Holds that recent U.S. Supreme Court Confrontation Clause decisions do not alter the result in the earlier Indiana holding that breath test equipment certificates of inspection are not “testimonial” and accordingly are admissible without implicating the Confrontation Clause.
E. Brown
Gingerich v. State, No. 43A05-1101-CR-27, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 11, 2012).
Reverses twelve-year old’s conspiracy to commit murder conviction when counsel had only four days to prepare for waiver of juvenile jurisdiction hearing.
Miller v. Dobbs, No. 15A05-1108-CT-431, (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 13, 2012).
If a proposed medical malpractice complaint is filed before the Indiana Department of Insurance without filing fees, it can be treated as unfiled until the fees are paid, or it can be treated as filed and a show cause order can be issued to the plaintiffs that they must pay the fee “in short order.”
Est. of Short v. Brookville Crossing 4060 LLC, No. 49A02-1112-CT-1128, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., July 31, 2012).
Declines to extend the duty of innkeepers to guests to include instances in which the owner did not have knowledge of a perilous situation.
Bloomington Magazine, Inc. v. Kiang, No. 53A05-1012-SC-790, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 13, 2012).
The professional relationship between the trial court judge and attorney who served as the chairman of the judge’s election committee was not so remote in time so as to dispel the appearance of an impropriety such that a reasonable person would have a rational basis for doubting the judge’s impartiality.