Warrantless search of vehicle during infraction stop to find a handgun which driver admitted he had and for which he possessed a valid permit violated the Fourth Amendment when the officer lacked an articulable basis of concern for officer safety.
Appeals
Ault v. Brewer, No. 36A04-0907-CV-407, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 2, 2010)
Guardian’s closure of payable on death accounts to consolidate ward’s finances into a single account was not prohibited estate planning.
In re Adoption of L.D., No. 49A02-0907-CV-671, __ N.E.2d. __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 25, 2010)
Since paternal grandparents adopting their grandchild were adoptive rather than biological grandparents, the maternal grandparent was not eligible for visitation under the Grandparent Visitation Act.
Hampton v. State, No. 49A04-0906-CR-331, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 8, 2010)
Statute providing that the first thirty years of an A felony child molesting sentence may not be suspended does not operate to change the minimum sentence for such an offense from twenty years to thirty.
Morris v. State, No. 02A03-0905-CR-210 , __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 9, 2010)
Reviews instructing on conversion as a lesser included offense of theft.