“[A] laboratory technician involved in the chain of custody of DNA evidence” need not “testify at trial in order to satisfy the demands of a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right of confrontation.”
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Halliburton v. State, No. 20S00-1206-LW-560, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Dec. 19, 2013).
Limiting instruction erroneously advised the jury that the court had ruled the evidence to be relevant and admissible because the probative value outweighed any prejudice, but the error was not fundamental.
Johnson v. Johnson, No. 49S05-1303-DR-199, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Dec. 12, 2013).
Using the flexibility provided in the Indiana Child Support Guidelines, the trial court properly modified a child support order regarding calculation of health insurance premiums and application of Social Security Retirement benefits.
Kelly v. State, No. 30S01-1303-CR-220 , __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Nov. 21, 2013).
Reverses motion to suppress evidence found in a search of defendant’s vehicle and inculpatory statements that defendant made to police.
Fulp v. Gilliland, No. 41S01-1306-TR-426, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Nov. 22, 2013).
“[W]hile a revocable trust is revocable, the trustee only owes a duty to the settlor.”