A party invites an error if it was part of a deliberate, well-informed trial strategy, which means there must be evidence of counsel’s strategic maneuvering at trial to establish invited error. As to juror challenges, an anticipated refusal does not excuse compliance with the exhaustion rule; a party must still try to use a peremptory challenge even if he believes it will be unsuccessful.
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Church v. State, No. 22S-CR-201, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 23, 2022).
Ind. Code § 35-40-5-11.5, the child sex-offense deposition statute, is both constitutionally sound and substantive in nature, and therefore, the Indiana Trial Rules cannot abrogate or modify the statute.
State v. Neukam, No. 21S-CR-567, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 23, 2022).
Slaughter, J. In 2020, we held juvenile courts lose jurisdiction once an alleged delinquent child reaches twenty-one years of age. But we left open the question whether the State can file criminal charges against a person who committed the charged conduct before turning eighteen but is no longer a child under the juvenile code. Under […]
E.F. v. St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care Center, Inc., No. 22S-MH-194, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 13, 2022).
Appellate courts have discretion to decide whether to reach the merits of an otherwise moot civil commitment case under the public-interest exception.
Bruder v. Seneca Mortgage Svcs., LLC, No. 22S-PL-195, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 14, 2022).
The trial court’s order was not clearly erroneous and should not have been set aside by the Court of Appeals.