Trial court may not order balance of defendant’s bond be held in trust to be applied towards possible future public defender fees.
J. Baker
Owens v. State, No. 49A02-1605-CR-1142, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 31, 2017).
After a guilty verdict or finding, a trial court judge must allow defense counsel to make a meaningful sentencing argument, must advise defendant of the right to speak on his own behalf, and must afford defendant an opportunity to make a statement.
Harrison Co. Sheriff’s Dept. v. Ayers, No. 22A01-1605-CT-1080, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 31, 2017).
Sheriff’s Department is not vicariously liable for deputy’s actions undertaken in a purely private capacity with no connection to his employment at his home with his gun.
In re Grandparent Visitation of G.S., No. 30A01-1608-DR-1801, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App, Jan. 17, 2016).
There is no statutory authority for a trial court to order a child to have visitation with relatives other than a grandparent in the face of a parent’s objections
Tyms-Bey v. State, No. 49A05-1603-CR-439, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 13, 2017).
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.