Police officer’s interrogation technique of implying the suspect’s race would prevent his having a fair trial and impartial jury rendered the suspect’s subsequent confession involuntary and inadmissible.
S. David
In re A.S., No. 10S01-1402-MH-113m __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., May 13, 2014).
Trial court lacked authority for its contempt finding against the person who filled out the application for emergency detention for another person.
Bleeke v. Lemmon, No. 02S05-1305-PL-364, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Apr. 16, 2014).
When parolee’s conviction had been for a sex crime against an adult female, parole conditions that he refrain from contact with his wife and his children were impermissible as they had no reasonable relation to his rehabilitation. Also, affirms Court of Appeals holding that statutes categorizing parolee as an “offender against children” because his conviction made him a “sexually violent predator” were overbroad as applied and that the “offender against children” status could not be imposed without some prior due process. Concludes that DOC’s SOMM (Sex Offender Management and Monitoring Program) requirements do not violate a participant’s privilege against self-incrimination.
Wilson v. State, No. 27S02-1309-CR-584, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Apr. 1, 2014).
“Hybrid” sentence partially concurrent and partially consecutive is not authorized by statute.
Smith v. State, No. 18S02-1304-CR-297, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Mar. 27, 2014).
Affirms high school principal’s conviction for failure to report an instance of suspected child abuse.