A blanket CB order approving all recommendations and findings of a magistrate, commissioner and/or referee does not make a magistrate, commissioner and/or referees’ orders final.
Appeals
Stone v. State, No. 34A02-1710-CR-2514, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 10, 2018).
The State violated Indiana’s Double Jeopardy Clause when it brought two separate charges of dealing in synthetic drugs based solely upon the fact that the packets containing the spice bore different brand names.
In re T.T. v. Ind. Dept. of Child Svcs., No. 18A-JC-1216, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 10, 2018).
Fact-finding hearings on CHINS petitions must be completed within 120 days of filing, regardless of any act or agreements of the parties involved.
Kaushal v. State, No. 49A04-1612-CR-2862, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2018).
In order to establish prejudice by counsel’s deficient performance resulting in a guilty plea, a defendant must substantiate his claim with contemporaneous evidence and not rely merely on post hoc claims that he would not have pled guilty had he been better advised.
Elkhart Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. v. City of Elkhart Redevelopment Commission, No. 20A03-1709-CT-213, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 3, 2018).
Ind. Code 34-11-2-11.5 is the statute of limitations for Environmental Legal Actions; as soon as a person incurs a cleanup cost, the ten-year period starts to run with respect to that cost.