The post-conviction court abused its discretion in closing evidence without allowing counsel to make an offer of proof and to secure a deposition of a witness who could help prove the defendant had been wrongly convicted of murder.
C. Goff
Bobadilla v. State, No. 19S-PC-128, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 5, 2019).
Trial counsel provided constitutionally deficient performance by not inquiring into his client’s citizenship status before entering into a plea agreement that eventually led to his deportation.
Marshall v. State, No. 18S-CR-00464, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 27, 2019).
A police officer does not have to document a driver’s exact speed in order to establish reasonable suspicion for an excessive speed traffic stop.
State v. Neff, No. 18S-IF-00478, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 27, 2019).
A public official may be removed from office for only a general failure to carry out his or her required duties.
Moriarity v. Ind. Dept. of Natural Resources, No. 18S-PL-00296, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 3, 2019).
Dept. of Natural Resources had jurisdiction over dam on private property based on its location in, on, or along a stream of Indiana.