University should not have been added as a supplemental defendant in a woman’s petition to seek postsecondary expenses for her daughter.
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State v. Cunningham, No. 19S05-1409-CR-599, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Mar. 2, 2015).
Police validly required motorist to submit to a pat-down as a condition for allowing him to get out of his truck during a traffic stop, and the officer’s simple query about a pill bottle detected in the motorist’s pocket did not improperly extend the scope of the stop.
Griesmer v. State, No. 49S04-1408-CR-564, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Mar. 5, 2015).
Entrapment defense failed due to failure to prove alleged criminal conduct was the product of law enforcement action.
Wesheit v. State, No. 10S00-1307-DP-492, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 18, 2015).
Defendant failed to show that denial of his challenges for cause to prospective jurors and his consequent exhaustion of his peremptories had the result of forcing him to accept objectionable jurors. Trial court properly determined that juror’s wife’s note given to jurors with cookies she baked did not require a mistrial. Opinion also rejects contention that capital jury’s failure to list mitigating circumstances indicated the jury failed to consider the mitigation evidence.
Brummett v. State, No. 49S02-1502-CR-69, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 11, 2015).
Transfer granted to confirm that recent decision did not alter the doctrine of fundamental error.