Delinquency disposition statutes do not permit imposition of both a determinate DOC commitment and an indeterminate DOC commitment.
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Hamilton v. State, No. 49S02-1110-CR-621, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Oct. 19, 2011).
Defendant’s A felony child molesting sentence is revised from the fifty year maximum to thirty-five years.
Brock v. State, No. 38S02-1101-CR-8, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Oct. 18, 2011).
Defendant had no opportunity to object to the court’s declaration of a mistrial and accordingly cannot be said to have consented to it by failure to timely object, but the repeated improper comments by defense counsel in trial warranted the trial court’s declaration of a mistrial without defense consent, under the manifest necessity standard.
In re C.G., No. 49S04-1101-JT-4, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Oct. 11, 2011).
Adopts the factors set out in State of West Virginia ex rel. Jaenette H., 529 S.E.2d at 877 (W.Va. 2000) for trial courts to determine whether an incarcerated parent is permitted to attend a hearing on the termination of his or her parental rights.
Putnam Co. Sheriff v. Price, No. 49A02-1009-DR-105, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Oct. 6, 2011).
County Sheriff Department “that neither owns, maintains, nor controls a county road” does not have a common law duty to warn the public of known hazardous conditions of that road.