March 2018

What is the Crime of Corrupt Business Influence in Indiana? Indiana has a criminal statute that goes by a weird name.  The statute that is being filed with more regularity is the crime of corrupt business influence.  The statute was designed to punish longstanding corrupt criminal business practices that didn’t fit into a different type of crime.  The corrupt business influence statute reads as: A person: (1) who has knowingly or intentionally received any proceeds directly…

You got convicted of a crime, it’s all over, right? Not exactly. If you take a matter to trial and are convicted you have a constitutional right to appeal that conviction.  While there are many different manners and ways you can take a matter up on appeal in a criminal case, the general concept is easiest to understand post-conviction.   We are just going to cover the basics of the appeals process and the typical standards…

A civil forfeiture action is a case filed by the State of Indiana against an individual who stands accused of certain criminal offenses. The case filed is civil in nature and completely separate from the criminal proceedings that might be brought against the individual. This type of case is filed when the State of Indiana is seeking the forfeiture of property that has been used to facilitate illegal drug activity or other criminal act. The…