Under common law, DCS had a duty to protect the identity of a caller who reported children as being in need of service.
N. Vaidik
Saylor v. State, No. 39A05-1503-PC-113, __ N.E.3D__ (Ind. Ct. App., May 23, 2016).
Because defendant did not personally waive his right to a jury trial—rather, his attorney did—when he pled guilty to being a habitual offender, the Court vacated his habitual-offender adjudication and remanded the case for a new trial on that charge
Costello v. Zavodnik, No. 49A04-1504-PL-163, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App., May 23, 2016).
The trial court should have withdrawn admissions under T.R. 36(B) because of litigant’s abuse of T.R. 36.
Taylor-Bey v. State, No. 49A05-1503-CR-123, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App, April 28, 2016).
Trial court had jurisdiction over a “Moorish American National Sovereign.”
Stewart v. Alunday, No. 16A04-1507-CT-760, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App, April 28, 2016).
Judicial admissions are conclusive and binding on the trier of fact.