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Law - "Special report | Fighting domestic violence in Kentucky"
The Louisville Courier Journal today has a number of stories on fighting domestic violence in the state. Here is the lead story by Andrew Wolfson. Other stories today linked from that lead story:# Graphic: How GPS monitoring works # Efforts...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 15, 2009 11:13 AM
Law - "Shudder speed: Rise of the stealthy traffic camera fuels drivers' disgust"
Adding to a by now long list of ILB entries on red-light cameras, Neely Tucker reports in the Washington Post in a very long story today. A sample:There's something that doesn't smell right about these tickets, but you're not quite...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 5, 2009 12:22 PM
Courts - "Massachusetts high court OK's use of secret GPS tracking devices"
Adding to the growing list of ILB entries on various aspects of the use of GPS tracking devices, yesterday the Massachusetts high court ruled:[U]sing GPS devices as an investigative tool – which can require police to secretly break into a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 18, 2009 10:44 AM
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana case today from the 7th Circuit
In U.S. v. Dontrell Orlando Moore (ND Ind., Judge Springmann), a 15-page opinion, Judge Tinder, serving on a panel with Judges Posner and Wood, concludes an entertaining opinion involving a bank robbery in Fort Wayne where the bank robbers...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 9, 2009 12:54 PM
Courts - Even more on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Updating this ILB entry from May 18th, Sherry F. Colb, Professor of Law and Charles Evans Hughes Scholar at Cornell Law School, had this Findlaw column June 24th, headed "The Highest Court of New York State Protects Privacy from GPS...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 2, 2009 02:33 PM
Ind. Law - Protective orders by themselves are no panacea
That is a conclusion to be drawn from this chilling front-page story today in the Indianapolis Star, reported by Francesca Jarosz. The headline: "3 domestic violence deaths prompt questions of what can be done." Some quotes:For Angela Warnock, getting a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 28, 2009 08:55 AM
Courts - "Big Issues Lurk Below Surface of Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings"
That is the headline to a lengthy article by Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal, posted June 1, 2009. This part particularly caught my eye: Sentencing scholar Douglas Berman of Ohio State's Moritz College of Law and author of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 2, 2009 09:40 AM
Courts - "Police use GPS to track suspects despite murky law"
Updating earlier ILB entries on GPS trackers, Ryan J. Foley of the AP has this long report today....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 25, 2009 06:21 PM
Courts - Yet more on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Updating three ILB entries, all on the NY high court decision last week, Yvonne Zipp, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor, reports today in a lengthy story headlined "Courts divided on police use of GPS tracking: Two recent, divergent court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 18, 2009 11:49 AM
Courts - Still more on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Updating ILB reports from Tuesday and yesterday (including a link to the opinion), Sewell Chan reports today in the NY Times in a story that begins:In a 4-to-3 ruling, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 14, 2009 01:23 PM
Courts - More on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
There has been some interest from readers in this ILB report yesterday. As a result, the ILB has located a copy of the NY high court's decision in the case of The People v. Scott C. Weaver....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 13, 2009 08:38 AM
Courts - NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Michael Virtanen reports for the AP:ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's top court ruled Tuesday that police cannot place GPS trackers on suspects' vehicles without first getting a court warrant showing probable cause that the drivers are up to no good....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 12, 2009 03:34 PM
Ind. Law - "More States Use GPS to Track Abusers"
Ariana Green of the NY Times reports today in a lengthy story that begins:NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — When Theresa, a 51-year-old mother of two living near this coastal town, filed for a restraining order against her husband, she thought it would...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 9, 2009 02:42 PM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 9 NFP)
For publication opinions today (4): In Wymberley Sanitary Works v. Earl J. Batliner, Jr., et al. , a 24-page opinion, Chief Judge Baker writes:Here, we are asked to consider the common arrangement between a utility company and a property developer...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 14, 2009 01:33 PM
Ind. Law - Theft can lead to serious consequences
Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week focuses on the crime of theft. A few quotes form the story:[P]olice and prosecutors want to remind people that they could be taken to jail on a felony...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 15, 2008 01:37 PM
Law - "Police Using G.P.S. Units as Evidence in Crimes"
That is the headline to this AP article published today in the NY Times. Some quotes:Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a Global Positioning System device in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably did not...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 31, 2008 09:58 AM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 21 NFP)
