“[A]n agreed judgment against one obligor does not merge and extinguish the obligation of another person jointly and severally liable on the same contract.”
Appeals
Robertson v. State, No. 49A05-1310-CR-487, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 28, 2014).
Defendant established a prima facie case for a Batson challenge when the State used its peremptory challenge to strike the only African-American member of the venire.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. v Prout, No. 49A04-1305-CR-236, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 29, 2014).
Trial court properly granted expungement petition when charges had been dismissed due to evidentiary problem.
M.B. v. J.C., No. 54A01-1309-JP-398, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 22, 2014).
An adoption action was filed in another county after a paternity action had commenced; by statute, “[b]ecause the petition for adoption and the paternity action were pending at the same time, the court in which the petition for adoption had been filed had exclusive jurisdiction over the custody of [the child].”
Hurd v. State, No. 49A02-1309-CR-753, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 21, 2014).
Probation condition to stay out of an extensive portion of central Indianapolis was not reasonably related to the probationer’s treatment and public safety.