“Certificate of Inspection and Compliance of Breath Test Instrument” issued within prior 180 days was sufficient foundation for admissibility of breath test results.
M. May
Garcia v. State, No. 45A03-1503-CR-86, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App. Dec. 21, 2015).
Probable-cause affidavit’s statement that crime victim paid $3,600 for counterfeit coins was insufficient to support restitution order in that amount; facts presented in probable cause affidavits pose a risk of unreliability that the hearsay rule is designed to protect against.
Pattison v. State, No. 27A05-1411-CR-517, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App. Dec. 4, 2015).
Jury instruction in OWI was fundamental error, when it impermissibly shifted burden from State to Defendant on the only contested element.
Pierce v. State, No. 28A05-1502-CR-57, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 23, 2015).
Petition to revoke probation based on commission of theft, unlike criminal charge of theft, need not identify the stolen property with specificity.
Strunk v. State, No. 47A01-1411-CR-487, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 15, 2015).
Minor sex-abuse victim properly authenticated Facebook message from defendant to her; she was familiar with appearance of defendant’s Facebook page and had previously communicated with him through Facebook messages.