Life without parole sentence was appropriate and constitutional for seventeen and a half-year old who murdered his ten-year old brother.
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Anyango v. Rolls Royce Corp., No. 49S04-1207-CT-434, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., July 30, 2012).
The trial court correctly granted a motion to dismiss under T.R. 4.4(C) because the plaintiffs did not demonstrate that the alternative forum was “so inadequate or unsatisfactory that there is no remedy at all.”
Ryan v. Ryan, No. 71S03-1111-DR-644,___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., July 31, 2012).
T.R. 60(B) relief was not appropriate in the circumstances of this case, but, subject to the limitations of substantive contract law, there are circumstances when T.R. 60(B) relief could be granted in a dispute over a settlement agreement or property division order.
Shepard Properties Co. v. Int’l Union of Painters & Allied Trades, Dist. Council 91, No. 49S04-1112-PL-697, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., July 31, 2012).
The Access to Public Records Act permits the award of attorney’s fees against an intervening private party.
Cottingham v. State, No. 06S01-1112-CR-703, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., July 26, 2012).
A person who was placed on community corrections home detention prior to July 1, 2010 is not entitled to “good time credit” for the time on home detention.