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── CHINS: P M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-00593 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur [2] H.M. was born on March 8, 2019,1 and DCS’s involvement with Mother began seven months later in October. On one occasion during …
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Neutral
── Jimmy E Hendricks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02202 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur On June 11, 2020, Officer Scudder was parked in a parking lot finishing a report on his computer when he noticed …
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Neutral
── Termination: A M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00543 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur Child was born to Mother on March 2, 2013. On May 24, 2019, DCS received a report alleging that Mother had neglected Child. …
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Neutral
── John Patrick Michaels v. Huntington County, IN Advisory Board of Zoning Appeals ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00565 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 12, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur Michaels owns property located at 3833 North Rangeline Road in Huntington County which is in a …
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Neutral
── Roosevelt Smith v. Rush Staffing ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01612 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 13, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur At some point, Rush Staffing filed a lawsuit against Smith. On June 3, 2021, the trial court entered judgment in favor of Rush …
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Neutral
── Roncia Latoy (Warfield) Fletcher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00436 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 13, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur On February 1, 2017, Fletcher pled guilty to Class C felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury following events occurring …
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Neutral
── Brishon Darvel Bond v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00917 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 22, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur In October of 2018, Zionsville Police Detective Elizabeth Frost began investigating several “high end” burglaries in the Zionsville area. Appellant’s App. …
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Neutral
── Termination: C I v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-01052 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Delaware Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur Child was born to Mother on November 5, 2015. On March 29, 2019, “DCS received a report alleging abuse …
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Neutral
── James C Sanders v. Belinda Lorraine Sanders ── Case No.: 21A-DN-00466 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur Husband and Wife were married on March 28, 1998. Husband had worked at General Motors for eighteen years before marrying Wife, …
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Neutral
── Shawn Patrick Bowie, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00584 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur On August 24, 2020, Officer Phelps was patrolling the area near the intersection of 10th and Rural Streets, which was …
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Neutral
── Indiana Department of Homeland Security v. Gattitown Evansville ── Case No.: 21A-MI-00495 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur Gattitown is a pizza and entertainment venue where guests can play arcade games, laser tag, and mini bowling …
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Neutral
── Calvin Z Jackson v. Washington Municipal Utilities ── Case No.: 21A-CC-00308 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Daviess Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur On July 30, 2019, Washington Utilities filed a small claims action, attempting to collect $374.42 from Jackson. On August 9, 2019, …
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Neutral
── Heather Nicole Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01158 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur A. Cause Number 57D02-1909-F6-12 (“Cause No. F6-12”) On the morning of July 11, 2019, Jones knowingly exerted unauthorized control of an …
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Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Ashley Victoriano v. Estate of Barbara J. Smith ── Case No.: 21A-ES-00407 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Scott Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur On September 15, 2021, we issued an unpublished opinion in the case of Ashley Victoriano, individually and as …
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Neutral
── Romeo Vasquez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01033 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur Between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. on October 17, 2020, Alexander Kaufman was in the backyard of his Indianapolis home and noticed Vasquez …
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Neutral
── G H v. B H ── Case No.: 21A-PO-00583 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur Hull and Hildenbrand have been in conflict since Hildenbrand began dating Hull’s ex-husband Brandon Hull (“Brandon”) in 2018. On February 1, 2021, Hildenbrand …
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Neutral
── Nathan Allen Lundgren v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01289 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On February 25, 2020, Lundgren was driving a stolen vehicle in Noble County without a license and while under the influence …
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Neutral
── Brandon Allen Thompson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01242 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On October 11, 2019, Chesterfield police officers Alex Wagner and Grant Stephens were dispatched to the Royal Oaks Trailer Park after …
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Neutral
── LONNIE GARNER, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01152 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur On March 31, 2020, Officers Mitchell and Baldridge responded to a physical disturbance at Garner’s apartment. Upon arriving at Garner’s residence, …
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Neutral
── Robert Lee Harman, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01140 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On September 4, 2019, Harman killed his father in a fist fight, during which (Harman later acknowledged) he punched his …
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Neutral
── BioConvergence LLC d/b/a Singota Solutions v. Wendy Carroll, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00829 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur A. The Parties Singota is an Indiana Limited Liability Corporation with a principal place of business in Bloomington. …
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Neutral
── Demetrius D Link v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01456 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur 1 On December 18, 2019, a CI, working with the Warsaw Police Department (the “Warsaw PD”), arranged to purchase methamphetamine from …
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Neutral
── Jerry Tyrone Cook, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00902 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur [3] A.J. was born on April 17, 1999. Cook is A.J.’s biological uncle. On October 3, 2019, Cook, A.J., and …
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Neutral
── Steven P. Stephanoff, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01541 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On June 1, 2017, Stephanoff was convicted of Level 5 felony operating a vehicle after receiving a lifetime suspension and …
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Neutral
── Drew Alexander Osborne v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00629 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Osborne and Robbins were previously married and have two children together. In December of 2018, Robbins obtained an ex parte protective …
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Neutral
── A G v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-JV-01472 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On April 20, 2017, then-fourteen-year-old A.G. threatened to commit bodily harm against the school counselor and moved toward her while the school …
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Neutral
── Cynthia Armbruster, et al. v. Diana Tran ── Case No.: 21A-CC-00887 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In 1997, the Shambaugh Family Limited Partnership was formed, with Max Shambaugh as the sole general partner with …
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Neutral
── ANDRE V. POWELL v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00636 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In July of 2020, Powell was on probation following his conviction for burglary in cause number 20D02-1201-FB-3 (“Cause No. FB-3”). On …
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Neutral
── Robert W Cook v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Blackford Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Cook and Michelle Barton were married in 2005, and had two children together. In October of 2020, Cook’s daughter was five …
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Neutral
── Nathan J. Pittman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00916 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur According to the probable cause affidavit,1 New Albany Police Officer Patrick Clarke initiated an investigation into Pittman on October 25, 2019, …
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Neutral
── David Leroy Lutz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01661 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 25, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On the night of September 12, 2018, K.T. and Lutz, who were dating at the time, were at Lutz’s house in …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Christine Ling Chen v. Robert Lee Brewer ── Case No.: 21A-JP-01184 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 25, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Mother and Father are the parents of Child, who was born out of wedlock on April 22, 2018. Paternity for …
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Neutral
── ROLAND HAMILTON v. ANONYMOUS MD 2, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-MI-00869 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 25, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On November 12, 2015, pursuant to the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act, Hamilton filed a proposed complaint with the IDOI, alleging …
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Neutral
── Roosevelt Mack, et al. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur While Appellants raise the same contention of error in this consolidated appeal, the facts and procedural history for each differ …
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Neutral
── JOHN S TOVEY v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01980 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On May 7, 2021, Tovey and Cathy were in their Mishawaka home when they began to argue about whether to …
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Neutral
── Peggy Sue Higginson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01169 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 04, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur On June 20, 2018, in response to a possible domestic battery, Indiana State Police Trooper Zack Fulton and Posey …
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Neutral
── AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I., et al. v. GAIL LEWIS HICKS, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-01441 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On July 20, 2020, the Hickses filed suit against Head and American …
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Neutral
── Kailey Hughes v. Joseph Martin ── Case No.: 21A-DC-02088 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 09, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Jackson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Parents were married and are the biological parents of Children. Father initiated divorce proceedings on March 27, 2017. Parents’ divorce was …
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Neutral
── Michael John Tunstall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01744 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In April of 2020, Tunstall had been dating Prack for about one year and would regularly stay with Prack and her …
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Neutral
── Alan Joseph Marantos v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02030 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Jennings Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On March 27, 2020, Marantos, his wife, and his wife’s son attended a birthday party for Kirby at the home of …
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Neutral
── Jakeb A. Wells v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01663 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Sometime in late December of 2019, Davidson stole his aunt’s Taurus handgun, intending to give it to Wells. On January 3, …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Jeanette Williams v. Chivas FritzWilliams ── Case No.: 21A-JP-02013 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Parents, who were never married, are the biological parents of Child, who was born on February 26, 2015. Father’s paternity was established …
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Neutral
── Brendon Jacob White, v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01741 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 10, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur [2] On February 12, 2015, White pled guilty to Class B felony burglary and the trial court accepted the plea agreement …
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Neutral
── Alayna M Gregory, et al. v. Jay P Ritchison ── Case No.: 21A-CT-02247 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On March 9, 2019, Ritchison was driving on westbound County Road 700 North. (Tr. Vol. I p. 101) At …
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Neutral
── Dale Williamson v. Ivy Tech Community College, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01386 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur 1 Williamson was initially represented in this appeal by attorney W. Edward Skees, who submitted a …
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Neutral
── AL TAYLOR v. City Of Hammond ── Case No.: 21A-OV-00345 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Other Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On June 15, 2018, the City alleged that Taylor committed the following ordinance violations: (1) excessive weeds; …
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Neutral
── Nathan C. Albrecht v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01560 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Dubois Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas concurs. Judge Crone dissents On August 23, 2019, Dubois County Prosecutor’s Office Investigator Richard Chambers sought a telephonic warrant to search Albrecht’s apartment. Chambers was …
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Neutral
── K H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-JV-02391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On July 25, 2021, Elkhart Police Corporal Jesse Morganthaler (“Corp. Morganthaler”) observed K.H., who he knew from prior encounters to be a …
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Neutral
── Arnaz T Whitelaw Jr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01917 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In August of 2018, Smith was dating Myriah Grant. On August 4, 2018, Grant allowed Smith to use her white …
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Neutral
── Ladis O. Saavedra-Alvarez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01761 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 23, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur H.J.S.V., born on August 12, 2002, is Saavedra’s granddaughter and lived with her mother in Guatemala …
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Neutral
── Blands Wrecker Service v. GEORGE SAVANHU ── Case No.: 21A-SC-02262 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On February 12, 2021, a truck owned by Kenworth Premiere (“the Kenworth truck”) was stuck on a hill on a gravel road. …
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Neutral
── Munster Steel Co, Inc v. Cpv Partners, Llc, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01154 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Munster Steel owned the Property in Munster. The Property had frontage on Calumet Avenue and contained a one-story …
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Neutral
── Scott E. Schaeffer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01579 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 30, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Around December of 2019, Bloomington police conducted a controlled buy in which Schaeffer allegedly sold methamphetamine. In January of 2020, …
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Neutral
── ANN MARIE JOHNSON, et al. v. MARY CAHILLANE ── Case No.: 21A-EV-02174 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Porter Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur According to Cahillane, on April 15, 2021, the Johnsons entered into an agreement to rent a detached two-story residential home in Chesterton …
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Neutral
── M R v. Review Board ── Case No.: 21A-EX-02373 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur 1 M.R. is seeking unemployment benefits in Indiana related to employment that took place entirely within the State of Florida. M.R. notes in a November 11, 2020, …
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Neutral
── Dax A Bunch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02278 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Owen Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On October 24, 2007, the State charged Bunch with Class D felony domestic battery and Class D felony intimidation. …
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Neutral
── Kenneth Harvey v. Nicole Drake ── Case No.: 21A-DC-01967 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Altice concur Mother and Father were married on September 5, 2013, and K.H. was born on February 17, 2018. Father petitioned for dissolution of his …
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Neutral
── Ronald Rossi, et al. v. Michelle Bartlett, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00027 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 14, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur In June of 2018, the Rossis were interested in purchasing a home in Lake County. After Barbara’s mother, Corinne …
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Neutral
── Jay D Lovins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01566 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 14, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Orange Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In April of 2017, the Orange County Sherriff’s Department received information indicating that Lovins planned to bring methamphetamine into Paoli. Eventually, …
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Neutral
── Ashley Day-Ping v. CHARLES T RAMEY, III ── Case No.: 21A-DR-02353 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Most of the underlying facts of this case were related in our opinion in Day-Ping v. Ramey, 175 N.E.3d 844 (Ind. …
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Neutral
── Kevin D. Leath v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02091 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Clinton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur Leath and Toshawa are married and have children together, including seventeen- year-old J.S. In August of 2019, Toshawa and Leath separated, …
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Neutral
── Carl Lamont Breeding v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01945 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On October 23, 2020, Louann Ross was sitting outside her apartment building on Fort Wayne Avenue in Indianapolis when she saw …
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Neutral
── DEONTE LOVELL SMITH v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02595 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur At around 6:00 p.m. on November 2, 2019, Officer Williams was dispatched to the Wheeler Mission due to a disturbance. Officer …
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Neutral
── Thomas Frank Wagner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 11, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur The underlying facts, as outlined in our prior memorandum decision in this case, are as follows: On May 9, 2020, Officer …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derek Christopher Cerny v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02306 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 11, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Parke Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On the morning of April 2, 2020, Lewellen underwent back surgery in central Indiana, taken to the procedure by McCoy. The …
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Neutral
── Termination: I H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-02636 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur Child was born to Mother on August 13, 2014. On August 29, 2014, Father executed a paternity affidavit establishing his paternity of Child. …
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Neutral
── Dillon Clem v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur In 2011, Clem was convicted of Class C felony child molesting. He was convicted of Class D felony failure to register as …
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Neutral
── Jason Tye Myers v. Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles ── Case No.: 21A-MI-02307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On July 9, 1999, and August 6, 2001, Myers operated a vehicle without ever having received a license.1 On …
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Neutral
── Matthew Haroulakis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02913 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur Haroulakis and A.H. were married and residing together in St. Joseph County in July of 2020. Shortly after noon on July …
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Neutral
── Octavius Morris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02699 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Miami Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On January 5, 2019, Morris was incarcerated at Miami Correctional Facility, which, at some point that day, was on lockdown status. (Appellant’s …
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Neutral
── Dusty Krisher v. Andrew Krisher ── Case No.: 21A-DN-02599 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur Mother and Father were married in October of 2009. L.K., the only child born by Mother during the marriage, was born on July …
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Neutral
── Krisandra Ruggirello v. David Ruggirello ── Case No.: 21A-DC-02711 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 24, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Orange Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On October 17, 2015, Mother and Father were married, and had two children together: A.R. (born December 10, 2016) and C.R. (born October …
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Neutral
── Joshua Edward Ptak v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02386 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 01, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Molter concur On the morning of February 20, 2019, Quinones called Angel Salazar from Portage and asked if he could take her to …
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Neutral
── Keith Allen Morrow v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00134 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On December 6, 2020, Morrow consumed narcotics before driving his vehicle, crashing into four parked vehicles. Indianapolis Metropolitan …
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Neutral
── Alfred Ladell Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02732 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On March 14, 2020, Ernie Leonard was working at Gillman’s Home Center in Bartholomew County and noticed Davis standing by the …
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Neutral
── Mark Edward Cochran v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02434 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On December 9, 2020, several individuals, including Cochran, Wytona Edwards, James Taylor, and Zack Alford, were staying the night in an …
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Neutral
── Romeo Minga v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02177 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 15, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On the evening of October 31, 2020, Fort Wayne Police Officers Stephanie Souther and Dexter Fillers were on patrol when a silver …
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Neutral
── Kayla Stout v. Patric Lee Stout ── Case No.: 21A-DR-02929 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur Parents were previously married and are the parents of the Children. Parents’ marriage was dissolved by order of the trial court on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremiah Dean Grimes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00061 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur In the early morning of May 3, 2021, Grimes was riding around with Corey Kirts in Kirts’s vehicle. Grimes and Kirts …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jarell J Brewer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02822 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On June 21, 2021, the State charged Brewer with two counts of Level 6 felony invasion of privacy.1 The following colloquy …
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Neutral
── John J Bortka v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01594 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur At all times relevant to the instant matter, J.H. and Bortka were incarcerated in the Washington County Jail. At times, Bortka …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Xavier Heckstall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-00119 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur Our memorandum decision in Heckstall’s direct appeal, which was handed down on March 15, 2018, instructs us on the underlying facts and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: BROOKE PACE v. CAMERON RICHARDSON ── Case No.: 22A-JP-00482 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Grant Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur Mother and Father became involved in a romantic relationship prior to Child’s birth. Child was born on May 29, 2019. On the …
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Neutral
