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Ind. Decisions - "Boney Grants Exclusive Interview: Convicted Killer Gives First TV Interview In 5 Years"
WLKY out of Louisville has the story today with numerous links, including a 3-part TV interview with Charles Boney. Here is a long list of earlier ILB entries on Charles Boney. The most recent ILB entry on David Camm is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 10, 2009 10:26 AM
Law - Still more computer problems: Kentucky county's funds stolen by online hackers [Updated]
Be concerned. When the ILB posted this story July 27th from the Louisville Courier Journal about the theft of $415,000 of Bullitt County Kentucky's funds by Ukrainian hackers, it seemed an isolated incident. Not so, according to this story today...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 25, 2009 01:30 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Brief filed in response to AG's July 27th petition for rehearing in David Camm case
Updating this ILB entry from August 18th, Matt Thacker of the Jeffersonville News & Tribune reports today in a lengthy story that begins:The Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday requested to have the entire David Camm murder case file sent to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 21, 2009 01:43 PM
Ind. Courts - More on "A call for a moratorium on executions"
Updating this ILB entry from August 9th, Jon Murray has a story today in the Indianapolis Star headed "Activists again seek moratorium on death penalty in Indiana." Here are some quotes from the later part of the lengthy story:Marion County...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 18, 2009 12:23 PM
Ind. Decisions - Brief filed in response to AG's July 27th petition for rehearing in David Camm case
Updating this ILB entry from July 28, which includes a link to the AG's petition for rehearing, and this entry from August 2nd, today Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal reports:The Indiana Supreme Court ruled clearly and correctly...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 18, 2009 12:09 PM
Ind. Decisions - "Suspect, families await possible third murder trial"
Updating this ILB entry from July 28th, Charles Wilson of the AP has a story today on what's next. Some quotes:The case already has cost county prosecutors nearly $3 million, and another trial could add millions more to the tab....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 2, 2009 11:31 AM
Ind. Decisions - Attorney General files for rehearing in Camm ruling
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, here is an expanded story in the Louisville Courier Journal, now reported by Lesley Stedman Weidenbener and Chris Quay. Some quotes:It's a long shot request, one that rarely leads the court to overturn one of its...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 28, 2009 08:30 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Floyd County prosecutor asks for rehearing in Camm ruling
Updating this brief entry from early this morning, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal is now reporting:INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana attorney general's office is planning to formally petition the Indiana Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to grant...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 27, 2009 02:24 PM
Ind. Decisions - Floyd County prosecutor asks for rehearing in Camm ruling
So reports WLKY.com....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 27, 2009 10:15 AM
Ind. Decisions - "What's next for David Camm? Case may not be remanded to trial court until fall"
Matt Thacker of the New Albany N & T has this story today. Some quotes:After two trials and two convictions overturned on appeals, David Camm’s attorneys say they expect his case will go before a jury for a third time....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 1, 2009 12:53 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on "Third trial ordered for Camm"
"Another Camm trial would put strain on county’s finances" is the headline to this story today by Chris Morris of the New Albany / Jeffersonville News & Tribune:Prosecuting the two David Camm murder trials and subsequent appeals have cost Floyd...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 27, 2009 09:54 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Third trial ordered for Camm"
The Supreme Court's ruling this morning in the case of David R. Camm v. State of Indiana (ILB summary here) is the subject of several stories this afternoon. Ben Zion Hershberg of the Louisville Courier Journal has a story that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 26, 2009 03:52 PM
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides 3 today, including David Camm case
In David R. Camm v. State of Indiana , a 31-page, 4-1 opinion, Justice Dickson begins:The defendant, David R. Camm, appeals his three convictions and sentence of life impri-sonment without parole for murdering his wife and two children. We reverse...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 26, 2009 11:07 AM
Ind. Decisions - Many more Indiana Supreme Court opinions expected before July 1
The U.S. Supreme Court is ending its term and seven more opinions are expected during the next few days. Generally, Supreme Court opinions do not hold over from term to term. The Indiana Supreme Court does not have an official...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 24, 2009 10:05 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: "Could 2009 bring a third Camm trial?"
