Speed-limit sign facing southbound traffic, reducing speed limit from 55 to 35 mph, was ineffective against northbound motorist, despite county ordinance setting 35 mph speed limit unless otherwise designated; by state law, default speed limit for the road was 55 mph unless “appropriate signs giving notice of the altered limit are erected on the street or highway.”
Appeals
Rhodes v. State, No. 49A02-1503-CR-173, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 19, 2016).
Inventory search of defendant’s vehicle was unconstitutional, absent proof of existence of (or compliance with) established police procedures for such searches.
State v. Hancock, No. 39A05-1506-CR-633, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 22, 2016).
Elements of Ohio residential burglary offense were not “substantially similar” to Indiana offense, and therefore did not establish serious violent felon (SVF) status.
Rondeau v. State, No. 49A02-1505-PC-427, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 12, 2016).
Post-conviction court did not abuse its discretion in denying some requests for subpoenas, despite not issuing “a finding on the record” under P-C.R. 1(9)(b); subpoenas either were not specific enough to establish proposed witnesses’ relevance, or relevance was only to matters available at trial or on direct appeal.
In re Guardianship of Stant, No. 07A01-1504-GU-139, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 12, 2016).
Ind. Code § 30-5-6-4, setting forth who may make a request and receive an accounting from an attorney in fact, applies to all power of attorneys (not just those created after the amendment of the statute on July 1, 2012).