Nichols v. State, No. 29A04-1008-CR-589, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 29, 2011)
Statute, not the trial court or the DOC, determines length of a sex offender’s sex registry obligations.
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Statute, not the trial court or the DOC, determines length of a sex offender’s sex registry obligations.
The 2010 amendment providing credit time for persons on electronic home monitoring as a direct commitment to community corrections does not apply retroactively.
“[R]equirements of a personal representative are not the same as the requirements for a guardian, and as a result a nonprofit corporation not authorized as a corporate fiduciary in Indiana may serve as guardian where it could not serve as a personal representative.”
Pharmacists have a duty to warn of the side effects of prescribed medications or to refuse to fill the prescription when a pharmacist has information that gives rise to a duty to exercise professional judgment.
Post-Conviction Rule 2 applies only to belated appeals of convictions or sentences and accordingly does not allow a belated appeal of a probation revocation.
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