Category Archives: Criminal Defense
Gas City Woman Appeals Murder Conviction To State Supreme Court
In late September 2022, the Supreme Court of Indiana will hear arguments from a woman convicted of murder in the death of her 10-year-old stepdaughter. Authorities found the girl, who had been strangled, in a tool shed behind the family’s home. During trial, the defense attorney argued the killing was not a murder but… Read More »
Sex Crimes Defenses In Indiana
Indiana sex crimes are quite diverse, from relatively innocent indecent exposure cases to the most savage sexual battery cases. However, the public usually views sex offenders as homogenous. In other words, landlords, employers, and everyone else usually believes that sex offenders are all the same. In contrast, very few people look at overall criminal… Read More »
What You Should Know About Probation In Marion County
Currently, over three million Americans live under some form of criminal court supervision, such as probation. About 20 percent of these individuals violate their court supervision to the extent that the court revokes it. A subsequent criminal charge and repeated drug use are the most common violations. Failure to report isn’t far behind. Other… Read More »
Getting Out Of Jail, And Staying Out Of Jail, In Marion County
Especially with the rise of COVID and other serious infectious diseases, the high percentage of unsentenced inmates in American jails has gotten a lot of attention recently. And, Indiana has one of the highest percentages of unsentenced county jail inmates in the country. This fact has affected pretrial release in Marion County at multiple… Read More »