This January 5th ILB entry quoted from a New Albany/Jeffersonville News & Tribune story that began:David Camm is still waiting for the Indiana Supreme Court to decide his fate, again. Quietly, Floyd County leaders worry about what could happen. Today...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 21, 2009 09:20 AM
Law - "Another sign of tough times: legal aid for the middle class"
This story in the March 10th LA Times, reported by Carol J. Williams , is subheaded "Among the resources available to the newly cash-strapped are online services, self-help centers and lawyers who offer group rates." The story begins:Richard Massey's suburban...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 16, 2009 12:30 PM
Law - Still more on unfinished or lost transcripts, and court transcripts in general
Updating this ILB entry from April 22, 2007, which looked at the problem of missing or unfinished court transcripts, here is one to add, from the Boston Globe. "Missing trial tapes spawn an impasse: Stenographer denies she has them" is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 5, 2009 12:45 PM
Law - "Citing Cost, States Consider End to Death Penalty"
That is the headline to this lengthy NY Times story today by Ian Urbina. Some quotes:When Gov. Martin O’Malley appeared before the Maryland Senate last week, he made an unconventional argument that is becoming increasingly popular in cash-strapped states: abolish...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 25, 2009 08:01 AM
Ind. Courts - "Could 2009 bring a third Camm trial?"
That question is asked by Chris Morris of the New Albany/Jeffersonville News & Tribune in a story Jan. 3rd:David Camm is still waiting for the Indiana Supreme Court to decide his fate, again. Quietly, Floyd County leaders worry about what...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 5, 2009 01:07 PM
Ind. Gov't. - Medicaid rulemaking proposal draws criticism from elder law attorneys
Here is the proposed rule. The Indiana FSSA posted a "Notice of Intent' to adopt a rule on 4/30/08. As its title indicates, the notice is just that, it does not spell out the specifics. The FSSA posted the text...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 24, 2008 08:54 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana high court refuses to hear Boney appeal"
Janelle MacDonald of Louisville's WAVE 3 reports:It looks like the end of appeals for convicted Camm family killer Charles Boney. Boney is serving 225 years for the September 28th, 2000 murders of Kim, Brad and Jill Camm at their home...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 9, 2008 09:24 AM
Ind. Gov't. - "Web sites ease access to Kentucky, Indiana services"
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal writes today on state government websites in Kentucky and Indiana. The story begins:Taxpayers don't always have to drive to their state capitols -- or even to local license branches or government offices...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 2, 2008 08:23 AM
Ind. Courts - More on "Supreme Court hears appeal of ex-trooper's murder convictions"
Updating yesterday's entry, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal has this longish report today on yesterday's oral arguments that begins:The jury that convicted David Camm of killing his family should have been told that his co-defendant had a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 23, 2008 10:08 AM
Ind. Courts - "Supreme Court hears appeal of ex-trooper's murder convictions"
Two stories now have been posted on this morning's oral arguments in the David Camm murder appeal. Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press wrote this report -- some quotes:Lawyers this morning have finished making their arguments to the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 22, 2008 03:35 PM
Ind. Decisions - Reminder: Supreme court to hear David Camm case and Steuben County official's sex case this week
The oral arguments are at 9:00 AM (Camm) and 9:45 AM (Clark) this morning. Watch the webcasts here. See the case summaries from this ILB entry Monday, and the newspaper previews here....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 22, 2008 07:31 AM
Ind. Decisions - Supreme court to hear David Camm case and Steuben County official's sex case this week
"David Camm case goes before Indiana high court" was the headline to this story by Ben Zion Hershberg in Sunday's Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:Nearly eight years after David Camm's family was murdered at their Georgetown, Ind., home, the state...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 19, 2008 06:50 AM
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week [Updated]
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, May 22nd: 9:00 AM - David Camm v. State - Following retrial, by jury, in the Warrick Superior Court, Camm was convicted of three counts of murder in the killing...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 19, 2008 06:40 AM
Ind. Courts - Still more on: David Camm appeal brief filed with the Supreme Court
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 13th reporting that both the appeal brief and the response had been filed with the Supreme Court, a brief item this evening from Louisville WAVE 3 News reports:WAVE 3 News has learned there are...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 27, 2008 06:36 PM
Ind. Courts - "Wilkes trial costs adding up"
Kate Braser of the Evansville C & P writes today:Even with his trial and death penalty sentencing completed, the costs for defending triple murderer Daniel Ray Wilkes continue to mount for Vanderburgh County. The price tag for the case was...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 17, 2008 01:06 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: David Camm appeal brief filed with the Supreme Court
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 13th, 2007, which quoted from a comprehensive story in the Louisville Courier Journal that "Lawyers for former Indiana State Trooper David Camm filed a 21,000-word appeal yesterday with the Indiana Supreme Court, arguing that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 13, 2008 08:22 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Court rejects Boney's appeal"
Reporting on yesterday's Court of Appeals decision in the case of Charles D. Boney v. State of Indiana [see ILB summary here - 2nd case], Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal writes in a comprehensive story that begins:The...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 30, 2008 08:23 AM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 20 NFP)
For publication opinions today (2): Michael Loos v. State of Indiana - "Loos appears to assert that the trial court’s omission of the word “aggravating” in its sentencing statement is an abuse of discretion. We disagree. The trial court adequately...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 25, 2007 01:58 PM
Ind. Courts - David Camm appeal brief filed with the Supreme Court
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 29th, which reported that Chief Justice Shepard had granted David Camm's attorneys until Oct. 12 to finish their appeal brief, but that "Shepard denied the attorneys' request to increase the size limit on the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 13, 2007 05:00 PM
Ind. Courts - Updating: More problems with the Camm trial transcript?
