IN THE

 

SUPREME COURT OF INDIANA

 

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE                  )

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ADOPTION OF                                    )

   )  Case No. 79S00-9506-MS-732

LOCAL RULES IN                              )

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TIPPECANOE COURTS                      )

 

ORDER APPROVING AMENDMENT TO LOCAL RULE

REGARDING ASSIGNMENT OF FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR CASES

A majority of the judges of the Tippecanoe Circuit and Superior Courts request, pursuant to Ind.Criminal Rule 2.2, the approval ofthe local rule regarding criminal case assignments among the Tippecanoe Circuit and Superior Courts 1 and 2.  The proposed amendment to the local rule provides that murder, Class A, B, and C felonies, and Class D felonies involving Battery on a Child, Possession of Child Pornography, Vicarious Sexual Gratification, Child Solicitation, Child Seduction, Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, Dissemination of Matter Harmful to Minors, Neglect of a Dependent, Arson, Dealing in Schedule V Controlled Substances, Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Controlled Substance (Schedules I, II, III, IV, V), Dealing in Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Marijuana with Prior Conviction shall be filed among the courts in the following ratio:

 

Circuit:                         2

Superior 1:                   4

Superior 2:                   4

 

The proposed amendment changes the present ratio of 1:2:2.

Upon examination of the local rule, this Court finds that it should be approved.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED by this Court thatthe proposed amendment to the Tippecanoe County local rule regarding criminal case assignments among the Tippecanoe Circuit and Superior Courts 1 and 2, and set forth as an attachment to this Order, is now approved, effective January 1, 2004. 

The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this Order to each the judges of the Tippecanoe Circuit and Superior Courts, respectively, and to the Clerk of the Tippecanoe Circuit and Superior Courts.

The Clerk of the Tippecanoe Circuit and Superior Courts is directed to place a copy of this Order in the Record of Judgments and Orders for such courts and post this Order for public examination.

DONE at Indianapolis, Indiana, this _____ day of March, 2004.

 

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Randall T. Shepard

Chief Justice of Indiana