Attorney fees and expenses incurred by the personal representative’s attorney are not recoverable damages under the Adult Wrongful Death Statute.
P. Mathias
Barnes v. State, No. 82A05-0910-CR-592, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 15, 2010)
Evidence required court to have instructed on defendant’s right to reasonably resist officer’s unlawful entry into defendant’s home.
Killebrew v. State, No. 49A05-0905-CR-246, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 6, 2010)
Defendant established prosecutor’s neutral explanations for peremptory strike were pretextual and hence violated Batson rule when white jurors were not struck after giving answers the same as struck African-American’s and trial judge made no finding on prosecutor’s assertion about struck juror’s “emphatic” demeanor.
A.K. v. Indiana Dep't of Child Services, St. Joseph County, No. 71A05-0905-JV-261, __ N.E.2D __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 31, 2010)
Findings of fact and conclusions of law are required for termination of parental rights decisions.
A.M.B. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, No. 45A03-0910-JV-476, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 12, 2010)
When final involuntary termination hearing was virtually concluded by the time mother arrived, court denied due process when it finished without allowing mother to testify.