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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Ind. Courts - Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments at Valparaiso University
The Chesterton Tribune reports:
The Indiana Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear an oral argument on March 23 on the campus of Valparaiso University in the case of a man accused of road rage in a crash which killed two people in Indianapolis.Oral arguments will be heard beginning at 11 a.m. at the VU School of Law at Wesemann Hall, VU said in a statement released on Tuesday. Arguments are open to the public.
Judges Nancy Vaidik, Michael Barnes, and Terry Crone will be participating in the oral argument in the case of Benton Barber vs. the State of Indiana. Barber was convicted last year of charges resulting from a 2004 highway crash in Indianapolis in which two teens were killed, VU said. Prosecutors said that the crash was the result of road rage and the incident prompted state legislators to increase penalties for aggressive driving.
The court, VU said, is being asked to decide whether there was sufficient evidence to convict the defendant for reckless homicide and failure to stop after an accident resulting in death, and whether the defendant’s sentence was proper.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 15, 2007 08:07 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts