Savings statute for the revised penal code prohibited application of the revised sentence modification statute, which does not require prosecutorial consent to a modification petition, to a petition to modify for a crime committed and sentenced prior to the July 1, 2014 effective date of the modification statute’s revision.
Appeals
Smith v. State, No. 49A05-1409-CR-400, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 13, 2015).
Affirms trial court decision that facts of case did not support defense of reasonable parental discipline.
Grott v. State, No. 64A04-1408-CR-395, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 7, 2015).
Jury had sufficient evidence to convict defendant of auto theft when defendant failed to return a rental car by the agreed-upon date.
Suggs v. State, No. 02A03-1412-CR-440, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 7, 2015).
An attenuated familial relationship is sufficient for the definition of family or household member (Ind. Code 35-31.5-2-128) for a Level 6 felony battery.
Harris v. Harris, No. 49A04-1501-DR-14, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 7, 2015).
Husband consented to trial court’s personal jurisdiction when he asked the trial court to approve an agreed entry for decree of dissolution, authorizing the court to adjudicate all issues necessary to dispose of the marital property.