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Settlement Agreement – Enforceability
This case addresses the enforceability of a purported settlement agreement entered into by the parties at the end of mediation, in which the parties agreed to sign a separate “substantive agreement” that would address “such things” as liability and indemnity in “usual form.”
Sentence Modification
Daniel J. Deroo appeals from a judgment convicting him of ten counts of possession of child pornography and from an order denying his postconviction motion for sentence modification.
Warrantless Search – Community Caretaker
Troy K. Kettlewell appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (OWI), fourth offense.
Motion to Vacate – Constitutionality
Taurus Donnell Renfro appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of carrying a concealed weapon.
Subject-mattter Jurisdiction
Jeffrey Edward Olson, pro se, appeals the trial court’s order denying his postconviction motion for plea withdrawal.
Abuse of Discretion – Injunction
Lara Bush-Pensy appeals from an order denying her motion for relief from a harassment injunction entered in favor of Timothy Pflieger.
Consolidated Appeal
In these two consolidated cases, Shane Robbins, pro se, appeals a judgment of conviction for thirteen felonies and two postconviction orders.
Sentencing Guidelines
Larry Lokken appeals a judgment convicting him of three counts of misconduct in office and five counts of theft in a business setting, as a party to the crime, each of an amount greater than $10,000.
Abuse of Discretion – Bankruptcy
This appeal presents the question whether a bankruptcy court can determine the amount of a debtor’s tax obligations, when the debtor is unlikely to pay them.
Order Correcting Opinion
The opinion of this court issued on September 18, 2019, is amended as follows...
Summary Judgment – Damages
The Indianapolis 500 race has been a fixture of American life since 1911, interrupted only by world war.
Qualified Immunity
Tywon Salters, a pretrial detainee in Kane County, Illinois, swallowed some cleaning fluid, apparently in an effort to commit suicide.
Polls
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Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
