Trial court had authority to convert felony conviction to a misdemeanor; the terms of the plea agreement do not preclude the conversion because the parties could not have contemplated a misdemeanor conversion when it was entered.
M. May
State v. Cassady, No. 17A03-1512-CR-2090, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., June 30, 2016).
Law enforcement officer’s actions were conducted in a manner that did not prolong the stop beyond the time reasonably required to complete the mission of issuing a ticket, and support the denial of a motion to suppress.
Humphrey v. State, No. 48A02-1508-PC-1238, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., June 23, 2016).
Even twenty years after conviction, relief may be granted when trial counsel’s assistance was ineffective.
Barany v. State, No. 17A04-1510-CR-1734, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 4, 2016).
Trial court properly denied defendant’s request for return of the firearm used to commit murder; defendant cannot profit from sale of murder weapon.
Roar v. State, No. 49A02-1506-CR-506 , ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., April 21, 2016).
Conditional threat to victim (that “if I came back on the property[] he’d kill me”) supported conviction for intimidation (disagreeing with C.L. v. State, 2 N.E.3d 798, 801 (Ind. Ct. App. 2014), trans. not sought and Causey v. State, 45 N.E.2d 1239 (Ind. Ct. App. 2015), trans. not sought).