When a party requests a hearing on possible juror bias or misconduct, after voir dire and selection but before the jury is sworn, a trial court should hold such a hearing if the party demonstrates some relevant basis for that bias or misconduct.
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Paquette v. State, No. 19S-CR-502, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 11, 2019).
The proper sentence to avoid double jeopardy violation, where defendant caused three deaths while operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs and fleeing police, was guilt for one count of Level 3 felony resisting law enforcement causing death; two counts of Level 4 felony operating causing death; and one count of Level 6 felony operating causing serious bodily injury.
Rainbow Realty Group, Inc. v. Carter, No. 19S-CC-38, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 13, 2019).
“Rent-to-buy” agreement was not a land-sale contract, but a rental agreement subject to Indiana’s residential landlord-tenant statutes.
Faith v. State, No. 19S-PC-499, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 6, 2019).
A trial court may impose consecutive advisory sentences in a case involving multiple acts of child molestation against a single victim.
Shaw v. State, No. 19S-PC-466, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 21, 2019).
A second or successive post-conviction petition is subject to the screening procedure outlined in P-C. R. 1(12) and must have appellate court authorization to proceed; however, a post-conviction petition that raises only issues emerging from a new trial, new sentencing, or new appeal obtained from a federal court through habeas proceedings is not a “second” or “successive” petition and does not require prior authorization.