── Commitment of T R ── Case No.: 22A-MH-00046 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 12, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur T.R. has been diagnosed schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, and cannabis use disorder. T.R. began a regular commitment in 2008, and started working with Dr. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Erie Insurance Exchange v. Olivia Craighead ── Case No.: 21A-CT-02871 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 12, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur In May of 2018, Craighead was covered by an automobile insurance policy (“the Policy”) with Erie that provided UIM coverage with a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lake County Board of Commissioners v. Lake County Council ── Case No.: 21A-MI-01805 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 12, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On October 13, 2020, the Council adopted Ordinance No. 1451B, establishing itself as the purchasing agency of Lake County. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nichole Hunter v. Grandview Community Association, INC ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00595 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur Grandview is an Indiana not-for-profit corporation whose primary purpose is to manage the Neighborhood in Mooresville. The Neighborhood is governed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D P, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-00381 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur The Children are twins, born to Mother on June 14, 2017. DCS became involved with the family …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Steven Houchin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00272 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur On October 9, 2020, officers with the Evansville Police Department initiated a traffic stop after observing a vehicle “fail to stop …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── WILLIAM SCOTT MILES v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00078 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur When she was between the seventh and eighth grades, K.M. lived with Mother and Miles in a house on Granner Circle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── KENTON MATTHEW HALL v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00282 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 02, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Najam concur As of March of 2020, Maree had four children: A.N.-1, an 11-year-old daughter; A.N.-2, a 9-year-old son; E.N., an 8-year-old daughter; …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Elifritz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00543 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 10, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Najam concur On November 28, 2017, a Columbus police officer initiated a traffic stop after he observed Elifritz driving a pick-up truck with a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── TYLER J DENNEY v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00526 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 10, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur Sometime on May 23, 2020, Denney played eighteen holes of golf with his friends. Denney drank approximately four or five …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J P v. J A ── Case No.: 22A-AD-00425 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 10, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam concurs. Judge Bailey concurs in result At all times relevant to this appeal, Mother and Biological Father were engaged in an on-again, off-again romantic relationship. O.M.K., born March 19, 2013, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Hipolito Ramirez Martinez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02797 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 10, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Molter concur K.R. was born in approximately November of 2007. Martinez and K.R.’s mother married in late 2015, when K.R. was approximately eight …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Daniel Paxson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00689 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Crone concur In November of 2015, Paxson was convicted in Illinois of aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony. On January 21, 2021, Paxson …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── C T v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-00609 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On September 3, 2019, C.T. was placed on formal probation supervision after admitting to committing what would be Class A misdemeanor domestic battery and two counts …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MICHAEL N. JACOBS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00653 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur Jacobs started dating Amy, L.H.’s mother, while she was pregnant with L.H. Jacobs is not L.H.’s biological father. Jacobs and Amy …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Henry Lee Savage v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02510 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur On March 30, 2020, Savage was involved in a domestic altercation during which he pointed a gun at his then-girlfriend, K.L.G., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-01054 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Clark Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Mother is the biological mother of the Children.1 Ts.J. was born on April 15, 2005, and Tn.J. was born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chris McMullin v. Dorthy Nicole McMullin ── Case No.: 22A-DC-00392 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Warrick Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Parents are the parents of two minor children, T.M. and A.M. (collectively, “the Children”). Their marriage was dissolved by way of a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tommy Townsend v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-02285 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Pyle concur Our decision in Townsend’s direct appeal, handed down on November 5, 2015, establishes the facts and procedural history leading to his post-conviction …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Warren E Parks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01129 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Union Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Our decision in Parks’s first appeal instructs us as to the underlying facts leading to this appeal: In August 2006, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Calvin R. Quertermous v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00764 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 09, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Tavitas concur On July 24, 2021, Posey County Sheriff’s Deputy Bryan Hicks and Detective Kyle Reidford were driving in Posey County when they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paul Svindland, et al. v. TA Dispatch LLC ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00774 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In April of 2019, TA Dispatch entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) under the terms …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Shawn Dyer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01046 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Pyle concur On November 29, 2020, officers with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department received information that Dyer was in his father’s home in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of M L ── Case No.: 22A-MH-00778 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur M.L. has a history of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusions, aggression, and he has resisted medication and treatment. Since 2016, he has been involuntarily committed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Pedro Albizu Diaz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00558 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On July 21, 2021, I.F. left her apartment door “a little cracked” while she went across the hall to visit with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Karl W Morgan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02864 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Adams Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur Between May 9, 2014 and November 19, 2015, Morgan engaged in numerous sex acts with S.M., who was between the ages …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gerardo Ruiz-Aviles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00855 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 21, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Pyle concur In June of 2018, Ruiz-Aviles and Serrano were friends and co-workers. RuizAviles was also friends with Maya-Sandoval, who was involved in the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy Pauley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01039 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On December 11, 2019, Pauley was observed to have committed a traffic infraction and was stopped by police. At the time, he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Crystal R. McClintic v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00776 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur In 2006, McClintic was convicted of Class B felony dealing in cocaine. On February 27, 2018, McClintic “knowingly or intentionally deliver[ed] …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── NIPSCO Industrial Group, et al. v. Northern Indiana Public Service Company, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-EX-00187 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Pyle concur On June 1, 2021, NIPSCO petitioned the Commission for approval of its TDSIC Plan for the period from June …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LARRY PROUSE, III v. Miranda Prouse ── Case No.: 22A-DR-00697 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur During Father and Mother’s marriage, they had Child together. In January of 2015, Mother petitioned for dissolution of her marriage …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Toby Wayne Lowry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00346 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vermillion County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Brown concur In April 2017, Lowry pleaded guilty to Level 2 felony dealing in methamphetamine, Level 4 felony possession …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LARNELLE BOCOT v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00687 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur Bocot and A.A. began living together in Indianapolis in March of 2020 and had a sexual relationship “sometimes.” Tr. Vol. II p. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew K. Cantrell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00488 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On May 6, 2021, A.G. and Cantrell began to argue. In an effort to avoid a fight, A.G. completed small tasks …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-00928 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 19, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Case Summary C.W. (“Mother”) is the biological mother of A.S., B.S., C.S., and D.T. (collectively, “the Children”). The Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rolph Sterson Souffant v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01219 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 25, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On December 28, 2021, Lafayette Police Sergeant Daubenmier1 and Officer Daniel Anthrop observed Souffant walking along …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Ellison v. Trudi Ellison ── Case No.: 22A-DR-00858 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 25, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2007, Husband and Wife dissolved their marriage. The trial court rendered a $32,500.00 judgment in favor of Wife in its decree of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Michael Lacy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01087 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On May 21, 2019, for acts committed against Giselbach, Lacy pled guilty to Level 5 felony domestic battery resulting in serious …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lawerance Knighten v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00454 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur Knighten is T.B.’s uncle and lived with his mother, Arlene Brandon, T.B.’s paternal grandmother, in Indianapolis. On January 18, 2018, when T.B. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Reva Capalla, et al. v. Wilbert Best, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00657 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Harrison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Najam concur I. The Parties The Capallas owned businesses relating to the sale and distribution of alcohol, with Reva claiming ownership …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D M v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-00428 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 02, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On May 27, 2021, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Jon King was patrolling a known high-crime area in his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jimmy Joe Tomlin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01586 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Fayette Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On November 7, 2018, the State charged Tomlin with Level 5 felony dealing in methamphetamine and Level 6 felony maintaining a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn L. Beasley v. Harrison County Board of Commissioners ── Case No.: 22A-CP-00673 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Harrison Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Pyle and Judge Altice concur Beasley owns real property located at 6172 Old Lanesville Road NE, in Georgetown, Harrison County, Indiana. The Board is …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stevi Sepulveda v. Jose Sepulveda ── Case No.: 22A-DC-01415 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur [2] Parents were married on June 7, 2011. They are the parents of A.S., born October 2, 2013, and Z.S., born May 21, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Scottsdale Insurance Company, et al. v. Harsco Corporation ── Case No.: 21A-PL-02483 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge May concur In the Spring of 2007, Harsco and PPL entered into the PPL Contract to install and maintain …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Stabosz v. Shaw Friedman ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00541 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In the early morning hours of January 6, 2021,1 Stabosz sent an email to LaPorte County Commissioners Joseph Haney, Sheila Matias, and Richard …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sophia Danley Edwards, et al. v. City of Carmel, Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00520 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2017, S.E. attended a summer camp organized and administered by the Parks Department. Registration and payment for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C Q v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01353 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Father is the biological father of the Children, Com.Q born in 2014, and M.Q. born in 2016.1 On October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bobby N. Truitt, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01274 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On September 26, 2020, Lovins bonded Truitt out of the Johnson County Jail and returned with him to her Bartholomew …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nickalas James Kedrowitz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00457 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Altice concur In the spring of 2017, Kedrowitz was thirteen years old and lived in Ripley County with Christina McCartney (his mother), Stephen …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Adam M Selbee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01642 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Beginning in July of 2016, Selbee, using combustibles or ignitable liquid, set five structure fires and three “hay bale fires.” Ex. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald E Davidhizar v. City of Goshen, Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01006 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Goshen Building Inspector Travis Eash conducted an inspection of the Property, owned by Davidhizar, on November 18, 2020. On December …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── In the Matter of KG ── Case No.: 22A-MI-00502 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Orange Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bailey and Judge Pyle concur Child was born on June 24, 2009. Mother is the Child’s mother. Child informed Mother that Child identified …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Austin James Frawley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00004 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Pyle concur In October of 2017, Frawley and Breese began dating. By October of 2019, their relationship had become strained with Frawley suspecting …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Board of Commissioners of Delaware County, Indiana v. AR Engineering, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-MI-01533 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Blackford Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Our decision in a prior appeal in this case instructs as to the underlying facts: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D T v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01545 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Pyle concur Child was born to Mother on June 19, 2019. On December 2, 2019, DCS received a report stating that Child and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Tracy Robinson v. Ralph Robinson, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-ES-00854 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Daniel died on September 17, 2017. A dispute subsequently arose between his children regarding the execution of his estate …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01190 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Pike Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Altice concur 1 Father does not participate in this appeal. [2] Child was born to Mother on April 21, 2020. Both …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JONATHAN G. HERNANDEZ v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00950 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Foley concur During the late evening of March 9, 2021, Hernandez drove his mother’s car to the Ashley Court neighborhood of Goshen. Hernandez …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin L Girdler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00546 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur In June of 2018, Moore and Dennis were living together as a couple in a mobile home in Switzerland County, Indiana. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles A. Harrison v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01246 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Pyle concur In July of 2020, the State charged Harrison with Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class A misdemeanor possession of a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── George L Wallace v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01511 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In 2007, Wallace pled guilty to class C felony auto theft, class D felony resisting law enforcement, and class D felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Michael Weaver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01209 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur J.W., born in 2004, is the biological daughter of Weaver. When she was seven years old, J.W. lived with Weaver in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LEVI ANTWAIN LORD v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01755 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Pyle concur In 2020, then-forty-seven-year-old Lord and his ex-wife, T.H., lived with T.H.’s eight children, including then-twelve-year-old S.H. Starting when S.H. was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A A v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01331 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Clinton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur On January 27, 2021, under cause number 12C01-2101-JD-29 (“Cause No. JD29”), the State alleged that A.A. was a delinquent child for having …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chad Aaron Farmer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01048 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Donald Berry allowed Farmer and Corn to live with him in his Richmond apartment. Berry’s girlfriend, Miranda Smith, and her six-year-old …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Pekin Insurance Company , et al. v. Grove U.S. L.L.C. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-02208 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Warrick Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Pyle concur On September 3, 2019, Appellants filed a complaint alleging negligence, strictproducts-liability, and breach-of-warranty claims against Custom Truck and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John S Wagner, et al. v. United Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01419 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Carroll Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Tavitas concur The Wagners own the House on Lake Freeman. Farm Bureau insures the House with the Policy. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Brian Nail v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01674 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On August 16, 2020, Nail encountered Burk Jones, whom he had observed for a number of months and did not like. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jose Antonio Gutierrez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01513 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur [3] Our memorandum decision in Gutierrez’s direct appeal, which was handed down on October 21, 2016, instructs us to the underlying …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K T, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01568 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 19, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Tavitas concur Child, born on July 1, 2011, is the biological child of Mother and Father, who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D B v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02230 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Mother has a history of serious mental-health issues requiring placements in residential treatment facilities, including a placement …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JAMES OLAOYE v. GALAXY INTERNATIONAL PURCHASING, LLC ── Case No.: 22A-CC-01905 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur WebBank issued a loan in the amount of $40,000.00 to Olaoye on September 19, 2017. Pursuant to the terms …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles R. Knight, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01361 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Brown Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On October 15, 2021, Knight used a hammer to break into The Chocolate Moose, an ice cream shop in Nashville …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Hugh Scott, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01025 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On March 22, 2018, Ward had a root canal performed on one of her front teeth by Dr. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christ Fenderson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02242 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On July 1, 2021, Fenderson went to Angel Beauty Extension Wigs and More store in Gary and forcefully took $500.00 from Samir …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alexander Brian Porter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02072 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Between November of 2020 and January of 2021, then-twenty-one-year-old Porter engaged in sexual conduct with then-thirteen-year-old A.M. Some of this conduct …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon L. Beeman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01999 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur In 2013, the State charged Beeman with operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator for life as a Class C …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ebonie Nashae Craig v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01764 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On August 30, 2019, Craig went to the School to discuss safety concerns she had about one of her daughters. Craig …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── TORRECE TAHITA MILTON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01514 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur [3] Starting in 2014, Angel engaged in a romantic relationship with Shawn, the father of her three children. While Angel was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: P F v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02099 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Blackford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Child was born to Mother on October 17, 2018. Although Mother’s thenhusband was initially presumed to be Child’s father, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Larry Dee Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01490 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Kenworthy concur On the night of August 17, 2019, Officer Wolf was watching for traffic violations when he used radar and detected a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Miranda's Auto Body Tire Shop v. Lee Hayes ── Case No.: 22A-SC-01896 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Lee Hayes filed a small claims action against the Shop on June 10, 2022, alleging that the Shop had failed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brody Alan Gilmore v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01273 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On the night of June 21, 2021, Gilmore, Ryker, Shelton, and Kyle Shuck drank alcohol at a couple of Lafayette bars, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Perry Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-02213 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur The underlying facts, as originally set forth in Jones’s direct appeal, are as follows: On August 24, 1993, Kokomo police officers Deric …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JOSEPH C ROSS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01886 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On August 3, 2021, Officer Dellarosa was patrolling near Beech Grove High School. While there, he observed a vehicle strike a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Larry Randolph v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-02410 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur [3] Our decision in Randolph’s direct appeal sets forth the underlying facts relating to his convictions: In 2003, Randolph began dating J.E.’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christy Kenworthy v. Lyons Ins & Real Estate Inc , et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CC-01375 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wayne Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Foley concur [2] In 2014, Lyons sued Kenworthy, claiming that Kenworthy had withheld WCIS distributions and that she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Pedro H Rivera v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02519 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Dubois Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On March 19, 2021, Rivera and Ramirez-Garcia were working as upholsters at Best Chairs in Ferdinand. The two were conversing in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David C Singleton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01155 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Kenworthy concur On October 6, 2020, the State charged Singleton with Level 3 felony burglary and Level 6 felony domestic battery. In January …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevoszia J. Winston v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01455 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On the morning of January 9, 2020, Winston visited Ross, Rhodes, and Barton at their Muncie apartment to buy marijuana. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T R v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-02309 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Washington Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur T.R. was born on December 18, 2006. At all times relevant to this appeal, T.R.’s grandparents were his legal guardians. On October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Garner v. Katrina Garner ── Case No.: 22A-DC-02450 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 10, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Child was born to Parents on November 24, 2007. Parents were divorced on March 15, 2021. Following Parents’ divorce, Mother was awarded physical …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Lee Beavers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02770 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On February 3, 2020, Beavers, “in a public place or place of public resort,” knowingly or intentionally fondled his genitals and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Evansville Automotive, LLC v. Penelope Rose Fritchley b/n/f Samantha Labno-Fritchley, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01601 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On February 11, 2018, sadly, John was in the process of removing the top …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Superior Oil Company, Inc v. Evansville Automotive, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01595 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Superior manufactures a product called S-1693, which is a mixture of eight percent isopropanol and ninety-two …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard A. Wetmore v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00036 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On May 24, 2020, Wetmore severely beat Jimmy Simpson in Cass County, resulting in extensive subcutaneous emphysema, a shattered …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J B v. K S ── Case No.: 22A-AD-02722 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur The Children are twins who were born to Mother and Father (collectively, “Parents”) on January 2, 2014. Parents, who were never married, “ended …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew Lee Thomas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02086 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias concurs. Judge May dissents On January 16, 2019, Thomas was driving in Evansville when he was stopped for failing to signal a turn. Thomas exited …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Moses Hardin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02620 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On July 6, 2022, Evansville Police Officers Matthew Tevault and Stephan Welcher were dispatched to ABK, a probation-services company. Upon arriving at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Thomas Bookwalter v. Indiana Election Commission, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01981 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On January 6, 2022, Bookwalter submitted to the Indiana Election Division form CAN-2, declaration of candidacy for primary nomination …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lacy Elizabeth Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02721 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On January 18, 2022, Baker pled guilty to Level 6 felony obtaining a controlled substance through fraud or …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryan Gibbs v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02673 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Gibbs and Stoebick were married from 2015 until 2021. Their relationship was contentious throughout their marriage, with Stoebick leaving “just after Thanksgiving, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Leon Doughty v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01971 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: LaGrange Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur D.G. was born in August of 2004. D.G.’s biological father left Mother, D.G., and her siblings when they were young, which …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of L D ── Case No.: 22A-MH-02887 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On October 26, 2022, the Medical Center applied for an emergency detention of L.D. following reports that she was approaching others “with a machete …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John D Amos v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02187 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Edward Trammell lives in a home on Broadway Street (“the Broadway House”) with his grandson, Javion. The Broadway …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Walter Thomas Orndorff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02696 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On June 2, 2021, eleven-year-old L.C. went to retrieve her brother’s baseball hat out of her father’s truck, which was parked …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DeJon James v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02892 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 04, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On October 17, 2021, James, Da’Rayla Owens, and La’Quishiana Johnson were “playing with” firearms in James’s and Owens’s home when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J C v. D C ── Case No.: 22A-PO-02637 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 04, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Knox Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On July 21, 2021, Wife filed petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage to Husband in cause number 42C01-2107-DC-000132. On January 18, 2022, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02558 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 11, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Father is the father of the Children.1 A.M.J. was born on March 24, 2010, and A.L.J. was born on June 20, 2012. