Juvenile waived into adult court and convicted of Class B felony attempted rape and two counts of Class B felony criminal deviate conduct was properly sentenced to an aggregate sentence of sixty years imprisonment.
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Jacobs v. State, No. 49S02-1706-CR-438 , __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 29, 2017).
State has the burden to demonstrate the reasonableness of a warrantless search in light of three factors: 1) the degree of concern, suspicion, or knowledge that a violation has occurred, 2) the degree of intrusion the method of the search or seizure imposes on a citizen’s ordinary activities, and 3) the extent of law enforcement needs.
McNeal v. State, No. 49S05-1706-CR-405, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2017).
Supreme Court vacated a portion of the Court of Appeals’ opinion discussing the community caretaking exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement.
Snow v. State, No. 45S03-1703-CR-169, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 22, 2017).
Res gestae is no longer a proper basis for admitting evidence; instead, admissibility is determined under Indiana’s Rules of Evidence.
Harris v. State, No. 45S03-1703-CR-172, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 22, 2017).
Although properly admitted evidence was not relevant to his alleged crimes at a joint trial, defendant waived his fair trial argument because he never moved for a separate trial and he first raised the issue at oral argument.