For a misdemeanor, State does not have the right to demand a jury trial and State’s consent to a bench trial is unnecessary.
C. Bradford
Duty v. CIT Group, No. 71A04-1704-MF-920, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 8, 2017).
Debtor does not have standing to challenge an allegedly invalid assignment of the right to collect the debt.
Cardinal Health Ventures, Inc. v. Scanameo, No. 18A02-1703-CT-487, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2017).
Parties are entitled to a jury trial for securities fraud.
Kirby v. State, No. 34A02-1609-CR-2060, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 31, 2017).
The statute prohibiting individuals convicted of certain sex crimes from entering school property is unconstitutional as applied to defendant because it amounts to retroactive punishment in violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause.
Stafford v. State, No. 49A05-1609-CR-2012, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 31, 2017).
An act of reckless driving in a work zone can only sustain one conviction even though it caused two deaths; the distinction between conduct- and result-based offenses remains the law in Indiana.