M C v. State of Indiana

── M C v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-JV-00703 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2019 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Rush Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary M.C. was sixteen years old when the juvenile court declared him a ward of the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC). M.C. now appeals, claiming that the juvenile court abused its discretion in awarding wardship to the DOC, that such a determination violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Equal Privileges and Immunities Clause of the Indiana Constitution, and also violated the cruel and unusual punishment provision...