Indiana’s RFRA offers no protection for the allegedly criminal nonpayment of income taxes, and the trial court did not err by denying a request to assert the defense.
E. Najam
Neal v. State, No. 20A04-1606-CR-1326, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 29, 2016).
The court substantially complied with the requirement of I.C. 35-38-1-7.8(c) by making it clear to the defendant that her status as a credit-restricted felon would impact her ability to earn credit time toward her sentence.
Brown v. City of Valparaiso, No. 64A05-1607-PL-1488, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 30, 2016).
There is no private cause of action under the Flood Control Act.
Sheetz v. Sheetz, No. 01A05-1601-DR-80, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 23, 2016).
Husband is equitably estopped from rebutting the presumption that he is child’s biological father because he told his wife that he would raise the child as his own, prohibited her from telling the child’s biological father that she was pregnant and also instructed her not to seek support from the biological father or to file a paternity action.
Johnson v. State, 71A04-1605-CR-1042, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 16, 2016).
Driver of car constructively possessed heroin when the driver made furtive gestures when pulled over, the heroin was in close proximity to the driver, and the nature of the space demonstrated that he knew of the nature and presence of the heroin.