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Friday, June 04, 2010
Inbd. Decisions - "State justices slam traffic judge's handling of case that landed woman in jail"
Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in the case of Christian Hollinsworth v. State of Indiana [Marion Superior Court, Criminal Division 13, Judge William Young ], a brief, 3-page, 4-1 per curiam opinion which the ILB decided to set out in full in this entry yesterday, is the subject of a story this afternoon on Star reporter Jon Murray's blog, Justice Watch, and will undoubtedly appear in some form in tomorrow's Indianapolis Star. It begins:
The Indiana Supreme Court could have simply reversed a woman's sentence for driving with a suspended license, a misdemeanor, and the rare one-year jail sentence that resulted. But on Thursday, the justices went further and slammed the behavior of the Marion County traffic court judge, whose handling of the case in February 2009 turned heads. It came soon after Judge Bill Young had moved to the post at traffic court, issuing stiff fines for some and sometimes employing a gruff manner on the bench. In the case that prompted this week's opinion, the justices have ordered a new trial.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 4, 2010 03:47 PM
Posted to Ind. Sup.Ct. Decisions