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10 cze 2021 · Tyson Timbs smiles outside of court. The Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday issued a blistering ruling that allowed a man to keep his Land Rover in a case about excessive fines and the limits of civil asset forfeiture.
22 lut 2019 · On Wednesday, the court ruled the Eighth Amendment protects people from state and local authorities imposing onerous fines, fees and forfeitures to generate money. The case centered on an Indiana man, Tyson Timbs, who had sold drugs and was sentenced to prison. Timbs didn’t contest his sentence, but he did object to police seizing his Land Rover.
14 lut 2024 · Indiana, IJ’s seventh case before the high court. The decision was a victory not only for IJ client Tyson Timbs—fighting the forfeiture of his $40,000 car for a crime involving a few hundred dollars—but for all Americans facing fines and forfeitures disproportionate to their offense.
The Supreme Court is the court of last resort of appeal against judgements in the lower courts (except for administrative courts). It also passes resolutions to clarify specific legal provisions and resolve disputable questions in specific cases.
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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 ...
21 lis 2024 · The Indiana General Assembly may increase the size of the Court to nine justices. The Court reviews direct appeals of cases in which the defendant was sentenced to death or life in prison, as well as cases in which a trial court has determined that a statute is unconstitutional.
