That officers knew defendant wanted to leave town was an exigent circumstance justifying defendant’s warrantless arrest.
J. Baker
Blackford v. Welborn Clinic, No. 19A-CT-2054, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 26, 2020).
A nonclaim statute may be tolled in cases of fraudulent concealment.
Cook v. State, No. 19A-CR-2225, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 31, 2020).
Statements to a witness in a pending action to “bow out” to not “lose anything in the end” is sufficient to sustain a conviction for attempted obstruction of justice.
Bean v. State, No. 19A-CR-225, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 13, 2020).
A second or subsequent pat down search must by supported by specific and articulable facts that the suspect is armed and dangerous or incident to arrest.
Schenke v. State, No. 19A-CR-733, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 13, 2019).
Where defendant filed a motion for indigent counsel but failed to appear at a hearing to consider that motion, trial court improperly denied his motion and required that he proceed pro se without giving sufficient warning about the perils of self-representation, and by not inquiring as to his indigency.