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Freida A Starks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02190 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 11, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur 1 We held oral argument in this case on April 11, 2023, at Wabash College. We commend counsel …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Porfirio Marin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-03006 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Marin was born in Mexico on September 15, 1984. Marin has resided in the United States since he was four years old …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Ryan Wiedenhaupt v. Desiree Perry ── Case No.: 22A-JP-02655 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Child was born on June 14, 2016. Father was present for Child’s birth; however, unsure that he was Child’s biological father, he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David E Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02693 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Between 2014 and 2018, when Jackson was over thirty years old, he repeatedly and “on numerous occasions” molested …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Pavel Nery-Gonzalez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01876 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 19, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On August 16, 2019, Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy T.J. Brown responded to a dispatch reporting a tractor-trailer stopped in the right lane …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gordon McIntosh v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00305 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 22, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On June 27, 2022, McIntosh became angry with his partner, Patricia Hauser, regarding a motorcycle title and strangled her. According to the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christine Cosme, et al. v. Debora A Warfield, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01897 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 22, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge May and Judge Mathias concur The Cosmes have petitioned for rehearing, again arguing that judgment on the evidence was inappropriate and noting a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew Underhill v. Kimberly Underhill ── Case No.: 22A-MI-03058 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Daviess Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur [2] In 2002, Paul passed away, leaving behind, inter alia, the Property. Paul’s four children, Matt, Joe, Nicole, and Nick, each …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Emad Samir Rezk Ayad v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02669 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On May 7, 2020, eighteen-year-old A.G. lived with her parents in Carmel. After A.G.’s parents went to sleep, A.G. snuck …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Demareyon Robinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02593 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur During the early afternoon hours of October 29, 2020, Malone and his girlfriend, Sierra Thompson, were sitting in the living room of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indiana Board of Pharmacy, et al. v. Paul J Elmer ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01811 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur [1] On January 2, 2020, after the Indiana Board of Pharmacy (“the Board”) revoked Paul Elmer’s expired pharmacist’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William D. Titus v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00387 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur In the Summer of 2022, Titus and Luse lived together. As Titus slept during the early morning hours of July 27, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David A Anzelmo v. Elizabeth M. Warren ── Case No.: 23A-DR-00225 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Father were previously married and are the parents of two children, born in 2001 and 2006. On October 1, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Ann Bricker v. Dennis L. Bricker ── Case No.: 23A-ES-00003 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 23, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur During their marriage, Gene and Ann had three children, including Dennis. On December 3, 2019, Gene executed the POD Designation …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chase E Adams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02859 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On October 3, 2020, Adams lived at 2308 South Hackley Street in Muncie, and Dines, Alicia Atkinson, Katie Morrison, and Morrison …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Z C v. Review Board ── Case No.: 23A-EX-00377 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 13, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur During 2020 and 2021, Z.C. intermittently taught online courses for multiple universities. Z.C. taught courses for eight or fifteen weeks and was paid for each course. Beginning …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J E v. T E, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-00191 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 13, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur Father and Mother are the biological parents of J.J.E., born January 14, 2009, and M.E., born February 3, 2010. T.E. is …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Randy Pitts v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01815 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 13, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur In March of 2017, Pitts pled guilty under Cause Number 49G05-1508-F1-28283 to three counts of Level 1 felony rape, one count of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00128 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann concurs. Judge Riley dissents During the summer of 2018, then-eight-year-old L.B. lived in Folsomville with her mother (“Mother”), siblings, and Smith, who had been Mother’s boyfriend …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin M Alexander v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01621 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur Over the course of eleven days from December 31, 2012, to January 11, 2013, Alexander committed a series of crimes. Our …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Alexander v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01612 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur Over the course of eleven days from December 31, 2012, to January 11, 2013, Alexander committed a series of crimes. Our prior …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kurt James Kemp v. Mark Sevier ── Case No.: 22A-MI-02527 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Kenworthy concur Kemp is currently incarcerated in the DOC after having been convicted of child exploitation, possession of child pornography, and voyeurism. While serving …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Judy Caroline Moore v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03027 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 26, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Jasper Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur In early 2015, Moore and Alliss both lived in the Serenity Terrace apartment complex in Rensselaer. Desiree Wanda and her mother, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vannin Healthcare Global LTD v. Illumination International LLC ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00096 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On November 3, 2020, Illumination, represented by its CEO and President I Yang Li, entered into a contract (“the Agreement”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristin Varnhagen v. David Varnhagen ── Case No.: 22A-DC-03057 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 10, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur K.V. was born to Mother and Father in 2009 while they were married. K.V. has been diagnosed with an emotional disability exhibited by …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── AIDAN C. BURKINS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01867 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Kenworthy concur Burkins met Campion and Clark at work, and they would often spend time with one another outside of work, which continued …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gregory Brown, et al. v. Timothy S. Schafer, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00012 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 17, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur In a decision from a prior appeal, we set out the facts relating to the underlying …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey L Foster, et al. v. First Merchants Bank, N.A. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00473 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Benton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur In a related underlying action, the Bank sought to enforce a promissory note against Treslong Dairy, LLC (“Treslong …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Roger Oswaldo Mendez-Vasquez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00226 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley concurs. Judge Weissmann dissents On February 24, 2022, Officer Ryder was following a black truck driven by Mendez-Vasquez westbound on 96th Street in Hamilton County …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kyle D. Budimir v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00017 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: White Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On July 18, 2021, Marshal Young was on patrol when he spotted a vehicle being driven by Bianca Roberts, whose license …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: B T, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-03051 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Boone Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur Parents are the adoptive parents of A.T., who was born on June …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Axia Holdings LLC, et al. v. Arieona Bell, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00730 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur I. History of the Property George and Elizabeth Babbitt (collectively, “the Babbitts”) are the former owners of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Dewayne Gage v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00477 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur In March of 2019, Gage was involved in a domestic incident with his wife, which resulted in a neighbor calling 911. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark S Lea v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00078 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On April 28, 2022, Officer Shane Zakhi was working as a confinement officer through the Allen County Sheriff’s Department and conducting …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald E. Hicks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02941 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On the evening of June 29, 2020, M.M. and her friend S.D. went to a bonfire in Middlebury. Before the pair …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tianna Monique Holmes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00137 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur By November of 2020, Holmes had been living with Keaton for a couple of months. On the evening of November 8, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eldridge Fisher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00847 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur In 2013, a jury found Fisher guilty of Class B felony cocaine dealing and, on August 19, 2013, the trial court sentenced …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Craig Allen Modesitt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On August 28, 2021, police officers responded to a report of shots fired near the area of Stair Road and County …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T J v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-00600 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Gibson Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur T.J. was born on September 18, 2007. On January 9, 2023, officers with the Princeton Police Department were dispatched to the home …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ajay Kumar v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02848 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On May 1, 2021, Kumar walked up to a group of young girls who had come to Indianapolis for a volleyball tournament. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Jordan A. Taylor v. Kyle C Hopper ── Case No.: 23A-JP-00781 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Miami Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur In June of 2016, J.H. was born to Mother and Father. At one point, Mother and Father had had joint …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chloe Rouse v. Zuluscape LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-SC-00503 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 21, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Case Summary Following apparent eviction proceedings, Chloe Rouse filed suit against Zuluscape LLC (“Zuluscape”) in the Perry Township small-claims court. On February 8, 2023, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Miguel Enrique Delfin Cruz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00521 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 22, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On August 5, 2020, Cruz and his girlfriend had had a dispute and had broken …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Drew Shepherd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00234 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur During October of 2018, Shepherd sold methamphetamine on two occasions to a CI. On October 26, 2018, the State charged Shepherd with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joe Alcozar, et al. v. Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center of Northern Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00909 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur FILED Sep 28 2023, 8:45 am CLERK Indiana Supreme Court …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Danate Lowe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00504 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On the afternoon of April 12, 2021, sixteen-year-old Rivera; his brother; his girlfriend, Yesenia Navarro; and Hardin were with Rivera’s dogs …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brione Donta Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02524 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur At approximately 2:40 a.m. on March 1, 2022, Carmel Police Officer Thomas Szybowski was patrolling the parking lot of the Extended …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R W v. T Y ── Case No.: 23A-PO-01201 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur R.W. and T.Y. are next-door neighbors in Bloomington. On March 23, 2023, T.Y. petitioned for a permanent order for protection against R.W., alleging …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason R Doolittle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00524 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Doolittle is the biological father of A.D., who turned twelve in June of 2021. During the summer of 2021, A.D. lived …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamar Gaddis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00796 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Gaddis and A.P. began living together around 2008. At some point, they started “[c]asually dating” each other, which involved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── London Witte Group, LLC v. City of Marion ── Case No.: 22A-MI-02060 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Grant Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur 1 As is stated above, this matter has previously come before both this Court and the Indiana Supreme Court. Our …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan Lee Washington v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00872 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 11, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On August 13, 2020, officers with the Lafayette Police Department observed Washington driving a vehicle with an expired plate. Officers also …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin L Martin v. T Wellington, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00830 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Martin is currently incarcerated in the Department of Correction (“DOC”) after having been found guilty of murder, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Juwan Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00093 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Brown Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On August 4, 2016, officers with the Edinburgh Police Department were dispatched to the Edinburgh Outlet Mall regarding a theft in progress …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B W v. A C, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-01181 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 20, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Mother and Father are the biological parents of Child, who was born in July of 2017 and has resided with Grandparents in Lake County since …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashlyn E. Cox v. Anonymous Physician A, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-00534 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wayne Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann concurs. Judge Riley dissents [2] On March 27, 2019, Cox filed a complaint for damages under the MMA. On May 2, 2019, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: J.C. Cheshire v. Jessica Himebaugh ── Case No.: 23A-JP-01256 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Harrison Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Child was born to Mother on December 6, 2016. Mother has lived in the same home in West Baden Springs since Child’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mecca K. Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00897 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On October 15, 2022, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Ryan Lundy received a report that multiple juveniles or teenagers were flashing or …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── City of Carmel v. Barham Investments, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02399 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur In December of 2017, Carmel exercised its eminent-domain power to construct the Project. In doing so, Carmel …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ricardo Sandoval, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00643 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur 1 Of the remaining counts, the State dismissed one count, the trial court granted Sandoval’s request for a directed verdict on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennie Wheat v. Phillip D Morgan, Jr. ── Case No.: 23A-DR-00195 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur After Mother and Father’s marriage dissolution in 2015, they co-parented the Children “relatively peacefully” in accordance …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Angela Dawson, et al. v. Rita Delliquadri, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01119 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 27, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Forty Acre is an agricultural cooperative located in Minnesota, and Dawson is its president, director, and registered agent. Between …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald Brown v. Jassica Brown ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00887 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur The parties married on April 29, 2013, and are the parents of one child. During the course of the parties’ marriage, Wife worked …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Seth Perry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00544 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Prior to May of 2013, Perry and Jessica Tice had been involved in a volatile relationship and shared a son. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cheryl L. Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01531 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur In early March of 2022, Tyler White reported to law enforcement that, for the past several months, he had observed, in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert L. Thurman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01020 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On July 17, 2018, Officer Stewart conducted a traffic stop of a van after the driver had failed to signal a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jhanika R. Nance v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01354 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On November 4, 2020, Nance “was placed on Madison County Work Release under cause number 48C01-1810-F6-2718 for the original charge of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Deamonta Lavaughn McIntyre v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01443 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On December 8, 2022, McIntyre conspired with Jaylin Stovall to rob Christian Arciniega during a drug deal. McIntyre arranged to purchase …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Larry Hicks, et al. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01263 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur In July of 2020, after a vehicular accident, the Hickses sued American Family and its …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Hutchens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00918 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On March 12, 2021, six-year-old G.R. and a friend went to a playground in her apartment complex and played with Hutchens, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Maria Del Carmen Casimiro v. Guillermo F Romero ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00193 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik concurs. Judge Brown dissents [2] In January of 2016, Maria and Guillermo were married. They had had two children together prior to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T D, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01338 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Child was born to Parents on May 23, 2021. DCS became involved with the family on October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael A Wilson v. Lippert Components Inc. ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01788 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur In a dispute, the dimensions of which are not entirely clear from the record on appeal but appears to involve claims …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Lloyd Huss v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00709 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur On August 4, 2022, Marshal Bullock received a tip from a confidential informant that Huss had been using and selling illegal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn Tyler Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01793 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur In December of 2022, Miller had a domestic dispute with his girlfriend, after which the State charged him with two counts …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cordero L Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01734 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur At approximately 1:14 a.m. on September 25, 2022, four persons were shot outside the Serenity Lounge in Hammond, Indiana. Surveillance footage …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Parimala Kumaresan v. Arul Antony George ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01304 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 04, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Parents were married in May of 2012, and A.A., born in November of 2014, and S.A., born in August of 2020 (collectively, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── The Monroe v. Lillie Watson, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01294 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 04, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik concurs. Judge Brown concurs in result Watson and Dotson moved into the apartment complex in November of 2021. They moved out of the apartment complex …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── F G v. D K, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-01902 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Child was born to Father and T.T. (“Mother”) on January 20, 2021. Appellees have cared for Child “essentially since birth” due to Mother’s and Father’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Christian Cotto v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00252 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur We have previously affirmed Nelson’s conviction and our decision in that case relates the relevant facts as follows: Nelson met [Cotto], …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Joseph Hopkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01506 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 19, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Around 4:00 a.m. on October 12, 2021, in Marshall County, a man, later identified to be Hopkins, appeared to be unresponsive …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edgerock Development, LLC, et al. v. C. H. Garmong & Son Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01968 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 19, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur Case Summary EdgeRock Development LLC (“EdgeRock”) contracted with C.H. Garmong & …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edward Tyrone Nance, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01680 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In January of 2022, members of the Evansville drug-task force received multiple tips indicating that Glynn Petticord had been seen …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kenyonn Sincere v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01172 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Weissmann concur At all times relevant to this appeal, Cassandra Miller owned the Shop. On August 31, 2021, Miller and Ashley Wagner were working …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kayla E. Hart v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02031 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On April 18, 2022, Tina Schofner was at her apartment in Portland with her daughter Teresa Collins, Collins’s six- or seven-year-old …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Billy R Miles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01838 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Putnam Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On October 17, 2022, Miles was on vacation in Alabama with his family, including his two sixteen-year-old grandchildren, M.B.1 and M.B.2. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Billy Weathers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00856 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Kenworthy concur On April 9, 2021, IMPD received an anonymous tip that Weathers, who was asserted to live at 4209 North Lasalle Street and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas DeCola v. Matt H. & Anne L. Sheafer ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02071 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Jasper Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On October 4, 2017, DeCola purchased tax sale certificates for the Parcels which had been owned by U.S. Railroad …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Ray Hall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02175 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 05, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On December 18, 2022, Huntington Patrol Officer Jordan Corral was on patrol when he observed a black or dark-colored Cadillac Escalade …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Paul Allen v. Hammond Hohman LLC ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01936 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 05, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur In 2010, Allen began renting office space from Hohman pursuant to the Lease, which provided, in part, as follows: “Should the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amanda Percifield, et al. v. Morgan County Plan Commission ── Case No.: 23A-MI-02039 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur The Percifields live in rural Morgan County, and their next-door neighbors are the Harrises, with whom they have …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Brent Gregory v. Tatsiana Gregory ── Case No.: 23A-JP-01801 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In 2015, Father and Mother, a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, met in Indianapolis while Mother was on a work-exchange program. