The legislature intended a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole to fit within the definition of a “term of imprisonment” and when imposing such a sentence the trial court must make certain specific findings.
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Pattison v. State, No. 27S05-1603-CR-115 , __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 22, 2016).
When jury instruction did not shift the State’s burden of proof, there is no error so fundamental as to preclude a fair trial.
Hale v. State, No. 35S02-1601-CR-37, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 16, 2016).
Trial court must issue factual findings when denying an indigent defendant’s motion to conduct a deposition at public expense.
Allen v. Allen, No. 13S01-1601-DR-00053, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 1, 2016).
Divorced parents are not obligated to pay the graduate or professional school expenses of their children pursuant to the Indiana child support statutes.
Bowman v. State, No. 21S04-1510-CR-604, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., April 26, 2016).
Despite a second baggie of evidence not being tested to prove it was heroin after a first bag of heroin was tested, the evidence was sufficient to sustain conviction.