The Indiana Court of Appeals handed down a decision this week on an appeal by Mammoth Solar concerning a judge’s ruling that an application for a special exception for a 4,511 acre solar farm approved by the Pulaski County Board of Zoning Appeals was not correctly approved.
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The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed the sentence handed down to James Campbell in Starke Circuit Court on a charge of murder with a firearm sentencing enhancement and a Level 6 Felony count of resisting law enforcement.
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Tom DeCola’s 2019 removal from the Starke County Council has been upheld by the Indiana Court of Appeals. He was elected in November of 2018 and voted off by council members the following February.
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The Knox Board of Works continues pushing for the demolition of a garage at 204 West Bender Street. A demolition order was issued more than two years ago, but owner Lucia Valladares argued that the structure was viable and contractors could have it repaired in two weeks. She continued appealing the order through the court system, until the Indiana Court of Appeals dismissed the matter earlier this month.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals recently reviewed an appeal filed by Elven McCarty of Knox who was convicted of child molesting, incest and sexual battery and given a 77-year prison sentence following a trial on the matter in October of 2018 in Starke Circuit Court. He argued that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions and that his sentence was inappropriate.
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No other court paperwork has been filed in the unsafe building case involving the Town of Culver and Scotty Van Hawk and the 27 Group, owner of the former City Tavern building.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals’ visit to Knox High School this month proved to be a great civics lesson for students, according to School Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart. “A lot of us just see ‘Judge Judy’ and we think that’s how all the court cases are, and so it was good for our students to be able to participate in that,” Reichhart recently told the school board.
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Three judges from the Indiana Court of Appeals completed their statewide Appeals on Wheels journey in Pulaski County on Tuesday where they held oral arguments in the case of Michael Scanland vs. the State of Indiana.
Continue readingWhat is a police officer’s responsibility when offering a suspected intoxicated driver a chemical test was at the center of an Indiana Court of Appeals hearing held in Knox Monday. The three-judge panel heard an oral argument in the case of Jacob T. Kingma v. State of Indiana, as part of the “Appeals on Wheels” program.
Continue readingThe Indiana Court of Appeals is on the road to Pulaski County today where an oral argument is scheduled at the Winamac High School in the Appeals on Wheels initiative. It’s an attempt to make it easier for residents observe the judicial process.
Continue readingFor the first time ever, the Indiana Court of Appeals will conduct a hearing in Starke County this morning. As part of the “Appeals on Wheels” program, the court will hear an oral argument at the Knox High School auditorium starting at 10:30 CST.
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The removal of what’s left of the former City Tavern Building can finally proceed, following a lengthy legal battle. Culver Town Attorney Jim Clevenger shared the Indiana Court of Appeals’ finding during Tuesday’s town council meeting. “A 24-page public opinion on our case, ‘Culver versus The 27 Group and Mr. Scotty VanHawk,’ and the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court order for demolition!” Clevenger announced.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals determined that oral arguments will be heard in the case of the Town of Culver vs Scotty Van Hawk and the 27 Group, the owner of the old City Tavern Building at 415 Lakeshore Drive.
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Nathan Hummel appealed his sentence in Starke Circuit Court claiming that the felony counts should not have been consecutive sentences.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals recently handed down a decision concerning an appeal filed by Edward Blackburn on his murder conviction.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the sentence issued by Starke Circuit Court Judge Kim Hall in the case of Jan Dollahan, Jr.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals upholds the sentence imposed during a hearing in the case of North Judson resident Matthew Schutz.
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The Culver Town Council members learned Tuesday night that the owners of the former City Tavern Building have filed an appeal from the judge’s decision to demolish the building.
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A man found guilty of child molesting has had his convictions affirmed by the Indiana Court of Appeals. Back in February, Jerry Leonard was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court to concurrent terms of 30 years in the Indiana Department of Correction with 10 years suspended, for two Class A felony counts of child molesting. Leonard appealed the convictions, arguing that his confession to police was not made voluntarily and “that the trial court abused its discretion” by admitting video of the police interview as evidence.
A Starke County man found guilty of domestic battery has had his prison sentence affirmed by an appellate court. David Spohn had appealed the two-and-a-half-year sentence given by Starke Circuit Court Judge Kim Hall, arguing that it was “inappropriate in light of his character and the nature of the offense.”