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin M. Schoeff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01262 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 08, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Melissa Frye and Schoeff were married in 2001 and have two children together, Lo.S. and La.S. Schoeff began molesting Lo.S. when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Timothy Rector v. Kathy Lynch, PR of the Estate of Loretta ── Case No.: 23A-ES-02168 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Jasper Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur [2] Loretta had eight children: Debra Smith, Ronald Rector, Michael Rector, Kathy Lynch, Timothy Rector, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M W, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01933 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In October of 2020, DCS became involved with the Children after it had received a report that Mother and the Children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lakesha Mitchell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01449 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In March of 2022, Mitchell was living at her mother’s apartment in Indianapolis while serving a sentence in community corrections. As a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trent R Anderson v. Jennifer Anderson ── Case No.: 23A-DR-02324 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Parents were married on October 29, 2004, and their divorce was finalized on July 12, 2011. Two minor children, R.A. and A.A., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Stewart Simons v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02379 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Ohio Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On January 5, 2023, Simons took two packages from the porch of a home in Rising Sun. Eight days later, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel E Payne v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02350 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In November 2020, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department began investigating a series of thefts of catalytic converters from commercial vehicles. When …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Joseph Martin, Sr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02115 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On April 18, 2021, Lindsey Holderfield drove to a friend’s house. While Holderfield’s friend was not there, Martin, Holderfield’s ex-boyfriend, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C S v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01723 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In September of 2021, DCS petitioned the juvenile court to find the Children to be CHINS based …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Barry Neary v. Kathy Ann Neary ── Case No.: 23A-DN-02801 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 01, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Husband and Wife were married in 2009, and Husband petitioned for dissolution of the marriage in 2023. The only contested issues in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derrick Darnell Green v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02331 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 01, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In July of 2019, the State charged Green with Level 3 felony aggravated battery, Level 5 felony domestic battery resulting in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Adam T. Beaty v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02069 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 01, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On December 15, 2021, Store manager Jeffrey Brinson was notified by an employee of a potential theft. Brinson reviewed surveillance footage …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harold Gene France v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02019 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 01, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur W.W. was born in December of 2001 and, in October of 2017, lived in East Chicago. On the evening of October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Austin D Doremus v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01791 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 04, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On December 5, 2022, then-sixteen-year-old Doremus took his then-six-yearold nephew into a room, pulled down his nephew’s pants, inserted his penis …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Billy Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-MI-02363 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 08, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On March 3, 2022, police arrested Williams and seized a Jeep and $10,848.00. The State alleged that the currency had been furnished, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T M, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02485 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Cass Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Child was born to Parents on September 29, 2020. On July 10, 2022, DCS received a report …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William R Bogner v. Rebecca S Bogner ── Case No.: 23A-DN-02419 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Fulton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In 2012, Husband and Wife were married. During the marriage, Husband’s mother transferred the Remainder Interest in 136 acres of farmland …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bie Ma Dau v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02435 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On December 6, 2022, Dau, while intoxicated, was involved in an accident which resulted in serious bodily injury to Amy Wilson. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LeDarien Devontae Deshon Gregory v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02294 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur According to the parties’ stipulated factual basis, on August 11, 2021, Gregory went to Bosco Family Motors in Hobart and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Faith Elise Jones v. Deven Alan Strader ── Case No.: 23A-JP-02145 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Child was born to the unmarried Mother and Father on May 6, 2021, and, for a while, Mother was Child’s legal custodian and primary …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Dillon Gunter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02104 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Gunter pled guilty to Level 6 felony invasion of privacy and, on September 15, 2022, the trial court sentenced him to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Allen Ball v. John Plasse, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01366 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 01, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In March of 2022, Ball allegedly suffered a head wound when another inmate at the Jail fell on him. Ball …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Rumsey v. Kayla Ellenwood ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02395 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On August 25, 2021, Mother gave birth to Child, whose father is Father. Mother and Father were married on May 1, 2022, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sylvester Ford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00697 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Prior to 2020, Ford had lived with and been adopted by Martha. In early 2020, Ford had been removed from Martha’s home …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 16, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Perry Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Child was born to Mother on December 23, 2015.1 Including Child, Mother has a total of four children but, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven C. Clear v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00170 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 18, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On May 30, 2018, after having been convicted of Level 5 felony OWI, Clear was sentenced to an eleven-year term of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard A. Colvin v. George M. Taylor ── Case No.: 23A-MF-02053 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 18, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In 2006, the Colvins entered into the Contract with Taylor. In March of 2020, Taylor initiated foreclosure proceedings against Colvin, allegedly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian Randy Vanauken v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01573 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In December of 2020, forty-year-old Van Auken met thirteen-year-old D.M.1 on Grindr, an adult dating website. In an attempt to circumvent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Pious Trans Inc., et al. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London ── Case No.: 23A-PL-03044 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 22, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On July 6, 2020, Pious hired Singh, who held a Class A CDL (issued to him by …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: W A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01966 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Knox Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In April of 2021, Child was in Father’s custody, but actually living with a couple who were friends of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joe Chuck Pittman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00710 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In early 2019, William Hawkins sold marijuana out of a house on Madison Street (“the House”) in Gary. Hawkins would travel …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard A. Evans v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02564 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In April of 2022, Meguel Ramirez lived on South Hawthorne Street in Indianapolis with his girlfriend Georgia Osman and Osman’s daughter. …
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Neutral
── Commitment of J S ── Case No.: 23A-MH-02405 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur J.S., who was generally residing with his mother and brother at the time, admitted himself to the Stress Center five times in 2023, with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Huspon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02752 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In its opinion addressing Huspon’s direct appeal of his convictions and sentence, the Indiana Supreme Court delineated the following facts: At approximately 5:30 a.m. on December …
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Neutral
── CHINS: A T v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JC-02952 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 02, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur B.S. was born on November 10, 2012, while Mother was incarcerated. Mother was in prison between 2013 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nike Lani Haynie v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01543 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 06, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur At some point in mid-2020, the then-seventeen-year-old Haynie met Sherwood on a “gay dating app called Jacked.” Tr. Vol. III p. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T C, et al. v. H H ── Case No.: 23A-AD-01993 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 13, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In 2018, the Children were in Mother’s care. In June of 2018, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) petitioned the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joanna M Stoner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03061 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On June 19, 2023, Stoner pled guilty to Level 6 felony operating a vehicle while intoxicated and admitted that she was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of N H ── Case No.: 23A-MH-02828 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On October 23, 2023, the Hospital filed an Application for Emergency Detention requesting continued emergency detention of then-twenty-sevenyear-old N.H. The attesting physician represented that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Airick Leemonz Green v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02445 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Late in the evening of December 24, 2022 (or early the next morning), Green was celebrating Christmas at Allen’s home when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edmande Ramone Hill v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02310 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur On December 8, 2021, Teshka was driving in South Bend with his two children when Hill, driving …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Lambert v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02252 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 21, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On October 25, 2022, Lambert rear-ended James Gedda’s vehicle at a stoplight in Merrillville. Officer George Fields responded to the scene and, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew C Derouin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02741 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 28, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In September of 2019, R.E. (“Mother”) was engaged to Derouin. She and her then-fifteen-month-old daughter, A.E., lived with Derouin in Bicknell. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Estate of Anna F. Ward by Angela Mainstone v. Kristen Nicole Wireman ── Case No.: 23A-EU-01623 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 28, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Husband and Wife were married for approximately forty years, and, during the course of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: L C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-03072 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Boone Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In May of 2023, Officer John Pogorov of the Whitestown Police Department received a call that Mother was wanted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chedric Demetrius Wright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00001 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 11, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On May 31, 2022, Wright pled guilty in Cause No. F3-15 to Level 4 felony possession of a firearm by an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tracy A. Toddy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00508 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On March 10, 2022, Toddy “caus[ed] a crash” while operating his vehicle in Bartholomew County. Tr. Vol. II p. 9. Burton …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Short v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-03119 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 18, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In 2009, Short was serving a prison sentence when the State charged him with Class B felony prisoner possessing a dangerous device …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derron Fuller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02842 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In early November of 2015, Stubblefield was twenty years old; lived with her mother, Thelma Thomas, in Merrillville; attended Calumet College in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tabais Kenja Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02469 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In the early morning hours of September 9, 2022, Officers Spadafora and Jackson were on patrol in an area of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew Sanchez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00368 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In May of 2023, Sanchez and his wife of seven years, Jessica, were experiencing marital problems. Sanchez had, at some point, threatened …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kasey Wayne Couch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03116 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On August 18, 2017, police were dispatched to a parking lot of a liquor store in Patriot and found Couch passed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kurt V. Bredemeier v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00023 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 08, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Gibson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In January of 2022, Indiana State Police Trooper Tyler Widner observed a car traveling fifty-six miles per hour in a forty-five-mile-per-hour …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kelvin Heard v. Courtney Woodfaulk ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00007 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 08, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Father and Mother were married in 2016, had three children together, and separated in 2022. On December 5, 2023, the trial court entered …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00231 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Fulton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Child was born to Mother in October of 2020. In May of 2022, DCS received a report of abuse …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald White, et al. v. Ken Gordon, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00055 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur All seem to agree that, at some point, White and Gordon were business partners who planned to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bruce W. Moberley v. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance a/s/o McMichael ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00399 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 17, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In March of 2021, Moberley lived next door to Albert McMichael in Valparaiso. A fire occurred at Moberley’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cori Clay-Lee Gentry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03048 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 17, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On January 22, 2020, Gentry called Wainscott, with whom he had, on occasion, been romantically involved, and asked her if she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Indiana Family & Social Services Administration v. Cheryl Adducci, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-GU-02433 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 17, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On May 31, 2019, Cheryl was appointed guardian of her husband Anthony, who had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Hatton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-XP-02857 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In 2012, Hatton pled guilty to Class B felony child molesting in exchange for the State’s dismissing five other criminal charges. See …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Solomon Evans, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00247 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur During the overnight hours of September 6 into September 7, 2021, Nguyen gambled at the Hard Rock Casino in Gary. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A U v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00382 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In February of 2023, DCS received a report that Mother had been selling and using illegal drugs from the home where she and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Breanna Desirea Mcginnis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00339 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On June 28, 2018, the State charged McGinnis with Level 6 felony unlawful possession of a syringe under Cause No. F6-1678. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00463 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 06, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Mother has had a “very significant history” with DCS and the equivalent agency in Michigan. Tr. Vol. II pp. 145. Prior to 2020, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Linda Jarvis v. Discover Bank ── Case No.: 24A-CC-01006 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Grant Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Jarvis opened a Discover credit card account on February 13, 1997. Over a period of approximately twenty-two years, Jarvis made purchases and payments …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kenneth Casada v. Anonymous Physician, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00593 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 12, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Beginning in March of 2021, Appellees provided health care to Casada in Muncie. The trial court found the following facts regarding …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Danny K. Hight v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00039 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Fountain Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On August 24, 2020, Hight was convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person with a habitual vehicular substance …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: White Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Mother is the mother of the Children. DCS first became involved with Mother in February of 2017 after having …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mustafa H. Wright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00492 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In 2000, the State charged Wright with Class A felony attempted murder, Class A felony attempted robbery, and Class B …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James E Brabson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00174 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In October of 2020, while he was on probation in Cause No. F5-132, Brabson became romantically involved with Stoutermire. One night …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Alan Sturgel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01042 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In 2008, Sturgel pled guilty to Class A felony child molesting and received a sentence of thirty years of incarceration, with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── E D R v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-00826 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 03, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Delaware Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In December of 2023, E.D.R. and a companion “ran up on” a man in Muncie and “jumped” him. Tr. Vol. II …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K C v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-00775 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 03, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur K.C. was born in 2008, was first admitted to a hospital for suicidal behavior when she was eight years old and has …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christian Myers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00149 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 03, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On February 3, 2023, the State charged Myers with Level 1 felony attempted murder, two counts of Level 5 felony attempted battery …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Maurice McGraw Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00016 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone concurs. Judge Tavitas concurs in part/dissents in part In September of 2022, McGraw and T.N. were in an on-again-off-again relationship and were the parents of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Royce A Pruitt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02404 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On June 21, 2021, then thirteen-year-old K.F. was walking home from her boyfriend’s house in Indianapolis when she noticed the driver …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph M Koker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00682 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In early June of 2023, Koker was living in J.T.’s Fort Wayne apartment. At some point, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── P J v. Review Board ── Case No.: 24A-EX-00659 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone concurs. Judge Tavitas concurs/concurs in result At some time during June or July of 2023, P.J. applied for unemployment benefits. On July 27, 2023, the Department of Workforce Development (“DWD”) sent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Hurbie Harris, II v. Gretchen Lackovic (Harris) ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00022 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Father and Mother were married on May 20, 2000, and had or adopted three children during the marriage: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Union Savings Bank v. Mychael T. Spencer ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02734 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In June of 2018, Mychael Spencer borrowed $231,800.00 from Union Savings Bank (“USB”), secured by a mortgage on his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corrie Devon Westbrook v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00183 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur A.C. met Westbrook in 2016 or 2017 when he was a bouncer at a local bar she frequented. Westbrook expressed romantic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Hillard Hathaway v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00944 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur On January 24, 2018, Arthur Smith and his friend and business partner Danny Leake drove to Chicago. After the pair returned to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: W A v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00908 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur After Mother and Father divorced, Mother was awarded physical custody of the Children. On November 14, 2023, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trey Richardson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 49A02-1603-PC-00612 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur The facts, as laid out in our prior decision from Richardson’s direct appeal, are as follows: Prior to January of 2005, Crystal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rushawn S Tanksley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00889 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On October 9, 2000, Tanksley was sentenced to ten years of incarceration following his guilty plea to a charge of aggravated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shannon M. Bufano v. Louis J. Bufano, Jr. ── Case No.: 24A-DR-01428 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 29, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur Parents were married on September 1, 2007. The Children were born during Parents’ marriage, with V.B. being born in 2010, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald Ray Fultz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00934 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 29, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur At approximately 10:00 p.m. on October 24, 2022, Tyler Ripperger was working at his family’s Richmond liquor store, The Bottle Shop. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Mclee Holland, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01635 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur On August 3, 2021, Lake Superior Court Judge Gina Jones issued an order in Holland v. Indiana University, et al., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K T, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00977 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur On January 9, 2022, Lan.C. was taken to a Wayne County hospital after ingesting amphetamine while in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles W Tharp v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00639 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Randolph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur In May of 2021, fourteen-year-old K.T. was living in Union City with her stepmother, half-brother, and father, Tharp. One day, when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D E v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01460 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur Father was incarcerated in federal prison in Kentucky when Child was born drug-exposed on November 24, 2019. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── G C v. C B ── Case No.: 24A-PO-01211 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur In October of 2022, G.C. entered into a diversion agreement for charges relating to trespass on his neighbor C.B.’s Zionsville property. The charges …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bertrum Anderson, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00160 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley concurs. Judge Bailey concurs in part/dissents in part On May 6, 2023, Donald Lahay was working at a convenience store in Lafayette …
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Neutral
── James L Brower v. Kali A Ballard ── Case No.: 22A-DC-00970 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wayne Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Kali A. Ballard (Mother) and Father are the divorced parents of K.B. (Child). During parenting time modification proceedings, the court appointed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── N D v. Review Board ── Case No.: 22A-EX-00768 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur N.D. worked for the conglomerate 3M as a full-time general operator. 3M has an employee attendance policy that lays out a system where employees receive “points” for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Campbell v. Christopher Allen Bauer ── Case No.: 22A-SC-00349 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Crone concur Campbell evicted Bauer from his farmhouse apartment in 2010. Bauer then sued Campbell in small claims court for $6,000, alleging …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashley A. Richey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01865 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge May and Judge Crone concur Lawson was out in his front yard tinkering with his car when a friend, Wayne Langman, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MARGARETA SIMONE PALMER v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01445 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Palmer stole a $97 coat from a Macy’s Department Store and was quickly apprehended in the parking lot by store …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── E F v. B H ── Case No.: 22A-AD-01154 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Crone concur Soon after Child’s birth in 2019, Mother filed for divorce from Father. The dissolution court dissolved their marriage, approved their property …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JASPER LAMONT LAWSON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00744 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Lawson attacked M.J. following a bonfire at a neighbor’s house. The pair had been romantically involved for the past decade. Although …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles B. Douglas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00971 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur On the morning of the killing, Douglas met with Juan Rojas and Ruben Waters to smoke marijuana and “chill.” Tr. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rosen Kaptiev v. Silviya Boycheva ── Case No.: 22A-DC-00667 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Wife filed for divorce in 2018. She and Husband have two children together and used to live together in Greenwood, Indiana. Husband now …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyrrice Lamard Degraffenreid v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01812 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Degraffenreid pleaded guilty to and was convicted of residential entry, possession of methamphetamine, and resisting law enforcement. The trial court sentenced …
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Neutral
