When defendant had been warned he would be held in contempt if he failed to promptly appear for future scheduled proceedings, his appearance almost an hour late for his trial was properly punished summarily as direct criminal contempt.
Appeals
Estate of Wilgus S. Gibbs, Sr., No. 81A01-1011-ES-560, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., July 15, 2011).
A self-proving clause in a will creates a rebuttable presumption that the document was properly executed, and publication of the will is one aspect of that execution.
Huddleston v. State, No. 20A05-1012-PC-813, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 8, 2011).
“We cannot conclude that Huddleston’s ultimate ‘yes’ to the question of whether he was guilty of murder was sufficient to override his earlier statements expressly denying the requisite culpability for murder.”
Edmond v. State, No. 49A04-1012-CR-756, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 14, 2011).
Odor of burned marijuana on traffic stop driver’s breath conferred probable cause to arrest.
Hundley v. State, No. 24A01-1010-CR-550, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 14, 2011).
Entire weight of “pill dough” produced in intermediate step in methamphetamine manufacture was properly considered as methamphetamine in excess of 3 grams required for A felony manufacturing.