Updating these ILB entries from August 16th and August 16th-2 on reconstructing the inaudible objections in the David Camm transcript, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Lawyers for David Camm will have two more weeks to file...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 29, 2007 10:11 AM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 8 NFP)
For publication opinions today (1): In Megan Morris v. State of Indiana , a 14-page opinion, Judge Barnes writes:Megan Morris appeals her convictions for Class A felony battery and Class A felony child neglect. We reverse. Issue The restated issue...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 16, 2007 01:49 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: More problems with the Camm trial transcript?
Updating an entry from earlier this morning, IU-Indy Law Professor Joel Schumm writes:Re: The ILB wonders, how often does this sort of thing -- i.e. illegible parts of a transcript -- happen, and what is done? I've done more than...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 16, 2007 10:31 AM
Ind. Courts - More problems with the Camm trial transcript?
Remember al the stories from this spring about the transcript of last years' David Camm murder retrial, where the Supreme Court finally issued an order the beginning of June that ended:This is a final extension. If the remaining portion of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 16, 2007 07:18 AM
Ind. Courts - "Rios trial costs ballooning: Court to request another $340,000 for murder case"
Jeff Wiehe reports in the Fort Wayne News Sentinel, in a long and detailed story:Allen Superior Court officials are asking County Council for another $340,945 on top of the estimated $100,000 already spent on Simon Rios’ death-penalty case, and Rios’...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 16, 2007 03:03 PM
Ind. Decisions - Warrick County court reporter finishes transcript [Updated]
The transcript is in. (This is an update to the ILB entry from earlier this AM.) Ryan Kircher of WHAS11News out of Louisville reported at 9:43 AM in the Camm-Boney Murder Trials Blog:Mary Kennedy, the court reporter for the Warrick...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 5, 2007 10:06 AM
Ind. Decisions - Results on: Supreme Court orders the Warrick County court reporter to finish typing the transcript of the David Camm murder retrial [Update]
Did the Warrick County court reporter get the transcript filed under the deadline set last Friday by the Indiana Supreme Court order which concluded:This is a final extension. If the remaining portion of the transcript is not completed and filed...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 5, 2007 08:47 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court orders the Warrick County court reporter to finish typing the transcript of the David Camm murder retrial
On May 4th the ILB quoted from a Ben Zion Hershberg story in the Louisville Courier Journal that began:The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered the Warrick County court reporter to finish typing the transcript of the David Camm murder retrial...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 2, 2007 08:40 AM
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court orders the Warrick County court reporter to finish typing the transcript of the David Camm murder retrial
Ben Zion Hershberg of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:he Indiana Supreme Court has ordered the Warrick County court reporter to finish typing the transcript of the David Camm murder retrial by June 1 or face possible contempt-of-court charges. The...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 4, 2007 09:57 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Costs of David Camm retrials lead to legislation
Updating this Jan. 27th ILB entry, headed "Costs of David Camm retrials lead to legislation", here is another story on HB 1692, which proposes that the state pay when local courts are ordered to re-try criminal cases. The story, by...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 5, 2007 09:36 AM
Ind. Courts - Costs of David Camm retrials lead to legislation
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier-Journal writes today:INDIANAPOLIS -- The state would pay for criminal retrials ordered by Indiana appellate courts under legislation filed by a New Albany lawmaker frustrated by a case that has cost Floyd County millions...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 27, 2007 10:55 AM
Ind. Courts - Indiana's cameras-in-the-courtroom pilot project
"Media cameras going to court" is the headline to this story by Bryan Corbin in today's Evansville Courier& Press. Some quotes:A Vanderburgh County courtroom will make history when it becomes one of the first trial courts in Indiana to allow...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 9, 2006 06:25 AM
Ind. Gov't. - Three trials in the Camm murder case have cost Floyd County taxpayers about $1.8 million
Ben Zion Hershberg of the Louisville Courier Journal writes today:The three trials in the Camm murder case have cost Floyd County taxpayers about $1.8million — and the meter is still running. Floyd County Auditor Teresa Plaiss said she expects the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 3, 2006 09:34 AM
Law - Suit filed against LJC in Kentucky court for publication of a photo of the wrong man
