Trial judge properly refused mistrial motion by defendant who, on being forcibly removed after refusing to cease complaining about defense counsel to the jury, briefly was silenced by the bailiff’s covering his mouth.
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Lock v. State, No. 35S04-1110-CR-622, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., July 26, 2010).
Evidence that habitual traffic offender’s “Zuma” was travelling at 43 miles per hour sufficed to prove that it had a “maximum design speed” of more than 25 miles per hour and that accordingly it was not a “motorized bicycle” which defendant could operate while suspended.
Clark v. Clark, No. 01S02-1112-CT-690, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., July 23, 2012).
The Indiana Guest Statute does not preclude a passenger from bringing a negligence action against a driver “as to injuries inflicted when such a passenger has exited the vehicle and is standing outside of it and directing the driver’s attempt to park.”
Hollin v. State, No. 69S05-1201-PC-6, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., July 12, 2012).
Affirms trial court holding that state’s failure to disclose favorable plea bargain given to accomplice who testified against defendant violated the Brady v. Maryland obligation to disclose favorable evidence.
Hirsch v. Oliver, No. 29S02-1109-DR-530, ___N.E.2d ___ (Ind., June 29, 2012).
Under Ind. Code § 31-16-6-6(a)(3), if a trial court determines there is no longer an obligation of the parent to support the child, emancipation has necessarily occurred.