Hammond City Court Judge Jeffrey Harkin passed away April 22, 2016, two days after publication of his appointment of a special judge and one day after my posted Article analyzing that action. While I speculated what might follow a prolonged disability, my speculation was rendered moot by death and the consequent vacancy in the Office […]
The NWI Times dedicated front page ink in its April 20, 2016 issue to the ongoing health travails of Hammond City Court Judge Jeffrey Harkin. It was reported that Judge Harkin had appointed a court referee as “special judge” of the Hammond City Court due to Judge Harkin’s “health issues.” The article mentioned that Governor […]
The Calumet Law Blog previously reviewed (as an Appellate Case Note) the unanimous COA opinion of September 30, 2015 in Larkin v. State, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind.Ct.App. 2015), an interlocutory appeal. The title to that post was “Sixth Amendment Outrage Fizzles in the COA.” The addendum to that post mentioned an eerily similar appeal decided […]