Failure to demand bifurcation of serious violent felony charge and dealing in amphetamine charge was ineffective assistance of counsel in this case.
R. Pyle
Alden v. State, No. 30A01-1209-CR-412, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 29, 2013).
New statutory discretion for a judge to convert a D felony conviction to a Class A misdemeanor conviction does not mandate that a judge order such a conversion.
Engelking v. Engelking, No. 18A02-1206-DR-495, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 15, 2013).
Father had a duty to support children conceived during marriage by artificial insemination when the trial court found that father knowingly and voluntarily consented to the artificial inseminations.