For publication opinions today (4): In Countrymark Copperative, Inc.; et al. v. Joseph Hammes, Trustee of Stephen Turner , a 19-page opinion, Judge Brown writes:Countrymark Cooperative, Inc., (“Countrymark, Inc.”) and Countrymark Cooperative, LLP, (“Countrymark, LLP”) (collectively, “Countrymark”) appeal a judgment...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 29, 2008 01:23 PM
Law - "GPS Privacy Concerns Hard to Navigate"
NPR's Talk of the Nation had a very interesting 30 minute segment earlier this week titled "GPS Privacy Concerns Hard to Navigate." The blurb:The Global Positioning System is a great tool for traveling through a maze of unfamiliar city streets...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 14, 2007 07:24 AM
Law - "Security Officials Seek to Block Some Online Maps"
An interesting story this morning on NPR, although not the first time it has come up .... Freedom of information vs. government officials seeking to take information off the record. Here is the blurb:Morning Edition, October 8, 2007 · With...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 8, 2007 10:00 AM
Ind. Courts - "GPS keeps felons honest ... or else"
A story by Kate Braser of the Evansville Courier and Press today begins:When convicted felon Richard W. Robb Jr. was violating the terms of his probation by making trips to Wal-Mart, a friend's home and even a liquor store, his...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 7, 2007 06:51 PM
Ind. Courts - Update on one of the Evansville attorneys charged with meth violations; suspension recommended for Bloomington attorney
Updating this May 11th ILB entry titled "Two young attorneys in different parts of the state in court for drug/alcohol related charges," the Evansville Courier & Press reports, in a story by Kate Braser, that:The pastor of a local attorney...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 27, 2007 10:35 AM
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit Wisconsin decision of interest
Howard Bashman of How Appealing has an entry this afternoon taking note of today's 7th Circuit opinion in U.S. v. Garcia. He writes:As the saying goes, it's not paranoia if they're really out to get you: Those who fear that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 2, 2007 03:04 PM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 6 NFP)
For publication opinions today (3): In Jesse L. Payne v. State of Indiana, a 10-page opinion, Judge Riley writes:Payne argues the trial court improperly denied his Motion to Suppress evidence obtained as a result of his illegal custodial and arrest...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 11, 2006 10:40 AM
Not law but interesting - Sitting in the coffee shop dunking doughnuts?
A reader has sent me this story today from the Boston Globe, headlined "20 inspectors suspended over GPS." It begins:The Massachusetts public safety commissioner yesterday suspended 20 state building and engineering inspectors for refusing to accept cellphones equipped with global...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 11, 2006 04:03 PM
Ind. Courts - Judge threatens taping defendant's mouth with duct tape
"Judge may invoke literal 'gag rule'" is the headline to a story today in the Evansville Courier& Press by Mark Wilson. Some quotes:A defendant's tirade in a Warrick County courtroom Friday prompted the judge to warn that his mouth may...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 18, 2006 10:39 AM
Ind. Decisions - Judge tosses out evidence involving use of GPS
Mark Wilson of the Evansville Courier& Press reports today:A Warrick County judge has thrown out evidence against the man police nicknamed the "Backdoor Burglar" because Evansville police failed to tell a judge they used global positioning satellites to track their...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 9, 2006 08:28 AM
Ind. Gov't. - GPS tracking could cut Delaware County jail population
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press reports today:Delaware County hopes to reduce jail overcrowding by using GPS satellite technology to track the movement of offenders instead of keeping them behind bars. County taxpayers spent more than $500,000 last year to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 7, 2006 07:51 AM
Environment - Concern about proposed Jasper County CAFO bordering the Jasper/Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area
The Gary Post-Tribune reports today, in a lengthy story by Jon Seidel headlined "Hog farm ruffles haven in crane migration trek," that:A hog farming company is facing a collection of close-knit neighbors banding together to keep their land free from...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 6, 2005 08:06 AM
Environment - Stories today
"Cleanup at NIPSCO site unlikely this year: State wants better remediation plan in place" is the headline to a story today in the Munster (NW Indiana) Times. The story begins:HAMMOND | It looks like downtown's most polluted area won't be...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 24, 2005 08:02 PM
Ind. Decisions - One today from Supreme Court
Brian Chism v. State of Indiana (3/14/05 IndSCt) [Criminal Law & Procedure; Statutory Construction] Shepard, Chief Justice As technology marches forward, some Indiana trial courts have taken to using home detention monitoring systems that employ global positioning system equipment (commonly...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 15, 2005 02:46 PM
Indiana Decisions - Five today from Court of Appeals
Mark Martin v. State of Indiana (8/12/04 IndCtApp) [Criminal Law & Procedure] Sullivan, JudgeAppellant, Mark Martin, challenges the trial courts revocation of his probation. Upon appeal, Martin presents three issues for our review, one of which we find dispositive: whether...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 12, 2004 04:55 PM