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“[T]he State is without authority to appeal a juvenile court’s order withdrawing its approval of the filing of a delinquency petition.”
Small claims court had personal jurisdiction over a defendant even though it was not listed as a separate party defendant on the notice of claim and defendant was not separately served with the notice, because it was provided with service reasonably calculated to inform defendant that a small claims action had been instituted against it.
Property mortgagor and property managers owed no duty to a girl who drowned in the pool of an abandoned house.
Presumption of prosecutorial vindictiveness was not shown when State refiled recidivist allegations for the retrial after the court had declared a mistrial because the jury could not reach a verdict.
Because costs are not part of a criminal sentence, asserted errors in the costs imposed may not be raised in a motion to correct erroneous sentence.
Jane Seigel, Executive Director
Michael J. McMahon, Director of Research
Amanda Wishin, Staff Attorney
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