When probationer heard judge say judge was inclined to impose a four year sentence if probationer admitted the violation and probationer then admitted, court’s imposition of a five year sentence without a hearing on the violation was fundamental error.
Appeals
Turner v. Turner, No. 85A02-1208-DR-704,___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 28, 2013).
The amended child support statute, Ind. Code § 31-16-6-6, trumps language in a dissolution decree providing that father was obligated to pay child support until son reached the age of twenty-one.
Carrillo v. State, No. 49A02-1112-PC-1209, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 18, 2013).
Suggests the trial court judge may play a role in having defense counsel advise defendant of the immigration consequences of a guilty plea, in holding that it was not ineffective assistance in 2006 for counsel to fail to determine whether defendant was not a citizen.
Carrillo v. State, No. 49A05-1108-PC-437, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 18, 2013).
Defendant’s relationships with family and length of presence in the United States were sufficient to establish he might not have accepted a guilty plea bargain had he been advised of the immigration consequences of the plea.
Cutler v. State, No. 71A05-1206-CR-339, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 21, 2013).
“[T]he State may impeach a testifying defendant by using a prior custodial statement that was indeed recorded but was not ‘available at trial’ as required by Evidence Rule 617 because neither defense counsel nor the prosecutor knew of its existence until trial was under way.”