Because the new substantive double jeopardy framework established in Wadle constituted a new rule for the conduct of criminal prosecutions, it applies retroactively to cases that were not yet final at the time our Supreme Court adopted Wadle. Because Wadle replaced the common-law double jeopardy rules, the common law rule that an offense cannot be enhanced based on the same injury that established another offense for which the defendant had already been punished, is no longer applicable.
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Johnson v. Housing Auth. Of South Bend, No. 22A-EV-1751, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 14, 2023).
Small claims court deprived defendant of her due process rights when it refused to hear her defenses. Parties, represented or not, must not be expected to insist on being given the protections to which they are guaranteed and should automatically receive.
Lash v. Kreigh, No. 22A-CC-1069, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 18, 2023).
The proper calculation of damages based on the theory of quantum meruit used the plaintiff’s reasonable value of the work performed.
A.C. v. State, No. 22A-PC-1215, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 19, 2022).
In enacting the Vacatur Statute, the General Assembly determined that a trafficked person who meets the statutory elements should be entitled to have their conviction vacated. I.C. § 35-38-10-2. The relief is not discretionary if the statutory elements are met.
White v. State, No. 22A-CR-00978, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 8, 2022).
A traffic stop based on an “inactive” registration is not justified because the General Assembly has not made “inactive” registration an infraction.