Absent specific exceptions outlined by our legislature in other statutes, acts that would be criminal offenses if committed by adults are defined by Indiana law as delinquent acts when committed by individuals under age eighteen, and Indiana law gives exclusive jurisdiction of delinquency proceedings to juvenile courts.
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Murray v. State, No. 21A-CR-1495__ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 11, 2022).
The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination is not violated when a defendant is ordered to show their teeth to the jury because doing so is a non-testimonial physical demonstration.
Allen v. State, No. 21A-XP-368, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 25, 2022).
Under the permissive expungement statute, a trial court may deny an expungement petition after considering the nature and circumstances of the crime,and the petitioner’s character
Afanador v. State, No. 21A-CR-1000, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 28, 2022).
The State is not prohibited from using two offenses to support separate enhancements under different recidivist offender statutes when the two offenses were not part of the same res gestae.
Ind. Repertory Theatre, No. 21A-PL-628, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 4, 2022).
Insurance policy language “direct physical loss or direct physical damage” did not encompass theatre’s claim for loss of use of its facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic