit.
Atteberry v. State, No. 49A02-0808-CR-705, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 7, 2009)
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.