Ind. Admin. Rule 14(B) permits remote participation in juvenile disposition-modification hearings where the parties have agreed or where the court issues a good cause order based on the factors listed in the rule including the child’s best interest.
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Easler v. State, No. 19S-CR-324, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 20, 2019).
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.
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.