At probation revocation hearing, trial court is not required to ask a defendant if he wants to make a statement, but must allow one to be made if requested.
Appeals
Pilkington v. Pilkington, No. 18A02-1605-PL-1086, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 2, 2017).
Trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to decide whether beneficiary interest in the trust was extinguished by bankruptcy.
Sams v. State, No. 67A01-1604-CR-814, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 21, 2017).
Where an item searched would not have been the target of a well-regulated inventory search, and would not have been searched at all but for the criminal suspicions of the searching officer, the search is pretextual and unreasonable and an item discovered is inadmissible.
Brantley v. State, No. 49A04-1606-CR-1401, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 24, 2017).
State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant acted under sudden heat to sustain a conviction for voluntary manslaughter.
Sandoval v. State, No. 21A01-1609-CR-2027, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 24, 2017).
Trial court may not order balance of defendant’s bond be held in trust to be applied towards possible future public defender fees.