Victim’s handheld video camera video of playback of cellphone video was properly admitted under the “silent witness” theory and its admission as evidence did not violate the defendant’s confrontation rights.
Appeals
Bickford v. State, No. 62A01-1409-CR-389, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 13, 2015).
Owner’s voluntary surrender of neglected animals precluded use of statute requiring payment to a shelter for care of impounded animals, but payment for animals’ care was properly ordered under the general restitution statute.
Clem v. Watts, No. 60A05-1406-PL-297, N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 18, 2015).
An attorney fee lien is not valid if the lien is filed before judgment is entered.
Keller v. State, No. 88A04-1404-CR-168, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 9, 2015).
The evidence did not support the conclusion that a long-abandoned farmhouse undergoing renovation was a “dwelling” for purposes of burglary; opinion does not address instructions tendered and given on “dwelling.”
Thomson v. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, No. 71A04-1405-CT-246, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 9, 2015).
No expert was required for the medical malpractice case; common sense and experience is enough to conclude that an arm board should not become detached leaving a patient’s arm dangling for such a period of time that the patient suffers nerve injury.