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M. Massa

Russell v. State, No. 84S01-1409-CR-583, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. June 29, 2015).

July 2, 2015 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: M. Massa, S. David, Supreme

Plea agreement was enforceable despite its misstatement that the defendant’s consecutive sentences were capped by statute. Defendant was entitled to the benefit of his plea; sentence was mistakenly capped, but not necessarily illegal.

Lewis v. State, No. 45S00-1312-LW-512, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. June 17, 2015).

June 19, 2015 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: M. Massa, Supreme

LWOP sentencing order was deficient for failure to include judge’s personal statement that LWOP was the appropriate sentence.

State Farm Mutual Ins. Co. v. Earl, No. 36S05-1408-CT-562, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 9, 2015).

June 12, 2015 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: M. Massa, Supreme

Declines to adopt a bright line rule on the admissibility of insurance coverage, but admission of the coverage limit contained within the insurance policy was relevant background information that would help the jury understand the relationship between the parties and the basis for the lawsuit itself in this case.

Kramer v. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Inc., No. 71S03-1506-CT-350, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 3, 2015).

June 5, 2015 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: B. Dickson, M. Massa, Supreme

Because the applicable Indiana statute does not impose the requirement of a pre-placement registry check, and because the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that adoption agency had any duties in excess of its statutory obligations, summary judgment for the adoption agency was properly granted.

Pierce v. State, No. 78S05-1407-CR-460, __ N.E.3d__ (Ind., May 12, 2015).

May 14, 2015 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: M. Massa, R. Rucker, Supreme

Because defendant grandfather’s molestations of his granddaughters were sufficiently “connected together” under the joinder statute, he had no right to have the molestation charges severed for trial on the basis they were joined only because they were “of the same or similar character.”

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