Post-conviction relief due to ineffective assistance of counsel was granted fifteen years after murder conviction affirmed on appeal and not barred by the doctrine of laches.
M. Massa
State v. Smith, No. 45S05-1611-CR-572, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 28, 2017).
Defendant’s plea agreement foreclosing the possibility of sentence conversion was not altered by a subsequent statute allowing courts to modify a post-sentence conviction.
Consumer Attorney Services, P.A. v. State, No. 49S05-1703-PL-161, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind,, March 21, 2017).
Neither the Credit Services Organizations Act, Mortgage Rescue Protection Fraud Act, Home Loan Practices Act, nor Deceptive Consumer Sales Act provides an exemption for law firms.
J.D.M. v. State, No. 21S01-1702-JV-84, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 15, 2017).
Juvenile court may not conduct sex offender registry hearing for defendant who was not on probation and who remained at a non-secure treatment facility.
City of Lawrence Utilities Svc. Bd. v. Curry, No. 49S02-1609-CT-48, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 8, 2017).
Newly-elected mayor wrongfully terminated the city’s utility superintendent; under Ind. Code § 8-1.5-3-5, the superintendent could only be terminated for cause by the utility service board after notice and hearing.