Defendant’s PCR petition was not barred by the doctrine of laches because State failed to show prejudice; however, he was properly denied relief because the trial court was not required to advise him of collateral consequences of his guilty plea.
M. May
W.R. v. State, No. 17A03-1703-XP-571, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 1, 2017).
Trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to expunge drug-dealing convictions because petitioner’s job includes going into businesses and the nature of the convictions might be relevant to businesses deciding whether to exclude petitioner from their premises.
Morgan v. State, No. 84A01-1703-CR-587, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 1, 2017).
Ind. Code 35-38-2.6-5, which controls the community corrections program, does not impermissibly delegate judicial authority to the community corrections director; a hearing is required before direct placement in community corrections is revoked.
Edmonds v. State, No. 49A05-1703-CR-400, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 26, 2017).
Because resisting law enforcement and leaving the scene of an accident are conduct-based crimes rather than result-based crimes, defendant may be convicted of only one count for each
Moell v. Moell, No. 45A05-1704-DR-784, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 13, 2017).
Trial court did not have authority to allow the 17-year-old child of the parties to make his own decisions regarding parenting time and related issues.