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L. Rush

Jones v. State, No. 84S05-1712-CR-741, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind.,Dec. 19, 2017).

December 29, 2017 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: L. Rush, Supreme

Abandonment is an allowable defense for both attempted robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, but it must be voluntary and occur after the “prohibited conduct” and before the “underlying crime” has been committed or becomes inevitable.

Calvin v. State, No. 02S03-1709-CR-611 , __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 21, 2017).

December 29, 2017 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: L. Rush, M. Massa, Supreme

Despite an argument that it leads to an absurd result, a level 4 burglary conviction could not be enhanced with a habitual-offender finding because defendant’s two prior out-of-state convictions must be treated as Level 6 felonies under Ind. Code 35-50-2-8(b).

Taylor v. State, No. 82S00-1610-LW-576, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 5, 2017).

December 11, 2017 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: G. Slaughter, L. Rush, Supreme

Seventeen-year-old defendant’s LWOP sentence for murder and conspiracy to commit murder reduced to an aggregate eighty-year term.

Watkins v. State, No. 82S01-1704-CR-191, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 18, 2017).

October 24, 2017 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: L. Rush, Supreme

Courts should look to the totality of the circumstances when determining the reasonableness of search warrants, as set forth in Litchfield v State.

John Doe #1 v. Ind. Dept. of Child Svcs., No. 49S02-1609-CT-464, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 24, 2017).

August 29, 2017 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: L. Rush, S. David, Supreme

Statute requiring Department of Child Services (DCS) to protect reporter identity (Ind. Code § 31-33-18-2) does not create a a private right of action; there was also no common-law basis for to impose a duty on DCS for confidentiality.

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