A felony-murder charge of delivery of a narcotic drug resulting in death does not apply when two or more people jointly acquired and possessed the drug.
Appeals
Wilcoxson v. State, No. 18A-CR-1882, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 29, 2019).
Defendant may be charged with two counts of attempted murder when he fired shots in the direction of two different officers, and double jeopardy doesn’t apply under either the continuous-crime doctrine or the very same act test.
Pinch-N-Post, LLC v. McIntosh, No. 19A-TP-239, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 27, 2019).
The proper remedy for an inadequate tax sale redemption notice [Ind. Code § 6-1.1-25-4.5] is ordering a new 120-day redemption period.
Neal v. State, No. 19A-CR-174, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 15, 2019).
Trial court must conduct a hearing to determine defendant’s ability to pay public defender fees and medical expenses; must reduce the medical expenses incurred by any amount of co-payment made by inmate and insurance or Medicaid reimbursement expected; and, must state a statutory basis for requiring defendant to pay a public defender fee.
Peele v. State, No. 19A-CR-313, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 15, 2019).
The warrantless search of the sock that fell from defendant’s pants containing illegal drugs exceeded the proper scope of a Terry search in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights, and the evidence obtained in the search should not have been admitted at trial.