Police had probable cause to believe contraband was in the residence, but a warrantless search violated the Indiana Constitution when “[t]wenty-one days had elapsed since the controlled buy, and there [wa]s no evidence that exigent circumstances called for an immediate arrest.”
Appeals
Gaby v. State, No. 79A02-1006-CR-804, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 7, 2011)
After alleged victim testified she remembered that defendant’s vaginal molestation did not include touching her in other ways, it was error to allow her pretrial statement to the contrary into evidence to “refresh” her recollection.
Arthur v. State, No. 28A01-1008-CR-489, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 8, 2011)
2010 community corrections home detention credit time amendment is not limited only to persons subject to an IC 35-38-2.6-1 “direct commitment” to community corrections, as “it would indeed be illogical to interpret the statute so as to allow the offender to earn credit time when placed on a home detention community corrections program only if it is a direct placement of an offender who has committed an offense for which no portion of the sentence may be suspended.”
Perdue v. Greater Lafayette Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Home Hospital, No. 79A05-1011-CT-687, ___N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., June 8, 2011)
Ind. Code 32-30-1-5, the statute of repose, does not apply in plaintiff’s negligence suit; plaintiff was not alleging deficiency in the design or construction to support her claim, but was alleging breach of the duty to protect invitees from a dangerous condition of the premises.
Price v. Kuchaes, No. 45A04-1007-CT-467, ___ N.E.2d___ (Ind. Ct. App., June 8, 2011)
Plaintiff was divested of standing to pursue his action while his bankruptcy was pending, but the bankruptcy’s dismissal before the trial court ruled on either party’s motion for summary judgment returned ownership of the action to him and plaintiff then had standing to pursue the action.