Supreme Court affirms trial court’s consecutive sentences.
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In re Mandate of Funds for Center Township of Marion Co. Small Claims Court, No. 49S00-1207-MF-420, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., June 28, 2013).
The Supreme Court approved the renovations, additional staff, and the mandate prohibiting the relocation of the court for the Center Township Marion Co. Small Claims Court, and disapproved the mandated salary increases.
Fry v. State, No. 09S00-1205-CR-361, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Jun. 25, 2013).
“We hold today that when a defendant charged with murder or treason seeks bail, the burden is on the State, if it seeks to deny bail, to show—by a preponderance of the evidence—that the proof is evident or the presumption strong.”
Sanders v. State, No. 49S02-1304-CR-242, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Jun. 25, 2013).
Even though the window tint of defendant’s vehicle was not quite dark enough to establish a Window Tint Statute violation, the officer had reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle for a Window Tint violation when he could not “clearly recognize or identify the occupant inside” “coupled with the fact that the actual tint closely border[ed] the statutory limit.”
Wright v. Miller, No. 54S01-1207-CT-430, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., June 21, 2013).
Trial court erred in excluding plaintiffs’ expert witness when the circumstances of the case warranted “some lesser, preliminary, or more pointed sanction fashioned to address counsel’s unsatisfactory conduct in this case without depriving the plaintiffs of their ability to present the merits of their case at trial.”