When a defendant is represented by counsel for one offense, the Indiana Constitution permits police to question the defendant about other offenses without counsel present if the other offenses are not “inextricably intertwined” with the charged offense.
R. Shepard
Gray v. State, No. 82S01-1106-CR-328, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Nov. 22, 2011).
Affirms bench trial conviction of apartment owner for possessing marijuana found under coffee table by which two teenagers were sitting.
Hamilton v. State, No. 49S02-1110-CR-621, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Oct. 19, 2011).
Defendant’s A felony child molesting sentence is revised from the fifty year maximum to thirty-five years.
Branham v. Varble & Chastain, No. 62S01-1103-SC-14, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Aug. 30, 2011)
Self-represented parties in small claims court do not forfeit the generic exemption statute and the Social Security exemptions even if the litigants do not know enough to plead them; even if an information of contempt has not been filed, a court does not err when it orders a party to return for status checks a limited number of times; orders to seek employment or to seek better employment are not a proper part of a proceeding supplemental.
Howard Regional Health System v. Gordon, No. 34S02-1009-CV-476, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Aug. 10, 2011).
Claim against hospital for loss of childbirth records was one for medical malpractice. Health records maintenance statutes do not confer a private right of action for loss of records. Parents have no independent action for spoliation against the hospital.