It took a moment for this to hit the news, but apparently Superior Court Judge Stanley Levine made some bad jokes at the ceremony honoring Jerry Noble the other day, and has had to apologize for it. Nothing of legal note, here, just a note of local interest. Read more from Rebecca Green at J-G.
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Monday roundup 8/18
In the area:
In the strange case of two brothers who disposed of a body of a person whom one of the brothers may or may not have killed, but definitely attacked, and whose death may have occurred in Allen or Nobel County, one brother has pleaded guilty to moving the body and has been sentenced to three years. As part of the deal, it has apparently been settled that she officially died in Noble County.
In the state:
Indiana officially has its first ever female Chief Justice
William Clyde Gibson has a second date with the executioner, although it’s also unlikely to be met, as appeals will push the date back.
Nationally:
SCOTUSblog has a repeatedly-updated post about movements on the Virginia same-sex marriage case at the end of the week. It seems that the deadline for responses to the request for a stay was about 20 minutes ago, so the justices may be looking those over as I type this. Perhaps a ruling tomorrow?
James Brady and the delayed homicide
Of interesting note for some might be that James Brady’s death has been ruled a homicide, as the direct result of injuries he sustained when John Hinckley, Jr. shot him more than 33 years ago. Hinckley was famously attempting to kill Ronald Reagan in an effort to impress Jodie Foster.
Traditionally, a death would be considered not a homicide if it occurred more than a year and a day after the action that was claimed to have caused it. Most states have moved away from this rule in one fashion or another.