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.
Appeals
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.
State v. Lucas, No. 18A-CR-92, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 28, 2018).
The search of a vehicle in defendant’s garage did not unconstitutionally exceed the scope of the search warrant under the Fourth Amendment. A search warrant authorizing a search of a particularly described premises permits the search of vehicles owned or controlled by the owner of, and found on, the premises.
Rainbow Realty Group, Inc. v. Carter, No. 49A02-1707-CC-1473, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 27, 2018).
Rent-to-buy agreement is not a lease subject to the Landlord-Tenant Act.
C.S. v. State, No. 18A-JV-862, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 19, 2018).
Ind. Code § 31-37-18-1.3 requires that a delinquent child be given notice of and an opportunity to be heard during a dispositional or modification hearing; however, the child is not required to be physically present and participation via video conferencing is enough.