The Louisville Courier Journal reports today:A Lexington man sued The Courier-Journal yesterday, claiming he was humiliated after being identified last year in a picture as Charles Boney, the man recently convicted of conspiring with David Camm to kill Camm's family....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 17, 2006 07:32 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
Law - "Jury is still out on expert witnesses"
"Jury is still out on expert witnesses" is the headline to a long and comprehensive article today by Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:Expert witnesses have been the objects of derision since at least 1897, when a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 12, 2006 01:34 PM
Ind. Courts - Warrick County Judge Shields Defendant From Cameras
"Warrick County Judge Shields Camm From Cameras" is the headline to this story by James Zambroski from WAVE 3 TV, Louisville. Some quotes:(BOONVILLE, Ind.) -- The judge and sheriff were at odds Thursday's over new measures being taken supposedly to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 13, 2006 08:13 AM
Ind. Law - Camm, Boney charged in triple-murder plot
The headline in the Louisville Courier Journal this morning is "Camm, Boney charged in triple-murder plot." The story by Ben Z. Hershberg begins:For about an hour yesterday, former Indiana State Police Trooper David Camm thought he was free -- exonerated...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 10, 2005 07:45 AM
Ind. Law - Latest on Camm prosecution
"Camm not cleared by second arrest" is the headline to this story today in the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson said yesterday that he will continue to pursue murder charges against former Indiana state trooper David...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 8, 2005 08:39 AM
Ind. Decisions - Many turns in anticipated retrial of former Indiana State Trooper David Camm
Last August the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed David Camm's three convictions for murder. Part of the opinion, as set out in this August 10, 2004 ILB entry (2nd case in list), sttaed: We need not address any more issues...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 6, 2005 03:44 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on potential Camm retrial
"$20,000 bond set for Camm in murder case" is the headline to this story today in the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes from the story by Ben Z. Hershberg:BOONVILLE, Ind. -- Former Indiana state trooper David Camm -- facing a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 27, 2005 10:26 AM
Ind. Decisions - Two today from the Court of Appeals
Corey Purifoy v. State of Indiana (1/26/05 IndCtApp) [Criminal Law & Procedure] Barnes, Judge Corey Purifoy appeals his conviction and part of his sentence for theft. We affirm. * * * The introduction of allegedly inadmissible hearsay in this case...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 26, 2005 02:28 PM
Indiana Government - [Updated] Open the door on votes in committees
"Open the door on votes in committees" is the heading to a letter to the editor today in the Indianapolis Star. The letter:Opening up Indiana government to the people is a very worthy idea, but I'm not sure that video...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 10, 2005 04:01 PM
Indiana Decisions - Camm to face murder charges again
The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting this afternoon: "David Camm to face murder charges again." Some quotes:Floyd County, Ind., Prosecutor Keith Henderson announced this afternoon that he planned to re-file charges against former state trooper David Camm in the September 2000...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 15, 2004 03:19 PM
Indiana Decisions - More on status of Camm v. State
As reported in this ILB entry last Friday, quoting from the Louisville Courier-Journal: "The Indiana Supreme Court has refused to review a lower court's decision that overturned the murder convictions of former state trooper David Camm." More today from the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 9, 2004 09:00 AM
Indiana Decisions - Transfer list for week ending November 5, 2004
Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending November 5, 2004. For other recent lists, check "Indiana Transfer Lists" under "Categories" in the right column. No cases were granted transfer by the Supreme Court today. Among...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 5, 2004 04:34 PM
Indiana Decisions - News today
Several stories today on recent Indiana decisions. The Indianapolis Star and a number of other news sources report on the Court of Appeals decision yesterday that:threw out the murder conviction and 195-year prison sentence of a former State Police trooper...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 11, 2004 12:03 PM
Indiana Decisions - Five from Court of Appeals Today
Tom Richard Daggett, et al. v. Indiana State Police (8/10/04 IndCtApp) [Tort Claims Act] Sullivan, JudgeTom and Karen Daggett appeal from the trial courts grant of summary judgment in favor of the Indiana State Police (ISP). They present one issue...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 10, 2004 01:48 PM
Law - Lawyer taken in by client
"Lawyer taken in by client: 75-year-old woman accused of scamming car dealerships gave lawyer a bad check," is the headline of this AP story today. Some quotes:The lawyer for a 75-year-old woman accused of writing bad checks for new cars...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 2, 2004 06:45 AM