Although defendant’s roommate waived his 4th Amendment right as a home detention participant, roommate did not completely waive his 4th Amendment right and the police could not conduct a suspicionless search of defendant’s room.
Appeals
Hoagland v. Franklin Township Comm. School Corp., No. 49A02-1301-PL-44, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 10, 2014).
Students cannot be charged to ride the bus to and from school.
Brummett v. State, No. 49A02-1304-CR-378, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., June 2, 2014).
Prosecutorial misconduct amounted to fundamental error.
Russell v. State, No. 84A01-1312-CR-532, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 5, 2014).
When plea agreement mistakenly assumed that the crimes were part of a single episode and were thus subject to the statutory cap on consecutive sentences, the sentence imposed under the agreement was contrary to law and was reversed by the Court of Appeals sua sponte.
In re V.A., No. 39A01-1307-JP-304, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 30, 2014).
Despite the T.R. 76(B) request for change of judge, matters in the case remanded by the Court of Appeals should be heard by the prior judge who heard the evidence.