T.R. 27 petition to depose witnesses before the initiation of litigation was within the trial court’s discretion, as there was evidence supporting expectations it might be a party to a suit, it seeks to preserve specifically identified facts probative to a key issue, and declining to permit the depositions could result in a failure or delay of justice based on the age of the witnesses.
Appeals
Ryan v. State, No. 49A02-1501-CR-2, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 26, 2015).
Under Ind. Code § 35-33-9-5(c) and App. R. 18, defendants cannot earn credit time while released on appeal bond, regardless of allegedly onerous nature of bond conditions; instead, reasonableness of conditions must be challenged immediately by motion to reconsider or appeal under App. R. 18.
Wharton v. State, No. 49A02-1502-CR-85, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 26, 2015).
“Open plea” of guilty to multiple OWI charges did not waive defendant’s double-jeopardy challenge to those convictions.
Curtis v. State, No. 18A02-1501-CR-59, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 26, 2015).
Robbing a pharmacist of painkillers, robbing a pharmacy technician of her car keys, then stealing the technician’s car parked outside the pharmacy, were separate and distinct criminal acts and did not amount to a “single larceny.”
Gross v. State, No. 41A01-1411-CR-467, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 14, 2015).
Due process required dismissal of charges against incompetent defendant, when he had been certified unlikely to be restored to competence and had been committed for longer than his maximum possible sentence less credit time.