── CHINS: B T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-01683 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 04, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur When police responded to a domestic dispute, Mother and Boyfriend each pointed to the other as the aggressor.1 Child, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Franklin Bryant v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02914 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Bryant and Nanny-Cole met in March of 2020 on an internet dating site. During the next two months, they typically would …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Douglas W Crum v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01587 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 25, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Orange Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Crum was convicted of five drug-related offenses in December 2016: (1) dealing in a schedule II controlled substance, a Class B …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tina Marie Isley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02837 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown concurs. Judge May concurs in result 1 After an evening spent drinking with friends, Isley was involved in a two-car, head-on collision that killed the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin M. Blake v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00789 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Blake, Jackson, Britney Overton, and an individual identified only as K.J., drove around Indianapolis in Jackson’s rental car, stopping to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Joseph Engstrom v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00413 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 08, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Seventeen-year-old M.G. was bicycling past Engstrom in a Lafayette alley when Engstrom reached out and slashed M.G.’s neck with a knife. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shay Lloyd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01265 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 08, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Newton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur A customer outside a Roselawn pharmacy noticed Lloyd sitting in a car with her head resting on the steering wheel. Although the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derek D Fingers v. Eric Holcomb, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01942 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Fingers is incarcerated at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. He alleges that there are a series of devices emitting electro-magnetic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Kimberly D Porter v. Jesse Streikus ── Case No.: 22A-JP-01535 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Grant Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Mother had sole legal and primary custody over Child since his birth in 2009 with little involvement from Father. But in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02235 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Father has four children: 17-year-old Ja., 13-year-old Jy., 12-year-old Jl., and 8year-old Jo. (Children). Father’s wife, D.P. (Mother), is the stepmother of Ja. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Todd Jones, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01363 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur While Jones was on pre-trial release in a felony intimidation case, a no-contact order prohibited him from contacting Cameron Bear. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── BP2 Construction, LLC v. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS OF THE CITY OF SEYMOUR ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01194 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jackson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur BP2 owns property zoned for a C-1 neighborhood commercial district in Seymour, Indiana. BP2 wants …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark A. Bonds v. Mark Sevier, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-MI-01583 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Crone concur In 2012, Bonds was convicted of two counts of Class A felony child molesting in Marion Superior Court …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Posterity Scholar House L P v. FCCI Insurance Company ── Case No.: 21A-PL-02731 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 01, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Crone concur Stated generally, the owner of a construction project hired a general contractor to construct two apartment buildings. Their construction …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shantel Alexis Kinney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02688 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 01, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Landrum Case Seventeen-year-old Kinney and her best friend, 16-year-old A.B., were a part of a larger friend group that included their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── TIMOTHY RAYMOND THOMAS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00770 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Lile, his wife, and her best friend, Angela Gauler, were drinking heavily and socializing at the Lile home. Around 9:30 p.m., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cody A. Morrison v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02100 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Morrison pleaded guilty to three counts of Level 6 felony nonsupport of a dependent child and was sentenced to two years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ellen E Ellet v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01253 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Ellet and her ex-husband have two sons, I.E., 10 years old at the time, and E.E., 8 years old, and a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald E Davidhizar v. SAVVY IN LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-TP-01082 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur After purchasing the Property for $44,000 at a sheriff’s sale, Davidhizar lost the Sheriff’s deed, failed to seek a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Roel Amos Hernandez Morales v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00402 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Morales moved into a house with E.L. in 2016. E.L. has three daughters, two of whom were adults at the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L C v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02231 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Father killed Mother on June 6, 2020. He turned himself into police the same day and was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Melisa Dawn Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Nine days after being released from prison, Davis became aggressive after drinking nearly a whole bottle of vodka in a hotel …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles R. Stanley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01109 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Perry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Perry County Sheriff’s Deputy AnnaJean Dellaire saw Stanley pull up to a gas station pump in a gray truck. The truck’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer Diane Lucas by Diane Zeiss Nevitt, Guardian v. Rebecca J. Swinford, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01739 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Shortly before dawn, Swinford and Nader Botros were driving southbound on I-69 in Fishers …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MICHAEL T OWENS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01900 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge May and Judge Crone concur In February 2019, Owens twice punched his girlfriend, Candiance Day, in the face. He then pulled …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of A O ── Case No.: 22A-MH-02396 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 29, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur A.O. has had schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, for four or five years. She also has a history of using illegal drugs, including methamphetamines. Now …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rahim A Pittman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01404 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 29, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Pittman lived in the same home as Victim 1 and her older sister, Victim 2. When Victim 2 was about 13 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J O v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-02788 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 04, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur J.O. has a long history with child protection agencies. While living in Texas in 2012, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services removed J.O. from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Beach v. Teresa Spiech ── Case No.: 22A-TR-01779 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 05, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Crone concur Daubenspeck created the Trust, in part, to “avoid[] probate or estate administration” and “manage [her] assets in the event of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steve Fulton v. Erin E Fulton ── Case No.: 22A-DC-01475 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 05, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Husband and Wife appeared pro se at their final dissolution hearing and submitted to the trial court a proposed “Decree of Dissolution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tymothy J Debolt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01742 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Police lawfully arrested DeBolt, a habitual traffic violator, for operating a vehicle while his driving privileges were suspended. An inventory search …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Damien Howell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01659 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In 2017, Howell was convicted of Level 2 felony voluntary manslaughter as a lesser-included offense of murder. On direct appeal, he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Juan Jose Santoyo Escamilla v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02264 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Indiana State Trooper Anthony Repass was watching the evening traffic on I-69 when Escamilla’s van passed him. Trooper Repass noticed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffery Buckley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00873 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Crone concur Buckley was attending a reception at the Persian Temple in Indianapolis after his cousin’s funeral. Kirk “Russ” Shurill drove into the parking …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chasity F. Winters v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03065 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur While patrolling in the early evening, Indiana State Police Trooper Jordan Craig observed Winters’s car pull into the driveway of a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel K. Criswell v. Indiana State Police, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-MI-02253 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur The Indiana State Police (ISP) fired Daniel Criswell (Daniel) for throwing a rock through the window of his ex-wife’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Crystal Lynn Cox v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01728 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In mid-May 2021, Cox and Z.C. moved in with Garnes and his 10-year-old son, J.G. Although three years old, Z.C. was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02657 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) first became involved with Child, then three years old, in April 2019 due, in part, to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harley Michael Perkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02047 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Perkins pleaded guilty to Trafficking with an Inmate, a Level 5 felony, and Theft, a Level 6 felony, and was sentenced …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lucas Wilkerson v. Rick Norman ── Case No.: 22A-SC-02054 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur On March 14, 2022, Wilkerson took his truck into Rick’s Auto to fix a ticking noise. Norman initially gave Wilkerson a quote of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHRISTOPHER G WELLMAN v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01673 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Police arrested Wellman for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and in compliance with Indiana’s implied consent law, Wellman submitted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Imad Shawa v. KATHRYN GILLETTE, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01667 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In late February 2017, Gillette’s mother, Joyce, was admitted to St. Francis Hospital’s intensive care unit. Joyce suffered from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristian Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02706 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur One night, while Jones was temporarily living with her cousin, Deshona Bryant, Jones came home drunk and “started raging and gettin’ real …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Dilcia C Fernandez v. Jewell T Williams ── Case No.: 22A-JP-02360 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In 2019, Mother and Father agreed to a mediated parenting plan for Child. The plan provided for joint legal custody, with Mother having primary …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristopher M. Wainscott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01817 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In late December 2020, a father reported to police that his daughter (Victim) had been molested. When Detective Dave Preston interviewed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: T N v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-00026 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 22, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tipton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Mother and Father are the parents of N.N. and A.N. (collectively, Children). N.N. was five and A.N. was four …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alleick-Zander Ryan Coleman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02132 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 22, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur On January 6, 2021, at approximately 1:15 a.m., three partially masked individuals entered a CVS pharmacy in Carmel, Indiana, and proceeded …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Pace v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03075 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Pace attempted to set fire to a home while police were outside investigating an unrelated offense. When police entered the home, Pace …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Manuel Trejo v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02667 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In May 2008, Trejo was sentenced on a felony drug conviction to eight years in the DOC with five years suspended to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew Q Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02513 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Baker and C.C. dated 25 years ago, broke up, and then dated again for 3 years beginning in 2016. A year …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James L. Weaver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02388 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Jay County Sheriff’s Deputy Tony Lennartz, alongside Weaver’s parole officer, Dwight Albrecht, visited Weaver’s home to conduct a compliance check. Upon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amanda Kay Gossman v. Kyle Lee Jones ── Case No.: 22A-DR-02279 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur A year after Child’s birth in 2008, the Bartholomew Superior Court issued a custody order granting Mother and Father joint legal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eric Diaz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02205 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Early one morning, just before Christmas 2020, Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department Corporal Kyle Schaefer observed Diaz driving erratically on the roadway. Specifically, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thang Cing Bik v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01932 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Brown concurs. Judge Bailey dissents Bik submitted to a blood draw following his arrest for operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Peter D Farrar v. Sarah D Farrar ── Case No.: 22A-DR-02425 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Father and Mother (Parents) have three children: E.F., T.F., and J.F. (Children). When Parents divorced in 2012, the trial court incorporated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── ROA Indianapolis, LLC v. City of Fishers, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02331 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur On behalf of the various governmental entities involved in a highwayimprovement project, Fishers was tasked with acquiring all relevant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy A Falk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01872 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Falk and H.F.’s mother (Mother) divorced in 2010, when H.F. was 3 years old. Mother was awarded full custody of H.F., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── THE EXCELLENT THE EXCELLENT Raj K. Patel v. Alphabet Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00126 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Patel’s complaint against Google alleged, among other things, that Google was censoring information and interfering with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gerry N. Neidhamer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02916 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In May 2021, Neidhamer pleaded guilty to two counts of Level 6 felony residential entry in exchange for the dismissal of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Lloyd Claytor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02913 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Police searched Claytor’s home after a woman died there from a heroin and methamphetamine overdose. This was the second reported overdose …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LEONARD ANTOWYNE MCKENZIE, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02508 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur One morning in October 2017, several South Bend police officers responded to a call of a domestic dispute between …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Holladay v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-MI-02633 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In 2008, Holladay was convicted in Kentucky of sexual abuse in the second degree. Under the Kentucky Penal Code, “A person is …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven E Ingalls v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-02431 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In June 2018, the State charged Ingalls with Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief for allegedly carving initials on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S L v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JC-00117 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur The domestic violence that prompted the CHINS proceedings first arose in December 2021, when Boyfriend was charged …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Franciscan Alliance, Inc. v. City of Hammond, Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PL-03085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur The Hospital has operated in Hammond for over a century. Dwindling patient numbers, however, caused significant losses in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── SHONTA E HENDERSON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02259 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Henderson and Griffin were at the apartment of Henderson’s friend Garnaud “Patrick” Ntaganda when two individuals, nicknamed “Cuddie” and “Zoe,” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sandra Sanford v. Midway Auction Company a/k/a Gilbert And Associates, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00441 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Sanford fell on Midway’s premises on January 1, 2018. About 2½ years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert E Kirlin v. CSX Transportation, Inc. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-02248 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur CSX requires its employees to place traffic cones around their vehicles when parked in CSX rail yards. For this purpose, Kirlin …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cyle Cowherd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00208 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 27, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Upon his release from the Marion County Jail, Cowherd entered the supervision of the Marion County Probation Department. The terms of his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jordan Cunningham v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00862 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Cunningham, and his wife, S.C., began fighting after a medical appointment. Later, S.C. looked up and saw Cunningham standing behind her holding …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── FERNANDO JUAN BORNSTEIN v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03017 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Bornstein’s friend, Jacqueline Lizarraga, went on a date with Salazar in October 2019. Afterward, Bornstein persuaded Lizarraga, her friend Andy Rosales, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DEMARCUS D NANCE v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02581 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 03, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur While assisting Marion County Community Corrections officers at the home of Nance’s next-door neighbor, Indiana Gun Task Force members …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── George Martin Voll v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Harrison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Voll and his wife have two children, including a daughter, S.V., who was born in 2005. Voll and S.V. were always …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JORDAN ALLEN REED v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00568 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Under a consolidated plea agreement, Reed pleaded guilty to separate charges of Level 6 felony theft and Level 6 felony auto …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M C v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00389 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Before Mother became homeless in early 2020, she left Child, then almost five years old, with Aunt. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Q H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-00326 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Q.H. was referred to an alternative special education school due to misbehavior. On his first day, Q.H. violated the cell phone policy and was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JEFFERY L MORROW v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00158 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In 2019, Morrow pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K H v. Review Board ── Case No.: 23A-EX-00413 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, K.H. worked in a dental office as a hygienist. The dental office closed for several months due to the pandemic. When it …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Austin Mendez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00121 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur L.L. and Mendez met in 2011 and had a daughter together. Over the next few years, Mendez …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M M v. J S ── Case No.: 23A-PO-00233 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 28, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur M.M.’s employer suspended her for sending harassing messages to her direct supervisor. Between her suspension and firing about a week later, M.M. sent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Santana J Gray v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01992 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 01, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In 2008, Gray broke into Jenkins’s Indianapolis home. After Jenkins thwarted the burglary, one of Jenkins’s neighbors watched as Jenkins pushed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Trowbridge v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00763 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Trowbridge began stealing from his grandparents almost immediately after his grandmother gave him access to their checking account. Using that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Nolan Pennington v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00374 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 11, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In April 2021, Pennington pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct with a minor, a Level 4 felony, and possession of child pornography, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kennisha J Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02305 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 15, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In January 2020, Jackson and Meriwether were close friends, “pretty much together all the time, pretty much every day.” Tr. Vol. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy S. Wicker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00572 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In February 2020, the State charged Wicker with Level 1 and Level 4 felony child molesting. Though Wicker missed the hearing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Luis Eduardo Posso, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02602 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur On May 24, 2019, Posso carried E.P. into a Bloomington hospital emergency room, claiming the child had become unresponsive after …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ciarra Marie Landfair v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00612 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In 2019, the State charged Landfair with murder and two counts of attempted obstruction of justice, alleging that Landfair murdered Miller …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Todd Blakeney v. City of Covington ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00381 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Fountain Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur On the day he was electrocuted, Blakeney was working as a technician for a cable company seeking to cure an internet outage. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J D, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02746 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford concurs. Judge Riley concurs in result DCS first became involved with Mother in July 2020, when it removed Child’s half-sibling (Sibling) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── In Re: The Estate of Mary Etta Rose ── Case No.: 23A-EU-00873 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Mary Etta Rose died in 2008. Pursuant to Rose’s last will and testament, the trial court appointed Delories as personal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darin Jackson v. Brandee Jackson ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00289 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In 2021, Wife petitioned to dissolve her 15-year marriage to Husband. The couple had three children together, and their marital …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony M Cook v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00087 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur While working with the Franklin Police Department in November 2019, the CI tipped off Detective Richard Whitaker that Cook had offered …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Butch Barclay v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00322 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 12, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Barclay is the stepfather of H.N. (Stepson), who lives in Crown Point with his wife (Stepdaughter), son, and daughter, A.N. Barclay …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B A, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00151 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Father has lived with addiction since he was 11 years old. His drug of choice is methamphetamine, but he has also …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chance L. Mata v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01190 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur On the afternoon of January 27, 2023, Megan failed to pick up her children as scheduled from the home of their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01095 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Fulton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother’s three children are 11-year-old A.J., 7-year-old J.R., and 3-year-old E.B. (collectively, Children). Each child has a different father. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin R Lock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00912 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur But he negotiated a plea agreement with the State whereby he would admit to three of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dennis Wayne Toomey, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00679 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Toomey plead guilty to dealing in a narcotic drug, a Class B felony, in 2014. The trial court sentenced him …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LBL Development, LLC v. St. John Plan Commission, Town of St. John, Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02973 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur LBL petitioned to annex an approximate 40-acre land parcel (Property) to the Town in 2019. