Brief contact twice with the fog line on a curvy road at night did not confer reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop.
Appeals
Keck v. State, , __N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 24, 2013).
Affirms trial judge’s conclusion that poor county road conditions made driving left-of-center necessary so that officer did not have a reasonable suspicion for stopping motorist driving on the left.
Meehan v. State, No. 71A04-1209-CR-453, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 25, 2013).
Presence of defendant’s DNA on an object at the crime scene, standing alone, was insufficient to prove he committed the offense.
Guzman v. State, No. 54A01-1209-CR-409, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 15, 2013).
When defendant pled guilty to reckless homicide based on death of the driver of the vehicle defendant crashed into, the deceased driver’s passenger was a “victim” for whom trial court properly ordered restitution payment of medical expenses.
Reid v. State, No. 89A01-1208-PC-377, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 8, 2013).
There is no Due Process right to access lost or destroyed evidence, here DNA evidence, during post-conviction proceedings.