Marijuana grinder is not drug paraphernalia. Paraphernalia is defined as an instrument or device that is used to put or insert a controlled substance into the body and a grinder can only be used to prepare marijuana for ingestion by another means, such as by a joint, a pipe, or a bong.
Appeals
In re Adoption of L.G.K., No. 18A-AD-371, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 31, 2018).
Trial court properly granted unregistered putative father’s motion for relief from adoption when mother fraudulently claimed that she did not know the identity of child’s father.
Ind. University Health So. Ind. Physicians, Inc. v. Noel, No. 18A-CT-1299, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 7, 2018).
Venue statute, Ind. Code § 23-0.5-4-12, conflicts with Trial Rule 75, so the statute is void.
In re Guardianship of Luis, No. 18A-GU-1312, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 8, 2018).
A trial court is required to make findings on special immigrant juvenile status in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J).
Bradtmiller v. State, No. 18A-CR-884, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 17, 2018).
Although defendant properly waived his right to a jury trial on the underlying charges, he did not waive his right to a jury trial on the habitual-offender enhancement because he did not personally communicate to the judge a desire to waive that right.