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Ind. Decisions - Transfer denied in John Myers II appeal
Reportedly, transfer has been denied re the May 30th Court of Appeals decision in the case of John R. Myers, II v. State of Indiana (see 5/30/08 ILB summary here). Myers was convicted in 2006 of killing IU student Jill...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 31, 2008 08:15 AM
Ind. Decisions - Transfer petition filed re Myers' murder conviction
"Lawyers asking courts to overturn John Myers conviction" is the headline to a story today ($$) by Laura Lane in the Bloomington Herald-Times. Some quotes:MARTINSVILLE — Lawyers representing the man convicted of killing Bloomington resident and Indiana University student Jill...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 11, 2008 02:22 PM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 17 NFP)
For publication opinions today (5): In John R. Myers, II v. State of Indiana , a 44-page opinion, Judge Bradford writes:Today we state once again that a defendant is entitled to a fair trial, not a perfect trial. Concluding the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 30, 2008 01:23 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on "Jill Behrman murder trial unfair, lawyer tells appeals court"
This morning the ILB posted quotes and/or links to stories from two reporters, Deanna Martin and Jon Murray, on yesterday's arguments before the Court of Appeals. Now Bethany Nolan from the Martinsville Reporter-Times, the site of the trial, weighs in....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 21, 2008 02:32 PM
Ind. Decisions - "Jill Behrman murder trial unfair, lawyer tells appeals court"
Oral arguments were heard yesterday, March 20th, before a panel of the Court of Appeals in the case of John R. Myers, II vs. State of Indiana. Myers is the man convicted of killing IU student Jill Behrman, whose "body...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 21, 2008 06:55 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Upcoming oral arguments this week
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, which lists the oral argument tomorrow, March 20th, before the Court of Appeals in the case of John R. Myers, II vs. State of Indiana, a brief item today in the Muncie Star Press...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 19, 2008 12:31 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: "Judge in Behrman case rejects bid for new trial"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 14, 2007, the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Arguments are set for next month in the appeal of a man convicted of murdering Jill Behrman, a 19-year-old Indiana University student. The three-member Indiana Appeals Court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 5, 2008 02:05 PM
Ind. Decisions - John Myers, convicted of killing IU student Jill Behrman, files appeal
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 14, 2007, headed "Judge in Behrman case rejects bid for new trial", the Bedford Times-Mail reports today, in a story by Laura Lane:[Defense attorney Patrick] Baker filed the appeal Sept. 21 after being granted...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 30, 2007 12:14 PM
Ind. Law - "Law would allow judges to seal coroners’ reports"
"Public records lawyers say Jill Behrman's death report illegally sealed " was the heading of this ILB entry from March 2, 2006, with follow-ups March 10th and June 8th of 2006. Today Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 3, 2007 09:43 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Judge in Behrman case rejects bid for new trial"
The AP is reporting today:MARTINSVILLE, Ind. -- Juror misbehavior during the murder trial of a man accused of killing Indiana University student Jill Behrman doesn't warrant a new trial, a judge ruled yesterday. Morgan Superior Court Judge Christopher Burnham denied...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 14, 2007 09:11 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on the Behrman case verdict
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 30th, the Indianapolis Star today has a story by Tim Evans headlined "Building a case, clue by clue: Dogged detective found evidence against Behrman's killer." It begins:Despite nearly five years of police work and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 5, 2006 04:36 PM
Ind. Decisions - Verdict in Behrman case
Dick Kaukas reports in the Louisville Courier-Journal this evening:MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — It took jurors less than an hour Monday to decide that the man charged with the murder of Jill Behrman was guilty. The verdict was announced at 6:25 p.m....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 30, 2006 07:04 PM
Ind. Courts - Jill behrman trial begins today in Martinsville: secrecy remains an issue
The Indianapolis Star website is reporting this afternoon in a story by Tim Spalding headlined "Shotgun blast killed Jill Behrman" that:Jill Behrman was killed by a 12-guage shotgun blast to the back of her head, Prosecutor Steve Sonnega told a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 16, 2006 03:52 PM
Ind. Courts - "Judge denies TV station's request for witness lists in Behrman case"
"Judge denies TV station's request for witness lists in Behrman case" is the headline to an AP story published this morning the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — A judge yesterday denied a television station's request for lists of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 26, 2006 09:46 AM
Ind. Courts - Moves toward secrecy in the Indiana trial court system?
Fortunately, one can still count the recent stories on the fingers of one hand. An AP story by Ken Kusmer from June 8th reported "The cause and manner of 19-year-old Jill Behrman's death and other autopsy results have been sealed...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 9, 2006 01:35 PM
Ind. Courts - "Casino court records should not be sealed"
From the Bloomington Herald-Times editorial today, titled "Casino court records should not be sealed: Legislature has established that such documents are public, and case has not been made otherwise":The decision by Orange Circuit Judge Larry Blanton to seal the court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 21, 2006 09:22 AM
Ind. Courts - Records on IU student's death could be released [Updated again]
Ken Kusmer writes today for the AP:MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- A judge [today] could release autopsy and forensic reports in the death of an Indiana University student whose body was found in 2003, nearly three years after she disappeared while...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 8, 2006 09:32 AM
Ind. Courts - "Behrman autopsy details may be released"
Re the continuing efforts of several Indiana papers to obtain the sealed autopsy report on Jill Behrman's death, the Indianapolis Star posted this story by John Tuohy yesterday afternoon:The prosecutor overseeing the Jill Behrman murder case said today he might...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 3, 2006 09:47 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Behrman trial will stay in Morgan Co."
Sarah Core of the Indiana Daily Student reports:A Morgan County judge has denied a request in the Behrman case for a change of venue, leaving the Sept. 18 trial in the county where IU student Jill Behrman's body was found...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 25, 2006 07:17 AM
Ind. Courts - Camm and Behrman cases continue in the news
"Don’t rule out another Camm trial" was the headline to a long story this weekend in the New Albany News-Tribune. Some quotes:NEW ALBANY — David Camm may be behind bars, sentenced to life in prison for killing his family, but...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 13, 2006 06:48 AM
Ind. Law - More on sealing of Jill Behrman's death report
Updating this ILB entry from March 2nd is an AP report today published in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and headlined "Judge withholds autopsy on IU coed." Some quotes:MARTINSVILLE – A judge has denied a newspaper’s request to release autopsy...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 10, 2006 08:07 AM
Ind. Law - "Public records lawyers say Jill Behrman's death report illegally sealed "
Fox 59 News is reporting this afternoon, in a story by Kimberly King headlined "Public records lawyers say Jill Behrman's death report illegally sealed:"While Indiana's law requires the coroner of a given county to release the cause of death after...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 2, 2006 04:56 PM