It was the 9:00 o’clock hour on Sunday Morning, the 5th of February. Former South Bend mayor and current Transportation Secretary in the Biden Cabinet Pete Buttigieg¹ appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press for a discussion with host Chuck Todd. There was mention of the Chinese “weather balloon” that crossed the nation before being shot […]
Here lies a sad tale told in a January 12th unanimous SCOTSI decision in the unsuccessful appeal of convicted murderer Amanda Dawn Carmack. Amanda will continue to serve life without parole (LWOP) for the murder of her stepdaughter S.C., aged ten (10) years. The appeal went directly to the SCOTSI. See Appellate Rule 4A(1)(a). The […]
It was a few decades back (probably around 1990) when Fred became a client. After that I represented his son for a time until the son ceased cooperating. I would see the wife now and then where she worked. Then I finally saw Fred’s name and image . . . in his obituary. To me […]
According to the online reporting a White male school teacher in Texas was fired after telling his mixed-race middle school class that his (white) race was “superior.” Here is the heart of his statement as “captured on video.” “Deep down in my heart, I’m ethnocentric, which means I think my race is the superior one. […]
I may never have met attorney Robert McMahon. Now it is unlikely that I will ever meet him. He was sentenced on September 29, 2022 to a federal prison term of 24 months for possession of child pornography. From the online roll of attorneys it appears that Mr. McMahon was admitted to the practice of […]
In the Featured Article “Not Quite a Juror” your blogger predicted that the recently convicted triple murderer Reginald Carter would be sentenced to “a term of years equivalent to a life sentence.” On September 15, 2022 Reginald Carter was sentenced to a term of 205 years. While the prediction may have been an easy one […]
The CLB has observed the apparent increase in popularity of “lack of standing” in the Indiana Supreme Court (SCOTSI) and Indiana Court of Appeals (COA). It is hard to say when the trend commenced since the disqualifying aspect of “lack of standing” is old and venerable to some who are not your blogger. While a […]
It was several years back when I received a jury summons from Lake County. I complied by showing up at the Lake County Government Center Auditorium. I watched some video, some of which was preliminary juror preparation and some of which was to distract us while we waited and waited. Finally, I was part of […]
The quotation from above is found in the case of Hess v. State, 297 N.E.2d 413 (Ind. 1973) and again in Hess v. Indiana, 414 U.S. 105 (1973). There is no more interesting First Amendment defense to a criminal prosecution from the days of war protests on college campuses. Curiously, the Hess case seems relevant […]
Now that our SCOTUS has overturned Roe v. Wade, it is proper to wonder what happens next in Indiana. The Hoosier State had no “trigger” law awaiting the overturning of Roe. Still, it is among some 26 states where abortion is already banned or severely restricted or expected to become banned or severely restricted. The […]