Criminal contempt for violation of a no contact order and ninety-day jail sentence was vacated on double jeopardy grounds because the State filed an invasion of privacy charge on the same day as the contempt hearing.
E. Brown
In re Termination of Parent-Child Relationship, S.K., No. 19A-JT-1797, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 23, 2019).
The Indian Child Welfare Act did not apply to child because the child did not belong to a federally recognized tribe.
Cozmanoff v. State, No. 19A-CR-1426, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 22, 2019).
Regardless of whether the conviction was entered prior to 2015, an operator of a vehicle convicted of reckless homicide is not eligible for specialized driving privileges.
Neal v. State, No. 19A-CR-174, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 15, 2019).
Trial court must conduct a hearing to determine defendant’s ability to pay public defender fees and medical expenses; must reduce the medical expenses incurred by any amount of co-payment made by inmate and insurance or Medicaid reimbursement expected; and, must state a statutory basis for requiring defendant to pay a public defender fee.
Amick v. State, No. 19A-CR-27, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 6, 2019).
A court may place a person on home detention as part of a community corrections program and require the payment of a home detention fee, which must be set by the court.