Utilizing evidence based best practices for rehabilitation in a community setting and avoiding the use of scarce prison space for nonviolent offenders, the defendant’s sentence of thirty years in the DOC was reduced to twenty-three years in community corrections.
Per Curiam
Wamsley v. Tree City Village, No. 18S-CT-502, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 11, 2018).
Trial Rule 60(B)(1) only requires “slight evidence of excusable neglect” to set aside a default judgment.
Boggs v. State, No. 18S-CR-430, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 23, 2018).
Proof of the “slightest penetration” of the female sex organ, including penetration of the external genitalia, is sufficient to sustain a conviction for child molestation based on sexual intercourse.
T.H. v. State, No. 18S-JV-80,__ N.E.3d __(Ind., March 9, 2018)
Affirms the Court of Appeals opinion that no reasonable fact-finder could find the element of loss of at least $750 was proven beyond a reasonable doubt when there are unexplained anomalies in the repair estimate.
Robinson v. State, No. 18S-CR-33, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 23, 2018).
The sentence imposed by the trial court, including the habitual substance offender enhancement, is not inappropriate under Appellate Rule 7(B) and does not warrant appellate revision.