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Syllabus. TIMBS v. INDIANA. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIANA. No. 17–1091. Argued November 28, 2018—Decided February 20, 2019. Tyson Timbs pleaded guilty in Indiana state court to dealing in a con-trolled substance and conspiracy to commit theft.
Timbs v. Indiana, 586 U.S. 146 (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether the excessive fines clause of the Constitution's Eighth Amendment applies to state and local governments.
20 lut 2019 · Justia Summary. Timbs pleaded guilty in Indiana state court to dealing in a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit theft. The police seized a Land Rover SUV Timbs had purchased with money he received from an insurance policy when his father died.
28 lis 2018 · The trial court ordered the state to release the vehicle immediately. The court of appeals affirmed. The Indiana Supreme Court reversed, concluding that the U.S. Supreme Court had never clearly incorporated the Eighth Amendment against the states under the Fourteenth Amendment.
20 lut 2019 · The US Supreme Court overturned the Indiana Supreme Court’s decision. The ruling, authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, adds another layer of legal protection for property rights in...
8 lis 2019 · Timbs was charged with “two counts of dealing in a controlled substance and one count of conspiracy to commit theft.” 12 He pleaded guilty to one dealing count and the conspiracy count two years after his arrest and was sentenced to six years of home detention and probation. 13 While Timbs’s case was pending, the State retained a private ...
28 lis 2018 · On remand, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in October 2019 that the Excessive Fines Clause provides meaningful protection against outsized fines and forfeitures. The court then sent the case back to the original trial court to determine whether confiscating Tyson’s vehicle is unconstitutional.