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremiah A Hendricks, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03015 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur One early spring evening in 2020, Hendricks arranged to buy marijuana from Luis Miranda in the parking lot of an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Kaiser v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02705 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Kaiser and his nephew, Alfredo Vasquez (Nephew), were drinking alcohol at a downtown Indianapolis bar when they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Bullock, Jr. v. Lisa J. Bullock ── Case No.: 22A-DC-03096 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Father and Mother married in 2008, and K.B. was born soon after. Mother, who was represented by counsel, filed for divorce …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Monty Cook v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02394 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Randolph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Cook and Brumley grew up together in Winchester, Indiana, and remained acquaintances as adults. Cook sometimes helped Brumley with projects around Brumley’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lissa Garcia v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00213 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In the middle of a night in February 2022, Deputy Ronald Shockey, who was assigned to Eskenazi Hospital, responded to a report …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John E. Moriarity, et al. v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02899 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Grant Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In the late 1990s, the Moriaritys built a dam that rose more than 20 feet in certain …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Martez James Sevion, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01107 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Dissatisfied with the order setting a $100,000 surety bond, Sevion moved to reduce his bond amount. The timeline of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sheriden Lamont Sisk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01834 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur One morning in August 2022, Officer Sieg responded to a report of a vehicle in the middle of a road. When …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn D. Rogers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2019, Rogers lived with his elderly mother in Louisville, Kentucky, next door to a 13-year-old child (Child). Child resided with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Chapo, et al. v. Jefferson County Plan Commission ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00467 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur The Chapos have owned 100 acres in Deputy, Indiana, since 1991. The property is subject to the Jefferson County …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michelle Key v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01754 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In January 2020, Key lived with her boyfriend, Jacob Davis, and five children from their previous relationships. Three of the children were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edgardo Martinez, et al. v. Ruth M. Rivera, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01194 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In early 2019, the Martinezes and Rivera entered into an oral contract under which Rivera agreed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas DeCola v. Starke County Commissioners and Auditor thereof, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01926 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Starke Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In his complaint to quiet title, DeCola effectively named the State, Starke County, and the World as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gregory Hale v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01365 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In the summer of 2009, Hale strangled Jennifer Peak to death. Charged with murder, among other things, Hale entered into a plea …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven T Lakes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01442 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 09, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Brookville Police Lieutenant Ryan Geiser initiated a traffic stop of Lakes for failing to signal before turning and because …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Josue Honorato Escalera v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00816 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Cornell was sitting in her living room watching television when Escalera drove up and parked his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Cristian Combs v. Jennifer R. Hayden ── Case No.: 23A-GU-01892 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 11, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Cass Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur One of Child’s regular caregivers, J.R.H. (Guardian), successfully sought appointment as Child’s guardian when Child was three years old. Mother, who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Glenn Calvin Keller, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00845 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 11, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur In July 2022, Keller and Russell lived on neighboring streets in Calumet. Keller was homeless but generally resided on McCook …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elmer Ray Spradlin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02984 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 16, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Spradlin is the surrogate grandfather of two sisters: Victim 1 (born in 2006) and Victim 2 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L J v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-01717 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 18, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur While investigating a shooting in Lawrence, police stopped a vehicle in which L.J. was the sole rear …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael O Anderson, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00611 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In the late evening on September 28, 2019, Anderson went to a bar. He wore a grey sweatshirt and maroon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patrick E. Doyle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00886 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2021, Doyle lived with Heather, who was his girlfriend, and her father, Jerry Lowe, in Lowe’s Columbus, Indiana home. Lowe …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: G C v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01480 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 01, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur On March 4, 2020, DCS petitioned to adjudicate Children as children in need of services (CHINS). Children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01784 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Child tested positive for THC exposure at his birth in late 2016. DCS, which was already involved in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald Barriger, Jr., et al. v. Brown County Health Department , et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02944 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Brown Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur The Property primarily consists of a two-story, partially remodeled residence and a large, fenced-in yard. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ralph Lopez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01766 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Lopez misidentified himself as “Daniel” Lopez to police investigating a disturbance. Police ultimately arrested Lopez in connection with that investigation …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: H G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01249 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother has four children, with Child being the youngest. The three oldest children each were removed from Mother’s home based on allegations of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01565 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother’s history with the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) dates back nearly 20 years and includes, among other …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Doug Williams, et al. v. Pekin Insurance, Inc. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00995 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 04, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur W.W. employed Dante Wells from December 2017 to January 2019. During this time, Wells allowed W.W. to store its company …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles E Thieme v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01869 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Over a two-and-a-half-year period, 53-year-old Thieme molested his fiancé’s 11year-old granddaughter, S.C. In December 2022, Thieme promised S.C. a gift card …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jermaine Issaiah Garnes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00606 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In the summer of 2021, Garnes lived with his girlfriend, Crystal Cox, and her three-year-old son, Z.C. One evening, Garnes called …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Reko Deprea Levels, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01911 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Levels attended a social gathering at Fitzsimmons’s apartment in September 2021. The event lasted into …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher L Blagburn v. Sally Jo Schwartz ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01374 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur From 2015 to 2020, Schwartz and Blagburn were in a romantic relationship. During this time, the two acquired several properties together, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Antoine Lamar Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02244 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Harrison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In 2012, Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of Class B felony child molesting. The trial court sentenced him to a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Brennan Larkin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01081 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2012, John Larkin shot and killed his wife during an argument. For this, he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Scott Burton, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01606 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 19, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In exchange for the State’s dismissal of related charges, Burton pleaded guilty to the domestic battery and resisting law enforcement …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brent Taylor v. Allen County Board of Commissioners, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00131 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Taylor sued the public defenders for allegedly “breaching [their] duty” to him by committing errors at his trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Patrick Talboo v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01231 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 01, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In the Winter of 2022, Talboo and his girlfriend, Julia Byrd, lived next door to Perry, Byrd’s nephew. One day, Talboo …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Martha Espinoza v. St. Mary Medical Center, Inc. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01204 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 01, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur When Espinoza and her husband accompanied their grandson to an appointment at the Medical Center, a security guard personally led …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marvin Guy Riddle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02861 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Riddle pleaded guilty to theft as a Level 6 felony and was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment. His sentence provided for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bonnie Christine Hoff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02278 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In 2018, Hoff pleaded guilty to intimidation with a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Wayne Plue v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00638 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Elwood Police Lieutenant Marcus Shoppell stopped Plue’s vehicle for failing to stop at a stop sign and having an opaque license …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Damian Profancik v. Leah Nicole Profancik ── Case No.: 23A-DR-01232 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 04, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Damian Profancik (Father) seeks rehearing of our January 31, 2024, opinion affirming the trial court’s order on, as relevant here, Father’s child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana, et al. v. Anonymous Plaintiff 1, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02938 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 04, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bailey and Judge May concur The United States Supreme Court set …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Luis Jonathan Guillen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01919 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 09, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Elkhart Police Department Officer Justin Gage was on patrol on Indiana State Road 19 just before 2:00 a.m. in Elkhart County …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Nemeth Properties, LLC, et al. v. William A Panzica, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01383 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Nemeth is a real estate consultant, broker, and developer in South Bend, Indiana.1 The Panzica Brothers …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Ashley Eilene Franklin v. Brent Ashton Fifer, II ── Case No.: 23A-JP-02416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 22, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In January 2023, Father petitioned to establish paternity rights to Child. Within a month, on February 16, the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Lamont Yarbrough v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02188 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Between 2006 and 2014, Yarbrough repeatedly molested his girlfriend’s five daughters. He engaged in sexual intercourse, performed oral sex on the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Q. Eirhart v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02401 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 03, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Throughout 2021 and 2022, DCS received several reports about Q.E. At two separate schools, Q.E.’s kindergarten teachers and others expressed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alfred R Edyvean, Jr. v. Auto Zone Retail ── Case No.: 23A-SC-02012 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 03, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Edyvean went to an Indianapolis Auto Zone store in pursuit of an oil filter for his 2002 Honda Odyssey, which he had purchased 60 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sonya Winkler v. Anonymous Alliance, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01091 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 03, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In 2018, Winkler filed with the Indiana Department of Insurance a proposed complaint alleging Providers’ medical malpractice. A week later, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B D v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02951 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Adams Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In January 2023, B.D. was living at home when he suddenly “snapped.” App. Vol. II, p. 20. During the incident, B.D. struck …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James P Haddox v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02498 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur After serving 7½ years in prison for burglary and auto theft, Haddox was released on probation in late January 2023. Ten …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Carol Fluhr v. Anonymous Doctor 1, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01632 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur On April 28, 2020, during the early days of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Carol Fluhr’s husband, Ed Fluhr, died of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lisa A Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02631 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 10, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Smith and her boyfriend, Jason Proctor, spent the day drinking at a bar. When they were finished, they asked Smith’s daughter, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew C. Brenner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02422 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 10, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur The State accused Brenner of engaging in sexual intercourse and other sexual acts with a 14-year-old relative and then attempting to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: Z D v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02822 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur When Mother gave birth to K.M. in September 2021, K.M. had drugs in his system and remained …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Hector, et al. v. Archie Nevins, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01461 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Sellers purchased the home in 2001 and used it as a rental property until 2015, when they decided to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02949 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 28, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In October 2021, C.C. (Child) was born with traces of methamphetamine, amphetamine, and THC in his body. DCS quickly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eliel Avelar v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02783 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 28, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In 2020, Avelar was a 31-year-old Mexican citizen and undocumented immigrant living in Chicago, Illinois. One day, Avelar learned that a man …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas W. Francum v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01227 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In 2019, when A.S. was 12 years old, DCS investigated a report that A.S. had molested a younger child. During the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T T v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02198 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In August 2019, when A.H. and A.M. were 5 and 6 years old, respectively, the Indiana Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Drake A Duncan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03063 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Duncan, his father, and his two brothers (Brother 1 and Brother 2) went to a local campground to drink alcohol, play …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark W Wilburn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02493 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur At a morning meeting with child welfare authorities, Michael and his ex-wife Brittany Maxwell agreed that Michael should have custody of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M L v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-03083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur M.L. was living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, when his mother arranged to have him live with his grandmother in Elkhart, Indiana, to avoid …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason M. Campbell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01759 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In 2003, Campbell’s then-wife, Kathy Williams, began caring for her niece’s baby (hereinafter, referred to as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cherelle Taylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02898 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur While Taylor and A.W. were living in a hotel, Taylor saw A.W. watching a “hardcore” video.1 Tr. Vol. II, p. 45. Taylor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cesar Cholula v. Delta Tau Delta ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02456 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Cholula and two friends were drinking at a Muncie bar into the early morning. Mark Kanosky, a former member of DTD, invited …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob N Georgiefski-rios v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02578 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Georgiefski-Rios performed oral sex on a 13-year-old girl in his home while a second girl videotaped the offense. Georgiefski-Rios also was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristina Nicole Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00392 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In early June 2022, Smith was charged in Lawrence County with Level 5 felony possession of a narcotic drug, Level 6 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B S v. N G ── Case No.: 24A-AD-00296 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Father and M.G. (Mother) were the parents of Child, who was born in April 2018 when Father was serving a criminal sentence in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00181 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Whitley Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur One month after Child’s birth in the fall of 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) received a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darryl Evans v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01984 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 12, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Two police officers were dispatched to Evans’s home in response to a reported child custody dispute. Evans was not at home when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D P v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-00441 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In August 2023, D.P. learned that an individual named E.P. had an Xbox console for sale. D.P. texted E.P. about the console …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Leta L. Jasmantas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02935 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur The trouble started when the Englert family saw a “prowler or a peeping tom” peeking into their family home. Tr. Vol. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tirrell T Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00448 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur One day in 2023, Fort Wayne Police Officer Timothy Christian initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle with an expired tag. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Minor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02118 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur B.M. has three children: two with Minor and one with a different father. One day, when the three children were ages 15, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Monsivais, IV. v. Cynthia L. Rose ── Case No.: 24A-MI-00608 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In May 2020, the State charged Monsivais with Level 3 felony rape, Level 6 felony stalking, Level 6 felony strangulation, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kapitus Servicing, Inc., as sub-servicing agent of Kapitus, LLC v. First Financial Bank, N.A. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02239 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In 2018, AAA, an electrical services company, was working on two main projects. When …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S I, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00354 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Putnam Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Mother’s history with DCS dates back 15 years and includes seven cases in which one or more …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kara Lee v. Zachariah W Lee, III ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02782 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Newton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Mother and Father were married in July 2018, a little over one year after Child’s birth. Mother has three other daughters …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Clinton McGuire v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03136 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 13, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In the summer of 2021, M.W.-H. and her two sisters lived with J.S. in an apartment complex in Lebanon, Indiana. The family …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gary Edward Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02633 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur The morning at issue started around 5:30 a.m. with Miller choking his girlfriend and threatening to kill her for trying to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L H v. J S ── Case No.: 24A-PO-00427 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In January 2024, L.H. was a substitute teacher and assistant coach at a high school where 16-year-old J.S. was a student. L.H. had been assigned to supervise …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marquette Lashauwn Buie, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02688 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Buie was in Chicago, Illinois, when he sent four emails to three email addresses associated with or reasonably connected to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rhonda M Dobbs v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00776 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Dobbs pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony dealing in methamphetamine and was sentenced to three years in DOC, all suspended to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Billy R Burrow, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Burrow and Allard purchased a home in Spencerville, Indiana, with the stated intent of starting a family. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jessica J. Lemaster v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00620 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Lemaster pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator in exchange for the State’s dismissal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of H J ── Case No.: 24A-MH-00478 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur H.J. brandished a knife during an argument with his younger, unarmed brother, who was holding a 10-month-old child at the time. H.J., who believed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: E D v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00322 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In July 2021, Child, then 11 years old, was removed from Mother based on allegations of abuse and neglect. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Luis Antonio Lopez Aleman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur On the eve of his jury trial, Aleman agreed to plead guilty to the Level 2 felony dealing charge in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Lee Mosley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00706 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In 2019, Mosley pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to corrupt business influence, a Level 5 felony. He also admitted to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven A. Taylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01086 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In October 2023, Taylor appeared with his counsel for his bench trial. The parties agreed to a short continuance to allow …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: P T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00818 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In 2022, Mother admitted Child was a child in need of services (CHINS) based on substantiated allegations of sexual …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alabama Trucking Association Worker's Compensation Self Insurance Fund, Inc. ("ATA") v. Christopher Chadwick ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00167 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 23, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In 2016, Chadwick was working for Bama when he picked up a load …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Jermaine Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00665 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Johnson was convicted of Level 5 felony unlawful carrying of a handgun and Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended. The trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nathaniel L. Jordan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01780 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Jordan shared a home with his girlfriend, Jessica Skeens, and her four children: T.W. (age 6), M.S. (age 5), H.S. (age …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michelle E Coe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03049 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In August 2021, Coe was driving in Indianapolis when she struck a pedestrian, Justin Spicer. The collision launched Spicer into the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Allen Robinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00550 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur While waiting to catch her bus home from work, A.S. was approached by 43year-old Robinson, who repeatedly asked for her phone …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: N B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00742 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Mother has two children, C.P. (Son), who is now 6 years old, and K.P. (Daughter), who is now 5. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristin A. Bane v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00367 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur While in their backyard shed, Bane and J.B. began arguing. Angry that J.B. took her phone, Bane hit J.B. on the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Darnell Forrest v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00898 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Forrest pleaded guilty. At sentencing, Forrest recognized his lengthy criminal history of 28 prior convictions, many of those for theft. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eileen Howard v. US Bank Trust National Association ── Case No.: 24A-MF-00142 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In 2011, Howard took out a 15-year home loan by executing both a promissory note and a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kyle Lee Williams Roberts v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03033 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Roberts shot and killed his mother’s ex-boyfriend, Griffin, during a dispute in the backyard of Roberts’s house. When IMPD Homicide …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 22, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Three days after Child was born in April 2023, DCS petitioned to find Child to be a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: T W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00780 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Delaware Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Child’s biological parents had their parental rights terminated when Child was 3 years old. Though Child was adopted by …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of K C ── Case No.: 24A-MH-02336 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur K.C. is a 29-year-old registered nurse and mother of a 9-year-old son. She underwent temporary involuntary civil commitments in November and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Melissa J. Worley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01046 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 25, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Worley was convicted of trespassing five times on four properties. She first was charged with Class A misdemeanor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Property-Owners Insurance Company v. Wildwood Court of Munster Condominium Association, Inc. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02873 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 25, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Wildwood Court of Munster Condominium Complex (Wildwood) is a condominium complex consisting of nine two-story residential buildings …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nathan E Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03104 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Miami Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In 2018, Brown was convicted of two counts of Level 6 felony battery against a public safety official and sentenced to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00989 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 01, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Parents have three children: a now 18-year-old daughter, K.C., and two sons, 17-year-old I.C. and 12-year-old M.C. (collectively, Children). Throughout the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Ray Mackey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03029 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Mackey began a romantic relationship with Adrien Johnson (Mother) in 2017. Shortly thereafter, he moved in with Mother and her two …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J T v. Review Board ── Case No.: 24A-EX-01398 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur J.T. was employed by DirectEmployers Association, Inc. (Employer) and worked there for roughly four years before he was terminated. In the days preceding his termination, J.T. sent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patrick Murray, et al. v. Duneland Beach Homeowners' Association, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02868 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Plaintiffs’ dispute with the HOA began in 2018, while Plaintiffs were serving on the Board. