Defendant, a former school corporation employee, was not entitled to dismissal of charge of trespassing on corporation property; state presented sufficient facts to disprove that merely having children living in in the school system gave her a “contractual interest” in the school property.
T. Crone
Holloway v. State, No. 71A04-1508-CR-1292, ___ N.E.3d ___, (Ind. Ct. App. Feb. 18, 2016).
Intoxicated, agitated arrestee’s statements to arresting officer were sufficient to establish “true threat” and thus to support intimidation conviction.
Jason Hansbrough v. State, No. 29A04-1508-CR-1121, ___ N.E.3d ___, (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 29, 2016).
Dog sniff did not prolong Defendant’s traffic stop in violation of his constitutional rights.
Ronald L. Sanford, Jr. v. State, No. 49A05-1506-PC-485, ___ N.E.3d ___, (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 29, 2016).
Trial court was within its discretion to find that defendant was not “diligent” in pursuing belated appeal under P-C.R. 2, which is exclusive means to reinstate untimely appeal in criminal cases; relief under In re Adoption of O.R. (Ind. 2014) is limited to civil cases.
Rhodes v. State, No. 49A02-1503-CR-173, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 19, 2016).
Inventory search of defendant’s vehicle was unconstitutional, absent proof of existence of (or compliance with) established police procedures for such searches.