Sentences for multiple drug transactions, which resulted from a State-sponsored sting operation, must run concurrently.
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Smith v. State, No. 19A-CR-1515, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 30, 2020).
The subject matter of post-assault sexual history must be introduced by the State at trial for the exception to the rape shield law permitting admissibility to apply. Moreover, while a defendant has a constitutional right to present a defense, that defense must still comply with the Indiana Rules of Evidence.
Tyson v. State, No. 19A-CR-1813, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 30, 2020).
Refusal to remove one’s hands from his/her pockets when instructed by a law enforcement officer, when the pockets clearly contain items, satisfies the “forcibly resist” element of resisting law enforcement.
In re Paternity of M.A.M., No. 19A-JP-771, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 11, 2019).
Prosecutor can pursue paternity proceedings at alleged father’s behest outside the two-year statute of limitations.
Kifer v. State, No. 19A-CR-1188, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 4, 2019).
The criminal trespass statute may not be used to permanently and perpetually ban a citizen from a public building.