A court may place a person on home detention as part of a community corrections program and require the payment of a home detention fee, which must be set by the court.
Appeals
In re Paternity of Bonilla, No. 18A-JP-2488, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 5, 2019).
Trial court had the authority and duty to make requisite findings on special immigrant juvenile status in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J).
Spencer v. State, No. 18A-CR-2878, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 28, 2019).
The trial court properly declined to give defendant’s proposed jury instruction on force, which emphasized particular factual scenarios minimizing other potentially relevant evidence. Trial courts should use the pattern jury instruction on resisting law enforcement by fleeing at 1 Ind. Pattern Jury Instructions—Criminal 5.3000 (4th ed. 2019).
Alcorn v. State, No. 18A-CR-2849, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 28, 2019).
The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it found the county auditor in contempt for having failed to pay the court’s payroll voucher.
Perrill v. Perrill, No. 18A-DN-1616, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 28, 2019).
All essential contractual elements were present in the premarital agreement with or without exhibits identifying excluded property.