Drug dealer who supplied drug that eventually attributed to the death of his customer could not be charged under the felony murder statute when his conduct was not the mediate or immediate cause of death.
N. Vaidik
Cannon v. State, No. 18A-CR-1871, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 20, 2018).
A person cannot be convicted of giving false information to an official investigating the commission of a crime when he simply fails to provide any information at all.
Jarman v. State, No. 18A-CR-1034, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 30, 2018).
The suspicionless search of the community corrections participant was unconstitutional because his waiver did not specifically authorize it.
Flores v. State, No. 18A-CR-1632, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 21, 2018).
There can only be conviction for one count of child molesting where the actions were closely connected in time, place, and continuity of action.
Bradtmiller v. State, No. 18A-CR-884, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 17, 2018).
Although defendant properly waived his right to a jury trial on the underlying charges, he did not waive his right to a jury trial on the habitual-offender enhancement because he did not personally communicate to the judge a desire to waive that right.