When defendant is convicted after a trial to the court, the right to waive allocution is personal to the defendant and may not be waived by counsel.
Appeals
Jenner v. Bloomington Cellular Services, Inc., No. 53A05-1606-MI-1415, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 12, 2017).
Tax sale purchasers must provide notice to any person with a substantial, publicly recorded interest even if their interest lies outside the chain of title. “Requiring a tax-sale purchaser to search outside the chain of title—even if it means searching thousands of records in the county recorder’s office—is one of the safeguards created by the statute.”
Campbell v. George, No. 41A01-1607-SC-1723, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 30, 2017).
A magistrate cannot enter a final appealable order in a small claims case.
Elwood v. Parker, No. 46A05-1609-DR-2005, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 30, 2017).
A parent is not relieved of a child support arrearage even if 20 years have passed since the divorce, children were alienated from the parent by the other parent, or a third party acted in loco parentis and supported the children.
Aillones v. Minton, No. 82A01-1609-CT-2138, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 30, 2017).
No blanket rule prevents a nurse as acting as an expert witness. Nurse practitioner could testify that, in his expert opinion, plaintiff’s injuries were consistent with injuries from an automobile accident.