Component-part manufacturers have no duty under the IPLA to install safety features when it is foreseeable that the final manufacturer will put the component to different uses depending on how it integrates the component into the final product.
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State v. Ruiz, No. 19S-CR-336, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 3, 2019).
Miranda warnings must be provided when police interrogate someone when their movement is curtailed and they are subjected to coercive pressures.
Fairbanks v. State, No. 18S-CR-604, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 27, 2019).
The State may introduce Rule 404(B) other-bad-acts evidence to show lack of accident only (1) when the State has “reliable assurance” that an accident defense will be raised, or (2) after the defendant places accident at issue at trial, and when the evidence’s prejudicial impact will not substantially outweigh its probative value.
City of Hammond v. Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc., No. 19S-PL-148, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 15, 2019).
The “Fee Exemption” in Ind. Code 36-1-20-5 that allows Bloomington and West Lafayette to charge local landlords any amount to register rental properties is an unconstitutional special law.
Zanders v. State, No. 15S01-1611-CR-571, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 8, 2019).
Defendant’s historical cell-site location information (CSLI) required a search warrant, but the admission of the CSLI evidence was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.