A judge who receives complaints from a defendant that a public defender, known to have been dilatory in other situations, is neglecting the case “must at the very least receive assurances from the public defender’s office that the complaint has been adequately addressed.”
F. Sullivan
Sloan v. State, No. 18S04-1009-CR-502, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., June 1, 2011)
“[O]nce concealment has been established, statutes of limitations for criminal offenses are tolled under Indiana Code section 35-41-4-2(h) (2008) until a prosecuting authority becomes aware or should have become aware of sufficient evidence to charge the defendant.”
City of Indianapolis, et al v. Armour, et al, No. 49S02-1007-CV-402, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., May 10, 2011)
A city resolution which only forgave outstanding assessment balances, and did not refund assessment money to those that paid the assessment, does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it was rationally related to a legitimate governmental interest.
Love v. Rehfus, No. 30S01-1004-CV-162, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., April 21, 2011)
A firefighter’s private email supporting a political candidate running for township trustee to a small group of citizens was protected public-employee speech under the Garcetti-Connick-Pickering test, and the fire chief was not justified in treating the firefighter differently from any other member of the general public and terminating his position.
Murphy v. State, No. 18S02-1103-CR-142, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Mar. 10, 2011)
Adopts Court of Appeals decision that the trial court is the authority to determine whether a defendant is entitled to educational credit time earned in the jail while awaiting trial and sentencing.