Trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to expunge drug-dealing convictions because petitioner’s job includes going into businesses and the nature of the convictions might be relevant to businesses deciding whether to exclude petitioner from their premises.
Appeals
Morgan v. State, No. 84A01-1703-CR-587, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 1, 2017).
Ind. Code 35-38-2.6-5, which controls the community corrections program, does not impermissibly delegate judicial authority to the community corrections director; a hearing is required before direct placement in community corrections is revoked.
WPTA-TV v. State, No. 35A02-1705-CR-1060, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 31, 2017).
Trial court properly granted a TV station’s request for a digitally recorded version of a publicly available court record while limiting its use of the audio record and barring its broadcast or dissemination.
Edmonds v. State, No. 49A05-1703-CR-400, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 26, 2017).
Because resisting law enforcement and leaving the scene of an accident are conduct-based crimes rather than result-based crimes, defendant may be convicted of only one count for each
Doe v. Boone Cnty. Prosecutor, No. 06A01-1612-PL-2741, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 24, 2017).
Churches are not “school property” at any time within the meaning of Ind. Code 35-31.5-2-285(1)(D); serious sex offenders are not prohibited from entering church property if that church offers Sunday school or child care services for children in the relevant age group.