The sister of a brother who was once married to the defendant’s aunt is not a “family or household member” within the meaning of the statute elevating misdemeanor battery to a level 6 felony.
R. Rucker
Town of Fortville v. Certain Fortville Annexation Territory Landowners, No. 30S01-1510-MI-626, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., April 28, 2016).
Fortville cannot annex land because the town did not need the territory for its development in the reasonably near future.
Citizens Action Coalition of Ind. v. Koch, No. 49S00-1510-PL-00607, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., April 19, 2016).
Whether the work product exception within the Indiana Access to Public Records Act applies to the Indiana General Assembly is a non-justiciable question.
Hitch v. State, No. 45S03-1604-CR-167, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind., April 5, 2016).
A determination that the defendant was ineligible to possess a firearm under Ind. Code 35-38-1-7.7(a) did not amount to additional punishment.
State v. Buncich, No. 45S00-1409-PL-587, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 22, 2016).
Consolidation of small voting precincts in Lake County is constitutional, nor is it an impermissible special law or a violation of the separation of powers doctrine.