Trial court erred in ordering father to contribute to child’s college expenses based on the cost of a private university rather than a public university; the private university did not offer a special curriculum and child did not discuss her decisionmaking process with her father.
T. Crone
Zeller v. AAA Ins. Co., No. 64A05-1502-CT-84, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 4, 2015).
Insurer’s acceptance of insured’s payment reinstated the insurance policy.
State v. Terrell, ___ N.E.3d ___, No. 55A01-1501-CR-9 (Ind. Ct. App. July 10, 2015).
Contraband found in probationer’s home was admissible; probationer waived search and seizure rights and agreed to “reasonable” searches as condition of probation, and search was not unreasonable (applying Vanderkolk v. State, 32 N.E.3d 775 (Ind. June 9, 2015)).
Seal v. State, ___ N.E.3d ___, No. 48A02-1410-CR-775 (Ind. Ct. App. July 15, 2015).
State’s inadvertent failure to preserve audio recordings of victims’ initial field interviews and subsequent follow-up interviews did not violate defendant’s rights; no law requires recording of victim interviews, and police did not intentionally sabotage or destroy the recordings they had attempted to make.
Johnson v. State, No. 49A02-1409-CR-409, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., June 23, 2015).
Pat-down was permissible under the federal and State constitutions when defendant said he had no ID, then placed his hand in his pocket and repeatedly refused commands to remove it.