Judicial estoppel does not apply against the state in juvenile delinquency proceedings.
Appeals
Carr v. State, No. 45A04-1409-CR-456, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 12, 2015).
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.
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.