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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 8 NFP)
For publication opinions today (2): Two interesting opinions today, dealing with the old and the new: the Railroad Rights-of-Way Act; and eBay and PayPal user agreements (a case of first impression re jurisdiction in an eBay transaction). In Timberlake, Inc....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 13, 2009 11:36 AM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Lethal injection case heard before SCOTUS; Indiana implications
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, several stories today cite Justice Ginsburg's dissent contrasting the Kentucky procedure with that of several other states, including Indiana. The discussion begins at p. 93 of the PDF document (p. 7 of the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 17, 2008 08:00 AM
Ind. Decisions - Lethal injection case heard before SCOTUS; Indiana implications
"Justices seem unswayed by lethal injection foes" is the headline to an article today by David G. Savage of the LA Times that begins:Supreme Court justices reacted skeptically Monday to the claim that the lethal injections used to carry out...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 8, 2008 07:21 AM
Ind. Courts - Ind. Death Row Inmate Norman Timberlake Found Dead in Cell
From a Sept. 28th ILB entry about the U.S. Supreme Court granting cert to a Kentucky lethal injection case and what that might portent for others awaiting execution:Regular ILB readers may recall this May 1, 2007 entry headed "Judge Young...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 11, 2007 08:16 AM
Courts - Kentucky lethal injection case granted cert Tuesday by SCOTUS [Updated]
James R. Carroll of the Louisville Courier Journal reported Sept. 25th in a story that began:The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a Kentucky case that challenges the constitutionality of the mix of drugs used in lethal injections. This will...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 28, 2007 02:55 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Panetti issued
In this ILB entry on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling yesterday in Panetti v. Quarterman (née Drake), the ILB quoted the Jan. 17th order of our Supreme Court staying the pending execution of Norman Timberlake based on the SCOTUS grant...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 29, 2007 08:57 AM
Ind. Decisions - U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Panetti issued
The U.S, Supreme Court has just issued its opinion in Panetti v. Quarterman (née Drake) (via SCOTUSblog). In an order issued Jan. 17, 2007, our Indiana Supreme Court stated:A recent development suggests that the Supreme Court of the United States...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 28, 2007 10:40 AM
Ind. Courts - David Leon Woods executed
Tom Coyne of the AP reports this morning:MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- David Leon Woods was executed by lethal injection early Friday for killing a 77-year-old man during a 1984 burglary. Woods, 42, was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m. Central Daylight...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 4, 2007 08:33 AM
Ind. Decisions - Judge Young allows 2 to join federal lawsuit challenging Indiana's lethal-injection procedures
Updating this ILB entry from March 31st, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star writes this afternoon that federal Judge Richard L. Young:this week granted requests by two Death Row inmates to join a lawsuit challenging Indiana's lethal-injection procedures. A third...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 11, 2007 02:30 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on lethal injection challenge pending before federal judge
As mentioned in several recent ILB entries (here for instance), an action challenging Indiana lethal injection procedures is pending before U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young. A detailed account has now been written by the AP's Tom Coyne. Some quotes:SOUTH...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 30, 2007 08:20 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Supreme Court sets execution date in 1984 stabbing death"
The AP is reporting:INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A man on death row for 22 years for killing a 77-year-old neighbor during a robbery is scheduled to die by injection on May 4. * * * Woods [David Leon Woods, see ILB...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 28, 2007 01:45 PM
Ind. Decisions - "Death Row inmate loses chance for another appeal"
Reporting on yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in David Leon Woods v. State of Indiana (see ILB entry here), the Indianapolis Star has this brief item:The Indiana Supreme Court on Monday denied a Death Row inmate's request for another appeal and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 27, 2007 08:55 AM
Ind. Law - Senate Bill 24 would ban executions of mentally ill
In an ILB entry from Jan. 18 on the staying of the Timberlake execution, a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial is quoted which mentions:Senate Bill 24, sponsored by Michigan City Democrat Anita Bowser, would establish a procedure for determining whether...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 31, 2007 03:39 PM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Timberlake Execution Stayed
Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal has a well-worth reading story today expanding on the legal issues in the Timerlake case, touched on in Adams' story Thursday (see ILB entry here). The story begins:The legal definition of insanity...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 20, 2007 10:40 AM
Ind. Courts - Porter County eyeing juvenile drug court
Bob Kasarda reports today in the NWI Times that begins:VALPARAISO | County officials are considering starting a juvenile version of the successful adult drug court program. Porter Circuit Court Judge Mary Harper said funding has been located for training, but...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 19, 2007 11:38 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Timberlake Execution Stayed
Updating yesterday's ILB entry on the Supreme Court's order staying the Timberlake execution, Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal writes:The U.S. Supreme Court decided Jan. 5 that it would review its existing sanity definition through the case of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 18, 2007 09:41 AM
Ind. Decisions - Timberlake Execution Stayed [Updated]
Here is a copy of the order filed this morning by the Indiana Supreme Court, staying the execution of Norman Timberlake. (Unfortunately, it is a scanned document, meaning one cannot reproduce quotations without totally retyping them.) [Note: Late this afternoon...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 17, 2007 11:04 AM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Federal Judge allows Timberlake execution, but has not yet ruled on lethal injection issue [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, the Indianapolis Star has this brief item this morning:A U.S. District Court judge will hear arguments next week in a lawsuit challenging the scheduled execution of Norman Timberlake. Judge Richard L. Young has scheduled...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 11, 2007 08:43 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Federal Judge allows Timberlake execution, but has not yet ruled on lethal injection issue
In the ILB entry last evening on Jon Murray's Indianapolis Star report on the decision of federal district Judge Young dening Norman Timberlake's plea for a stay of execution, I noted that the ruling did not appear to be posted...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 10, 2007 11:01 AM
Ind. Decisions - Federal Judge allows Timberlake execution, but has not yet ruled on lethal injection issue
Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star reports last this afternoon:A U.S. District Court judge today denied Norman Timberlake a stay of execution and dismissed his claim he should not be executed because he is mentally ill. In a 10-page written...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 9, 2007 06:51 PM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on Timberlake execution date and process
This Dec. 28th ILB entry quoted a LCJ story that:Lawyers for a New Albany man scheduled to be put to death next month for the 1993 murder of an Indiana state trooper have asked a federal court to delay the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 3, 2007 03:56 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on Timberlake execution date and process
Updating this entry from Dec. 16 about the Supreme Court's order setting a set a Jan. 19 execution date for the New Albany man who convicted of killing a state trooper, today the Louisville Courier Journal reports, in a story...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 28, 2006 03:07 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court issues order late this afternoon
Updating the ILB report of yesterday's Supreme Court order in the Norman Timberlake case, the Louisville Courier Journal's Harold J. Adams reports:The Indiana Supreme Court yesterday set a Jan. 19 execution date for a New Albany man convicted of killing...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 16, 2006 09:06 AM
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues order late this afternoon [Updated]
Norman Timberlake v. State of Indiana is titled "PUBLISHED ORDER CONCERNING SUCCESSIVE PETITION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF IN CAPITAL CASE." It is a 3-2 opinion written by Chief Justice Shepard, with Dickson and Sullivan, JJ., concurring, that begins and concludes:Having exhausted...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 15, 2006 04:25 PM
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues five rulings today
None involve an Indiana appeal. The five rulings are:Knudsen v. Liberty Mutual, concerning removal to federal court - granted; Curtis v. Timberlake, a prisoner appeal - remanded; USA v. Peters, which involved a unique Blakely argument - that failed; USA...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 27, 2006 12:30 PM