The certificate offered to authenticate cell phone records did not properly authenticate the records because it was issued approximately eighteen months after the records were obtained, does not contain the phone number for which the search warrant requested records, does not contain the number of pages it purports to authenticate, and does not contain the dates the records encompass.
M. May
Linville v. State, No. 18A-CR-983, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 22, 2019).
The Court of Appeals reduced the trial court’s restitution order because a trial court cannot order a defendant to pay restitution for crimes to which he did not plead guilty.
Kelp v. State, No. 18A-CR-1719, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 14, 2019).
Special Probation Rule 12 that prohibits a person convicted of child exploitation and possession of child pornography from visiting businesses that sell sexual devices or aids is unfairly broad as it could extend to drug stores.
In re Ma.H, No. 18A-JT-1296, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 18, 2019).
The requirement that Father admit molesting child to complete sex offender treatment violates Father’s Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination; the trial court’s reliance on his refusal to so admit as proof that his parental rights should be terminated violates his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process.
Fields v. Safway Group Holdings, LLC, No. 18A-CT-314, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 24, 2019).
Trial court properly granted TR 60(B)(8) motion because equitable considerations can constitute the exceptional circumstances required to grant the motion.