When school officials alone meet with students, Miranda warnings are not required.
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B.A. v. State, No. 49S02-1709-JV-567, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2018).
A juvenile student held in police custody and under police interrogation must be given warnings under both Miranda and Indiana’s juvenile waiver statute.
A.A. v. Eskenazi Health/Midtown CMHC, No. 49S02-1711-MH-688, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., May 17, 2018).
An attorney may not waive the right to appear on behalf of a client for a mentally competent civil commitment. A trial court must waive a respondent’s presence at a commitment hearing at the beginning of the proceeding.
Kirby v. State, No. 18S‐CR‐79, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., April 27, 2018).
Defendant may not challenge a collateral consequence of an ex post facto statute barring him from school property through a post-conviction proceeding, but he may pursue his claim in a declaratory‐judgment action.
Care Group Heart Hospital, LLC v. Sawyer, No. 49S05-1710-PL-671,__ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 23, 2018).
The Court enforced the plain meaning of the contract; “terminated for any reason” means any termination, for any reason.