Trial court must issue factual findings when denying an indigent defendant’s motion to conduct a deposition at public expense.
M. Massa
Bowman v. State, No. 21S04-1510-CR-604, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., April 26, 2016).
Despite a second baggie of evidence not being tested to prove it was heroin after a first bag of heroin was tested, the evidence was sufficient to sustain conviction.
Hitch v. State, No. 45S03-1604-CR-167, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind., April 5, 2016).
A determination that the defendant was ineligible to possess a firearm under Ind. Code 35-38-1-7.7(a) did not amount to additional punishment.
State v. Buncich, No. 45S00-1409-PL-587, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 22, 2016).
Consolidation of small voting precincts in Lake County is constitutional, nor is it an impermissible special law or a violation of the separation of powers doctrine.
Wahl v. State, Nos. 29S04-1510-CR-605 and 29S04-1510-CR-606, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind., Mar. 15, 2016).
Alternate juror interjecting himself into deliberations was presumptively prejudicial, and State failed to rebut the presumption; therefore, new trial was required.