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R W v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-01687 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur R.W. was the subject of seven delinquency referrals in a six-year span. He was first adjudicated a delinquent at age 13 after he admitted to acts …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Billy Simpson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00176 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Edwards called 911 from Simpson’s home, but she did not respond when the operator answered and asked, “Where’s your emergency?” Exh. 10 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian Scott Graham v. Cynthia J Graham, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-DR-00670 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 27, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Father and Mother were married in 1996 and divorced 18 years later. They are the parents of three children, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey Conger v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00611 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 27, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Two years after suffering a stroke, Conger had healthcare needs that required him to hire a home health aide. To assist him …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: H P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01269 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jennings Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Son is primarily non-verbal, has an intellectual disability causing developmental delays, and requires constant supervision due to his tendency …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dylan Edward Pride v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01745 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In March 2019, Pride pleaded guilty to five felonies: (1) Level 2 felony dealing in methamphetamine; (2) Level 3 felony possession …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Denise Paul Hatch v. Brenda A. Roper ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01375 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Hatch was elected Center Township Constable in November 2022 and began serving her four-year term of office in January 2023. Her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lori Ryan v. M&T Bank, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-MF-00250 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In 2011, Goodner purchased the Property by obtaining a $94,162 loan from GVC Mortgage, Inc. d/b/a Preferred Capital (GVC). The closing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chay Matthew Lecher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01788 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In 2019, Lecher was convicted of dealing in methamphetamine after selling the drug to police operatives on three occasions. While he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eddie Wallace v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01628 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In January 2023, Wallace’s driver’s license was suspended for ten years because he was a habitual traffic violator.1 Eight months later, police …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shannon Eugene Goff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01304 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Goff’s involvement in a domestic violence incident led to the State charging him with five offenses: Count I: Strangulation, as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dreyer & Reinbold v. Madison Auto Sales, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01133 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In early June 2022, D&R made repairs totaling about $3,200 to a vehicle owned by Michael Succes, who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryan Scott Morath v. Abby Abbinante ── Case No.: 24A-DC-01543 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 26, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Father and his ex-wife, Abby Abbinante (Mother), divorced in 2017. Both proceeding pro se, they agreed to a decree of dissolution that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Yerano Martinez, et al. v. Jeffrey Smith, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01272 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Both parties agree that the county had a right-of-way easement that extended twenty feet from the center line of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of T G ── Case No.: 24A-MH-01930 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 09, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur On July 2, 2024, T.G. was transported by ambulance to a Community Health Network (Community) hospital after purportedly suffering a foot injury at work. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cortell Dee Lockett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01438 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 15, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In 2023, Lockett’s friend Helen Enyeart gave Lockett ongoing permission to borrow Enyeart’s 2006 Dodge Durango truck. Lockett borrowed the truck …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael C. Green v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00871 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 22, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Carl and Paige Stutsman heard a loud noise outside their Elkhart County home around 9:00 p.m. one August evening. Upon investigation, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J E, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01234 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father (collectively, Parents) are the married parents of sons, H.B., born February 2, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew Kyle Delaplane v. Jody Camille Delaplane ── Case No.: 24A-DC-01577 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur During the parties' 11-year marriage, Husband served for approximately six years in government positions in which he participated in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darion D Whitehead v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00990 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur The day after he engaged in an argument with Lance Parr, Whitehead and three companions drove to an apartment complex where …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Kent Upstill v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01998 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Upstill became intoxicated while drinking at a Fishers bar. When leaving, he fell a couple of times inside the bar, dropping …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith DeShawn Cole v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01016 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Daniel Baxter was stopped at a red light in Indianapolis when a black Dodge Charger with distinctive red stripes pulled up …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jwan L Hardin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-00579 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In 2015, Hardin left school, armed himself, and then walked to the area where the victim was located. The victim, accompanied …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cissy Chantel Russell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-00356 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur This is the second time Russell’s burglary conviction has come before this Court. The underlying facts, as stated in her direct …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: T T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01827 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 06, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In April 2024, DCS removed Children from the care of Mother and Mother’s husband, M.T. (Stepfather), after substantiating a report that Children were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01722 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In late December 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) investigated a report that Mother was neglecting Child, then eight months old. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Harry Day v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01273 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Day and McIntosh ended their relationship in 2017, and McIntosh began dating Griffin not long after. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashlie Brooke Neal v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02339 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 21, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Neal broke into someone else’s home, intending to commit theft, but fell asleep before any theft …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jose Rosas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Early one morning, Mother awoke in her bedroom to a male intruder lying on top of her. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: B H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02186 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Parents have two sons: four-year-old A.T. Jr. and two-year-old K.T. (collectively, Sons). The family first became involved with DCS …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tony Clark v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01547 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Sixteen-year-old A.L. was browsing an aisle of books at the Hammond Public Library when a man, later identified as Clark, came walking …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Cole v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02289 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In 2023, Cox rented a bedroom in Cole’s home for $40 per week. By agreement, Cox would pay Cole each Sunday or …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Kelly, et al. v. Anthony Sommer ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01471 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 05, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Clinton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge May and Judge Brown concur Sheriff Kelly and Prosecutor Sommer initially had a “friendly” relationship, but it quickly “deteriorated” over disputes about law enforcement authority in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Clayton Duane Phillips v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02207 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In 2015, the State charged Phillips with three counts of Level 4 felony burglary. Phillips pleaded guilty as charged in 2017, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Mark C Ewing v. Mark S Jr Fryman, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-EU-02259 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In 2001, Mary Kay Ewing executed her Will, naming her son, Mark, as personal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Holland v. Indiana University, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01462 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur This case has a long and convoluted procedural history, detailed in our prior opinion, Holland v. Trustees of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: H M, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02287 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) became involved with Parents and Children in June 2023, after Z.T.K.S. was born with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jarvere Cordero Watson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01310 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur While under a protective order forbidding Watson from having contact with I.E., Watson showed up uninvited at I.E.’s residence, accused her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: V M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02657 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Mother was “in and out of jail” when she gave birth to Child. Tr. Vol. II, p. 118. By her own admission, she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T W v. B H ── Case No.: 24A-AD-02161 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Grant Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Father and L.W. (Mother) have three children together. After divorcing Father in late 2017, Mother, as well as the children, began living with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin S. Varner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01663 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur On the day of Brown’s death, Brown and a friend, Reginald Woodard, drove to Varner’s Lake County home to purchase marijuana. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Scott Rojo v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02448 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 19, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In March 2023, Trent Crawford parked outside an apartment complex and waited to be picked up …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Jalinn Bryant v. Cody McGehee ── Case No.: 24A-JP-01965 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 19, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Carroll Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur C.M. was born in March 2019 when Mother and Father (collectively Parents), who were unmarried, were living in Logansport. Shortly after C.M.’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vance Aron Vanlandingham v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01427 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur While on patrol one night around 2 a.m., Detective Jordan Corral, a drug task force officer, observed a tan van nearly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Angela N. Doss v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01799 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In October 2021, Doss was babysitting her two-year-old granddaughter, A.G., in the home that Doss shared with Jessie Barber, an elderly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Anthony Nadratowski, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01242 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur On February 25, 2023, twelve-year-old M.F. attended a sleepover at her friend T.H.’s home. Forty-six-year-old Nadratowski—the boyfriend of T.H.’s mother—also …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Graham v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01701 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In April 2019, police detectives conducted five controlled buys of illegal drugs from Graham (a.k.a. “Fuddy”). Among two confidential informants and one …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Dene Collins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01948 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In March 2020, the Grant County Department of Child Services (DCS) received a report that Collins had sexually molested two young …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robin Marsh v. Nathan Marsh ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01216 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur This intergenerational farming dispute involves Nathan Marsh; his father, Steven Marsh; his paternal uncle, Robin Marsh; and his paternal grandmother, Virginia Marsh. As …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chris J Gordon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02512 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Scheele concur He argues that the resentencing court abused its discretion by failing to recognize as a mitigating circumstance his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-XP-01783 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wabash Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Mother delivered Child in 2016 with difficulty. Child became stuck in the birth canal after her head was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John M. Hallett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01665 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur The day after Thanksgiving of 2017, Hallett murdered his roommate, Paul Gonzales, in their shared residence in Michigan City. There were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Emily F. Tidd v. Estate of Gary Tidd, Sr., et al. ── Case No.: 24A-ES-01395 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 04, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Robb concur Gary and Emily, who both had children from prior relationships, married in 2007. Gary either …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn Laver Perry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01624 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In July 2019, Perry was living with his girlfriend, Deshonda Lewis, their fourmonth-old son (Baby), and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua David Bubb v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01429 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur On April 27, 2022, Bubb was in the midst of moving from Fort Wayne to Sellersburg in Southern Indiana when he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Arthur Delaney Scott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01771 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In late 2022, Scott was placed on a 5-year term of probation after serving part of a 15-year sentence for three …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eddie Muex v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01610 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Muex and Thomas had a hostile relationship for unexplained reasons. One day in June 2022, they encountered each other in a liquor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mirabella Troncoso, a Minor, b/n/f Shannon Troncoso v. Cathy Hale ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01975 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wayne Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Mirabella’s family rented an older home from Landlord. In 2017, Mirabella was injured while trying to open the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Arreon D. Neely v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02374 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 23, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Neely drove to his forklift operator job shortly after smoking marijuana. On the way, he both speeded past other vehicles and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Michelle DiPego, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01268 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 23, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur Michelle is a resident of Muncie, Indiana, but the incident underlying her insurance claim occurred while she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Taylor A Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02264 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Smith gave birth to W.W. on May 27, 2022. Both tested positive for methamphetamine, triggering an investigation by the Indiana Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Travis Rogers Johnson II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02166 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur After knowing each other for twenty years, Johnson and K.T. began a romantic relationship. But after living together in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of A S ── Case No.: 25A-MH-00804 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 07, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Brown and Judge Foley concur Beginning in October 2023, A.S. came to believe that his father and brother were “starting to do some things …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Thomas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00050 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In June 2023, Fort Wayne police officers were dispatched to a residence in response to a reported domestic incident involving a firearm. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew T. Manning v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01714 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Dubois Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In 2021, Manning and his then-fiancé lived together in a duplex with their son. While Manning was at work one day, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew Eversole v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01910 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Clay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In August 2023, the State charged Eversole with Level 4 felony dealing in methamphetamine and Level 6 felony possession …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Russell Bernacchi, et al. v. Yon M. Lindborg, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01686 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 13, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur The Mill Creek Lateral (MCL) is a regulated drain in LaPorte County, Indiana. Water flows down the MCL …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dwayne Clemons v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01601 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 14, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Warren Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Scheele concurs. Judge May dissents One evening in March 2021, police detected Clemons’s vehicle speeding. When an officer attempted to pull him over, Clemons sped away. A …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Francis E. Fisher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01581 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: White Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur On September 16, 2021, the State charged Fisher with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John A Tackett, et al. v. Levi J Beiler, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-MI-01733 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 27, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wayne Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Levi and Sadie Beiler own land in an A-1 Agricultural district in Wayne County. On about 20 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amos L Manning v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02871 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In May 2024, Mijanau Eubanks, her sister Rekensha Holley, and Eubanks’s daughter were driving to a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Estate of Judah Morgan v. Alan Morgan, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02513 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Judah was born drug-positive in June 2017, shortly after DCS substantiated allegations that his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aegean LLC d/b/a Public Agency Training Council v. Taggart Insurance Center Inc. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02270 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Eight years ago, Aegean was conducting about 14 training seminars weekly, each with about 24 participants. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amanda Ping v. Margaret Inman, M.D. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02394 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Ping sued Dr. Inman for medical malpractice after a surgical procedure, and the case proceeded to a jury trial. At the beginning …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lewis Robert Siegrist v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02372 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Siegrist shot Robert Grubb during an altercation outside a home where Grubb’s girlfriend lived. Grubb and his girlfriend had been arguing, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James W. Wheeler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02225 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Wheeler was in a romantic relationship with Alicia Dismore for approximately 23 years, but by September 2022, their relationship was “toxic.” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Desiree Heitz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00802 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle concurs. Judge Felix dissents Heitz was criminally charged in December 2022. Thereafter, at least eight different deputy prosecutors and one graduate legal intern appeared …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kelli J Day v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00313 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In June 2022, Day pleaded guilty to Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement and was sentenced to 365 days imprisonment, all …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A B, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02902 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) became involved with Parents and Children in November 2022, when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: B J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02817 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Father was first charged with domestic battery in June 2023 after he grabbed Mother’s arm and smacked her in the ear while Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darmon Y. Farral v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02359 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In June 2024, police officers went to an apartment complex to execute multiple outstanding felony warrants on Farral. Uniformed officers knocked …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── E S v. B S ── Case No.: 24A-AD-02887 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 23, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Newton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Father and C.S. (Mother) were married in 2019, after the birth of L.A.S. in 2017 and A.R.S. in 2018. Their relationship was marked …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S J v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00046 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In June 2023, DCS received a hotline report alleging that then five-month-old Daughter had been left alone several times in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark A. Knight v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02889 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In both November and December 2023, Knight was arrested and charged with felony OWI and felony operating a vehicle while his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of D S ── Case No.: 24A-MH-00833 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Around the time of his hospitalization, D.S., 56, lived in Chicago, where he had an apartment and worked as a health care provider. A …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vincent J Weaver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03165 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur On July 2, 2021, Weaver fired a handgun seven times into a crowded Fort Wayne bar before fleeing the scene. Police …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Clorissa Williams v. James Williams ── Case No.: 24A-DR-00726 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 01, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias concurs. Judge Scheele dissents Mother and Father (collectively, Parents) divorced in 2016. Pursuant to their divorce decree, Parents were granted joint legal and physical custody of Child. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Riki James Eaton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02171 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 21, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In February 2017, Eaton learned that Boltinghouse planned to tell police about some thefts in which Eaton was involved. Eaton then …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terrill Lamont Hawkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00322 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Hayley Amatuzzo was at her Noblesville home around 10:00 p.m. one summer evening when she heard “a huge bang and a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven M. Shockley v. Indiana Real Estate Appraiser Licensure and Certification Board ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02064 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In 2022, Thomas Geibel, the Director of Real Estate for the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kandi Sue Vincent, et al. v. Professional & Business Collections, LLC, ── Case No.: 24A-SC-01916 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur On various dates between November 2021 and August 2022, Deaconess Hospital provided medical services to the Vincents’ …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Liskey, et al. v. Jacqueline M. Staatz ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02764 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In 1980, William and Vula Miller acquired real estate that would become the three parcels labeled below as the Dittrich …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Muhammad Khan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-XP-02829 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In 2015, Khan pleaded guilty to 14 felony counts, including corrupt business influence, dealing in synthetic drugs, and money laundering. In 2023, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Byron A. Barnes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02606 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In November 2021, Barnes’s friend Tobijah Goines, also known as “Toby4,” was shot and killed during what police described as narcotics …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M D, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00649 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 01, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Clark Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In September 2024, Daughter was born with syphilis and remained hospitalized for that condition for ten days. