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A Look at Indiana Senate Bill 98 – Specialized Driving Privileges – Under state law, Indiana courts can order the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) to suspend a person’s driving privileges (driver’s license) for certain reasons.  Also, state law requires the BMV to suspend a person’s driver’s license for certain violations.  However, Indiana law says that some people under certain circumstances can be granted “specialized driving privileges” (SDP). An SDP is similar to what used…

A Quick Guide to Lifetime Sex Registry in Indiana When you are facing a sex crime allegation, the stakes are incredibly high. Be it from a risk of significant time in jail, to high fines, to the sex registry, to the social stigma of the conviction, sex crimes are often thought of as the one of, if the not the most significant, charges you can face. As such, without question, the sex registry is one of…

Charging Parents with a Crime when Kids use their Parents’ Guns Unlawfully Recently, there have been shootings by minors in public areas such as schools. Because one has to be eighteen and have a permit to carry a gun, some of these minors possess firearms from their parents. One of the questions surrounding this issue is what can parents be charged with if their child possesses and uses their firearm to commit a crime, without…

Can I Get My Engagement Ring Back? The courtship and engagement periods are usually happy times for a couple as they build a relationship and look toward marriage.  However, happiness may fade, circumstances may change, the relationship may end, and the planned engagement may be canceled, repudiated, or frustrated, with no marriage occurring between the parties.  When such a situation arises, one party to the courtship or engagement may seek to recover gifts of money…

Language Barrier Issues & the Indiana Implied Consent Law – I am a police officer.  I have probable cause to believe that you have operated a vehicle while intoxicated.  I must now offer you the opportunity to submit to a chemical test and inform you that your refusal to submit to a chemical test will result in the suspension of your driving privileges for one year.  If you have at least one previous conviction for…

Arrested at the Indianapolis 500? Now What? The Indianapolis 500, or what is often billed as The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, is typically set on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend each year. Between the permanent seating around the track and the infield areas, there are about 300,000 people that flood the gates of the speedway each year. With that many people together in a confined area, on a holiday weekend, and probably fueled by…

Quick Reference Guide: Sentencing Ranges, Fines, & Credit Time Calculators: – Many of the questions we field at the office revolve around possible sentencing ranges for particular crimes, possible fines, and how much of the total sentence a defendant can be expected to serve if they are given an executed sentence. Given this information is spread out in so many places, we thought it would be helpful to combine those three topics into easy to…

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