Where defendant was not determined to be a sexually violent predator at sentencing, the Department of Correction could not later make that determination. Thus, the trial court properly declined to require the defendant to register as a sexually violent predator for life.
J. Kirsch
Siwinski v. Town of Ogden Dunes, No. 64A03-0909-CV-429, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 16, 2010)
Short-term rental of single family residence was not a “commercial” activity in violation of a zoning ordinance which limited “R” zones to “single-family dwelling” without expressly prohibiting short-term rentals.
Washington v. State, No. 49A02-0907-CR-649, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 4, 2010)
Warrantless search of vehicle during infraction stop to find a handgun which driver admitted he had and for which he possessed a valid permit violated the Fourth Amendment when the officer lacked an articulable basis of concern for officer safety.
Hobbs v. State, No. 19A01-0904-CR-187, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 21, 2009)
Warrantless search of defendant’s car, conducted in the evening after defendant’s arrest on an outstanding warrant and after an alert by a drug-sniff dog, did not violate Indiana Constitution’s Article I section 11.
In re Visitation of C.R.P., No. 29A04-0812-JV-758, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., July 20, 2009)
Where child’s father killed child’s mother, then voluntarily terminated his parental rights, child’s paternal grandmother did not have standing to pursue grandparent visitation.