Liability under the Crime Victims Relief Act is a ”matter of the factfinder’s discretionary judgment of whether the defendant is criminally culpable.”
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Evansville Courier & Press v. Vanderburgh County Health Dept., No. 82S04-1401-PL-49, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 7, 2014).
Death certificates with the cause of death are public records and should be available to anyone requesting access.
Corbin v. State, No. 75S03-1401-CR-13, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 30, 2014).
Affirms trial court’s refusal to dismiss attempted child molesting charge, which defendant asserted entailed no more than an invitation, not “urging” or “persuasion.”
Zavodnik v. Harper, No. 49A04-1307-PL-316, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 30, 2014).
Litigants do not have a license to abuse the litigation process. Pro se litigants must play by the rules. Litigants do not have an unfettered right to proceed in forma pauperis. Courts may place reasonable limits on filings by abusive litigants. Judges should not disqualify themselves because of a baseless demand.
Logan v. State, No. 20S05-1405-CR-339, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 24, 2014).
Although the trial court technically complied with Criminal Rule 4(C), defendant’s 1,291 delay violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial.