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.
C. Goff
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.
Barcroft v. State, No. 18S-CR-135, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 3, 2018).
The evidence of defendant’s demeanor—taken together with the flaws in the expert opinion testimony and the absence of a well-documented history of mental illness—was sufficient to support the court’s finding of guilty but mentally ill (GBMI).