Indiana Pattern Jury Instruction on defense of another correctly stated the law.
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Austin v. State, No. 20S03-1303-CR-158, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Nov. 15, 2013).
State Police search of truck following permissible sequential stops for traffic violations complied with Indiana Constitution protection against unreasonable search and seizure. Also, reviews and applies standards for prioritized treatment of Criminal Rule 4(b) motions for trial within seventy days.
Kitchell v. Franklin, No. 09S00-1307-PL-476, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Nov. 13, 2013).
Indiana’s Public-Private Agreements statute does not require a local legislative body to first adopt the statute before it may issue a request for proposals or begin contract negotiations as provided for under the statute.
Wilson v. Myers, No. 71S03-1305-DR-399, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Nov. 5, 2013).
Trial court abused its discretion in ordering one parent to hand over two children to another parent without a proper evidentiary hearing and with no mention that doing it was in accordance with the Indiana Code.
Kesling v. Hubler Nissan, Inc., No. 49S02-1302-CT-89, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Oct. 29, 2013).
“An auto dealership’s advertisement of an inexpensive used car as a “Sporty Car at a Great Value Price,” is textbook puffery—not actionable as deception or fraud, because a reasonable buyer could not take it as a warranty about the car’s performance or safety characteristics. But when the dealer has inspected the car and should know it has serious problems, answering a buyer’s question about why it idled roughly by claiming that it “would just need a tune-up” may be actionable as fraud.”