Trial court at sentencing may designate a defendant as a credit restricted felon only if that person has been convicted of one or more of serious sex-related crimes that allow for such designation.
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R.R. v. State, No. 47A04-1705-JV-944, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 11, 2018).
A juvenile may waive constitutional right to be present at factfinding hearings by knowingly and intentionally refusing to appear.
Fields v. State, No. 43A03-1704-CR-856, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 22, 2017).
Trial court properly denied defendant’s motion to dismiss charges against him because the arresting officer was acting as a de facto officer and his failure to take the statutory oath was a technical defect.
Shirey v. Flenar, No. 02A03-1704-MI-876, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 21, 2017).
Doctor had a duty to preserve plaintiff’s medical records and is properly subject to a cause of action for spoliation.
Miller v. Brown, No. 03A01-1703-DR-512, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 28, 2017).
The trial court erred in entering a post-dissolution order requiring father and mother to combine their individual 529 college savings accounts into a single, jointly owned account.