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Stone v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00082 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 01, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In the Montgomery Circuit Court in January 2018, Stone pleaded guilty to Level 3 felony possession of methamphetamine and Level 4 felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan Dashad Hairston v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00036 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 04, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Taylor and Hairston were married but separated in 2023. The two remained cordial, however, and in March of that year, Taylor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lauren Cupp v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02333 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Scheele concurs. Judge May concurs in part/dissents in part In May 2023, Officers John Pogorov and Reginald Thomas of the Whitestown Metropolitan Police Department drove to a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02991 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 13, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In August 2011, Jackson was convicted of Class D felony sexual battery. As a result, Indiana Code § 11-8-8-19(a) required him to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Michael Brawley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03051 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 18, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In April 2022, Brawley needed a temporary place to live. His childhood friend, Brandon Smock, allowed Brawley to stay in his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terry Fink v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-IF-00406 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 20, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Fink lives near Bloomington’s Summit Elementary School, which is located on a road with one eastbound lane and one westbound lane. A …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00324 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In September 2021, Mother’s youngest child, P.P., tested positive for methamphetamine at birth. DCS was notified of P.P.’s condition and began an assessment. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B Z v. K Z ── Case No.: 24A-AD-02703 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In 2017, Father was on active duty in the United States Army. He was stationed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he lived with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Mac Chumbley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00802 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jasper Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In late October 2024, Chumbley dropped off a PlayStation 5 gaming console at Crague’s apartment so that Crague could set it …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Deshawn Markist Hutcherson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00780 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Williams owned a 2010 black Acura MDX that was primarily driven by her son (Son). In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J K v. S H ── Case No.: 25A-PO-00173 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Mother and Father are the unmarried parents of a six-year-old child (Child). After their volatile romantic relationship ended and their co-parenting became equally …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David H. Lane v. Karla J. Peterson ── Case No.: 24A-DR-01836 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Mother and Father legally separated in 2016, when Child was five years old. At that time, the trial court granted Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rachael Doss v. Benjamin Ramseier, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00121 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur This case arises from a boundary dispute between neighboring property owners: Doss and the Ramseiers. In May 2023, Doss erected a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jorden Tyson Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00955 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In 2021, Baker pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony sexual misconduct with a minor. The court sentenced him to 1,877 days, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Raju Kantilal Rawal v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00141 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Rawal, 67, and Losinski, 35, were engaged in a sexual relationship for several years before Losinski’s death in 2023. When they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── City of Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, et al. v. County Residents Against Annexation, Inc., an Indiana not for profit corporation, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01967 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur This case has a protracted and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: P W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00974 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In February 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) filed a petition alleging that B.M. (then 6 years old) and S.M. (then …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William E. Glesing, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00809 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In October 2020, Glesing had an active warrant for his arrest based on pending felony auto theft charges in Dearborn …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Beaver Gravel Corporation, d/b/a Beaver Materials, et al. v. Eros Vladovich, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02494 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In 2023, Beaver sought a variance of use to operate a sand and gravel extraction …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Marcus Mayberry v. Indiana Department of Corrections ── Case No.: 25A-SC-01483 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In 2022, Mayberry was incarcerated at the Miami Correctional Facility, where he was serving a 60-year sentence for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kriston Lamar Barbee, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02317 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Scheele concurs. Judge May concurs in part/dissents in part Barbee is a member of “Chop Gang,” a “younger subset” of the “49th …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Wayne Aaron Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00334 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur From 2021 to 2023, Smith and Hairopoulos were in a tumultuous romantic relationship. Smith’s infidelity and constant accusations that Hairopoulos, too, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Taylor Jennings v. Jena Jennings ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00457 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Mother and Father, who married in 2010, are the parents of M.J., born in 2016, and F.J., born in 2018. The 10-year marriage …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven I Bell v. David C Bell ── Case No.: 25A-TR-00028 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Charles R. Bell (“Charles”) and Louise E. Bell (“Louise”) (collectively, the “Settlors”) executed a Trust Agreement in 2018, creating the Trust …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Randall Crossley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00423 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Scott Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In 2019, A.K. and F.K. (collectively, Children) lived with their parents (Parents) in a two-bedroom apartment in Scottsburg, Indiana. A.K., F.K., and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stephen Bradley Wright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01129 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In 2023, 31-year-old Samantha Syrus was volunteering with Predator Catchers Incorporated, a non-profit organization that works to “catch[] online child predators.” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Unity Surgical Center v. Martin G Hites, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CC-01300 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: White Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Johnson injured his left hand in May 2001 while in the course and scope of his employment with Hites. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Sieg v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01430 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In March 2024, Sieg broke into a mobile home, stole the owner’s property, and was caught with methamphetamine, all in Washington County. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01104 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jackson Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur After Mother’s arrest in connection with the 17-month-old infant’s death, a DCS worker interviewed Mother in jail and inquired …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patricia Dawn v. Twinship Property Management, LLC as M/A for the owner ── Case No.: 25A-EV-00909 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In January 2024, Dawn entered into a year-long residential lease agreement with Twinship for an apartment in Indianapolis. Under the lease, rent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Bowens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01282 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 29, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In 2018, when Bowens was roughly 43 years old, he began molesting his 10and 8-year-old adopted sisters on a nightly basis. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John E. Braun v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01286 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 03, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur On the morning of November 2, 2024, Braun was hunting from a deer stand. He was approached by a conservation officer …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Catherine Adkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00438 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 03, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In October 2015, eleven-month-old K.S. died while in Adkins's care. She told doctors she tripped while holding the child, but medical evidence …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin M. Floyd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00908 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Clinton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In April 2023, Floyd and his sister M.F., both in their thirties, lived with their mother and stepfather in Clinton County. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Craig Robert Hendry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00022 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 12, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vermillion County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Hendry makes his living by posting videos on YouTube in which he, in his own words, “go[es] around and record[s] …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rothasy Eshamlech LLC v. John Dudley, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00873 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Randolph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Rothasy, based in New York, bought a house in Lynn, Indiana (the Property), for $7,501 at a tax sale in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M D v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01366 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur J.D. was born in October 2007.2 He and his two sisters were adjudged to be children in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Courtney L Reimmuth v. Mark J Boyer ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00605 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Mother and Father (Parents) have two Children together: Daughter (born May 14, 2006), and Son (born March 10, 2013). When Parents …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Javier De Jesus Aguilar v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01148 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In April 2024, Aguilar and Candelaria Salazar-Perez were in a romantic relationship and living together in an Indianapolis hotel. Aguilar …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terry L. Harris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00972 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur On August 1, 2024, Officers Evan Rhoades and Hau Thang of the Fort Wayne Police Department were surveilling a residence located …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of B C ── Case No.: 25A-MH-02745 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 03, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur In late October 2025, B.C. was admitted to Community Fairbanks Behavioral Health (Hospital) after having been hospitalized for four days earlier that month. At …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J. D. Spears v. Tony Codalata, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-EV-00872 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge DeBoer concur In 2014, Spears, through his agents, presented the Codalatas with a written agreement for the Codalatas to rent to purchase a home …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashley Peterson v. Donald Peterson ── Case No.: 25A-CC-01690 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In 2014, Donald was appointed guardian of Ashley, his adult daughter diagnosed with mental illness after experiencing significant childhood trauma before he adopted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aaron Howe, et al. v. Lehe Farms, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00226 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: White Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In 1955, Simon Lehe purchased farmland in White County, Indiana. He created a corporation—Lehe Farms, Inc.—to hold the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William R. Robertson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02932 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Several months before the traffic stop that ended in Robertson’s arrest, the Hyundai that Robertson was driving was reported stolen from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mitchell Schultz v. S.P. Real Estate, LLC ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00165 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jasper Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur S.P. Real Estate LLC operates a driving range and golf course named Sandy Pines Golf Club (Sandy Pines) in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles W. Curry, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01844 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Curry pleaded guilty in the Lake Superior Court to Level 5 felony auto theft in July 2022 and was sentenced …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trevor Lloyd-Jones, et al. v. O'Mara Properties, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00333 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In 2017, Lloyd-Jones owned a building in a strip mall that contained multiple rental units.1 O’Mara owned the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Cruz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01308 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Cruz and his wife, Crystal, have three children together: Jonathan (born in 2007), B.C. (born in 2009), and D.C. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daron Washington v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01169 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur I.W. and her twin sister, K.W., were born prematurely at Eskenazi Hospital in November 2022. The children spent 21 days …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: L W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-02099 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Mother and Children moved from Washington, D.C. to Terre Haute, Indiana, in early March 2025. Mother enrolled Children in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lane Benziger v. Katherine E. Radabaugh ── Case No.: 25A-CT-01945 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 15, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur The parties divorced in 2023, entering into a mediated settlement agreement in which they released all claims …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Leonard Taylor, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01588 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 15, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In April 2015, Taylor was convicted of Level 3 felony attempted armed robbery. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Angela Korte, et al. v. United Leasing, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CC-01630 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur United Leasing, Inc. (Lender) and Korte’s Towing and Recovery, LLC (Borrower) entered into a written finance/security agreement (Agreement) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aiedan M Chavira v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00497 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In September 2024, Chavira and his girlfriend, S.R., lived together with S.R.’s three-year-old child. Their relationship was volatile and marked by …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David A Brown v. Kimberly L Brown ── Case No.: 25A-DN-02118 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jay Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur When the parties divorced in 2019, the dissolution court entered an Order of Property Distribution (Distribution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jermaine Randle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01472 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In January 2023, Randle lived with his girlfriend, B.S., and their young child in an Indianapolis house that had been divided into …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── N D v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-02083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Franklin Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur N.D.’s involvement with the juvenile justice system began in October 2023, when she was 14 years old. She was referred to juvenile …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: Y B, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01591 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Clay Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Father and Mother have three children: 13-year-old S.P. (Older Daughter), 11year-old L.P.J. (Son), and 8-year-old L.F.P. (Younger …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kari M. Wooley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00197 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Dorothy Hockersmith died without a will in January 2018, after a long battle with diabetes-related illnesses. She left behind …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── BEARCAT XPRESS, INC., et al. v. WILLIAM J. COFFMAN ── Case No.: 21A-CT-01572 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Gibson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur On June 4, 2019, Coffman was operating a tractor and towing a sprayer on U.S. 41 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kenneth Kee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-00849 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur On direct appeal, the facts and procedural history were recited as follows: In February 2015, Devan Philpott (“Philpott”) was arrested for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Debrah M. Merchant, et al. v. Anita Ashley, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-02874 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Randolph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur The Merchants have lived at 1167 West 250 North, Winchester, Indiana (“Merchant Real Estate”) for over forty-nine …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Angela Cunningham-Goble v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01101 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 02, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur On March 12, 2021, the State charged Cunningham-Goble with driving while suspended, a Class A misdemeanor,1 under Cause Number 33C03-2103-CM165 (“Cause …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald T Green v. GEO, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-SC-00818 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 10, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur On February 17, 2020, Green was placed in a segregated unit overnight. Incident to that placement, Green’s property was inventoried …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01835 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur In August of 2014, Mother gave birth to Child. Child is autistic and non-verbal. At times, he engages in self-injurious behavior, such …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of J G ── Case No.: 22A-MH-02533 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur J.G. is a stay-at-home mom who was forty-three years old at the time of the commitment hearing on October 12, 2022. J.G. lived …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darick R Van v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00346 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur On August 2, 2020, Van was pulled over by law enforcement for having a partly obscured and illegible temporary registration. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B T v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-01028 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur In December of 2023, Child was seventeen years old, and his parents had joint custody of him. Child spent alternate weeks …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K D v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01058 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur Child was born on October 6, 2020, to A.F. (“Mother”) and Father (Collectively, “Parents”). 1 At the time …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Andrew Beasley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01434 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur Case Summary Jason Beasley challenges his conviction for resisting law enforcement, as a Level 6 felony. 1 We affirm. Issues …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Laud Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02231 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Benton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur J.B. was born in 2008, and, in approximately 2020, he became a ward of the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02478 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur Mother is the biological mother of eight children. Her oldest child, A.P., is twenty-one years old, and she and another sibling of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: W S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-03100 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 17, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur The following facts are taken from the unchallenged findings in the trial court’s order. 1 C.B. (“Mother”) gave …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kyle Nicholas Doroszko v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-CR-00025 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 01, 2023 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded This case arises from Jeremiah Williams’ ill-conceived plan to lure Doroszko into a drug deal as a ruse to rob him. While Williams coordinated with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── ZACHARIAH J MARSHALL v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 18S-CR-00464 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 27, 2019 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Zachariah Marshall challenges the propriety of his traffic stop for speeding under both the United States and Indiana Constitutions. He presents us with an interesting question: When a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Duke Energy Indiana LLC v. City of Noblesville Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-PL-00130 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 30, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded This case pits a municipality’s power to protect the health and safety of its residents against the utility regulatory commission’s power to impose uniform, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charlie Davis Leshore, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-CR-00051 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 28, 2023 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush and Justice Molter concur. Justice Slaughter and Justice Goff dissent In 1999, Charlie Leshore pleaded guilty to these crimes: burglary, a Class B …
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Neutral
── JAMES A CROWE, et al. v. SAVVY IN LLC ── Case No.: 23S-TP-00090 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 11, 2023 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In 1997, James and Phyllis Crowe (collectively, “the Crowes”) acquired title to three parcels of land (“Properties”), where the couple has resided since 1998. In 2019, …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana through DNR v. Kailee M Smith, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-MI-00046 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 05, 2024 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In December 2012, Kailee Leonard was driving to her boyfriend’s house when, while passing the home of Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Scott …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Franciscan Alliance, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00118 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 31, 2024 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded This dispute is driven by the long-running I-69 project along State Road 37 in Johnson County. The State planned to build the I-69 corridor …
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Neutral
── Kevin Chandler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02069 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur In 2007, Kevin Chandler was convicted of Class A felony attempted murder and sentenced to 40 years. See Cause No. 49G01-0703-FA-43831. We …
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Neutral
── Commitment of G S ── Case No.: 25A-MH-02033 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur G.S. was diagnosed with schizophrenia in childhood and has a history of psychiatric hospitalizations as both a juvenile and an adult, including a fouryear …
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Neutral
── Andrew Dean Revelee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02427 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur In August 2020, Revelee pled guilty to possession of a narcotic drug while in possession of a firearm as a Level …
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Neutral
── Dylan Iceberg v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02419 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In 2022, Iceberg pled guilty to criminal mischief as a Class A misdemeanor in Cause 69D01-2205-F6-062 (the “Mischief Cause”). Pursuant to the …
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Neutral
── CHINS: C K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-02257 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Child was born in August 2021 to Parents. On July 2024, Child was adjudicated a CHINS on Parents’ admission …
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Neutral
── Patrick Mutugu v. Faith Brenda Kiaraho ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01780 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On February 19, 2016, Mother and Father married, and on February 27, 2023, Mother filed a petition to dissolve their marriage. On …
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Neutral
── Commitment of P P ── Case No.: 25A-MH-01592 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In May 2025, P.P. ran a red light while driving because “she was having auditory hallucinations.” Tr. Vol. II at 11. After …
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Neutral
── Termination: B T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02269 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Child was born to Mother in August 2013. Child has virtually no relationship with his father, who has been …
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Neutral
── Gregory Dwayne Smith, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01764 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On August 7, 2024, Smith and K.H. were both at Lafayette Transitional Housing Center (“LTHC”) in Tippecanoe …
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Neutral
── Danny E. Mccarty v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01997 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On the night of January 6, 2024, the weather was cold and snowy in Pulaski County. McCarty and his brother Charles …
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Neutral
── Termination: K S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00860 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Altice concur Since well before Child’s birth, Mother has had a documented history of mental-health and substance-abuse issues. She has been …
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Neutral
── Scott Lee Van Hawk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03161 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Van Hawk and N.V. were married for around 15 years and have a son and a daughter (the Children). “In …
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Neutral
── Reginald D. Akins, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02140 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Foley concur While on patrol on October 20, 2021, Muncie Police Officer Danielle Bradford observed Akins driving a silver Cadillac with someone …
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Neutral
── Clarence F. Sanders, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01537 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur During the week of February 24, 2025, several officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and agents with the Drug …
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Neutral
── CHINS: E B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01315 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge DeBoer concur In the fall of 2023, A.B. revealed to Mother and B.B. that Stepfather had repeatedly sexually touched her and …
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Neutral
── Javier Lara Baron v. Carolina Duarte Alvarez ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01960 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Father and Mother divorced in June 2023 with three children: G.L. (born October 2014), E.L. (born February 2018), …
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Neutral
── Robert Robinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01975 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Late one evening in December 2024, police responded to a triggered security alarm at an Anderson church. When officers arrived, they noticed …
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Neutral
── Andrew Coppess v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02319 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On March 8, 2024, Coppess and his accomplice, Brandon Young, attempted to rob Fahenstock at an Anderson apartment complex. During the attempted …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Diana Dimic v. Joseph Michael O'Connell ── Case No.: 25A-JP-02242 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Child was born to Mother and Father in 2012. In a paternity action initiated shortly thereafter, the trial court granted Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Roy E France v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02036 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Linda Moore owned the rural Wabash County property where the altercation between France and her adult son, Michael Williams, occurred. With …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L T v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02030 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur During a two-month period beginning in February 2022, DCS received five reports about Child. By late April …