Assesses procedure applicable to a habeas petition asserting credit time entitled petitioner to immediate release from jail work release portion of sentence; interprets work release sentence as one for direct commitment to community corrections; and concludes work release credit time applies to community corrections, home detention, and probation sentence in the aggregate.
C. Bradford
Redington v. State, No. 53A01-1210-CR-461, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 6, 2013).
Rejects challenges based on the Indiana Constitution to the statutory procedure for retaining firearms of a “dangerous” person and concludes that evidence supported the trial court’s finding the respondent was “dangerous” so that his fifty-one firearms should be retained by the police.
Crocker v. State, No. 79A04-1210-CR-542, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 18, 2013).
Motorist told to sit in squad car after being stopped on the highway was in “custody” when questioned by the officer in the car.
Sowers v. State, No. 08A02-1208-CR-640, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 16, 2013)
In this case, improper communication between bailiff and foreperson was fundamental error.
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.