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Case Information

Filed 2020-03-09
Status Decided
Type F 6 Felony 6
Docket 83 entries
Disposition dismissed

Parties

Plaintiff State Of Indiana
Defendant Rios, Adrian
Photo of Hon. Hardtke Elizabeth A

Judge

Hon. Hardtke Elizabeth A

St. Joseph County (IN)

Indiana

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Docket Entries

  1. Case Opened as a New Filing
  2. Case Filed Electronically
  3. Appearance Filed
  4. Probable Cause Affidavit Filed
  5. Probable Cause Affidavit Filed
  6. Motion Filed
  7. Motion Filed
  8. Warrant or Writ of Attmnt for the Body of a Person Issued
  9. Order on Initial Hearing
  10. Indigent Counsel Appointed at County Expense
  11. Advisement of Rights Conducted
  12. Omnibus Date
  13. Motion for No Contact Order Filed
  14. Order Granting Motion for No Contact Order
  15. No Contact Order Issued
  16. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  17. No Contact Order Issued
  18. Service Returned Served: Order of Protection
  19. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
  20. Warrant or Writ of Attmnt for the Body of a Person Served
  21. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
  22. Appearance Filed
  23. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  24. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  25. Initial Hearing
  26. Initial Hearing
  27. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  28. Order on Hearing
  29. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
  30. Discovery Filed
  31. Notice of Exclusion of Confidential Information
  32. Report Filed
  33. Order Issued
  34. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  35. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  36. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
  37. Initial Hearing
  38. Appearance Filed
  39. Plea Agreement Filed
  40. Document Filed
  41. Correspondence to/from Court Filed
  42. Discovery Filed
  43. Administrative Event
  44. Response Filed
  45. Motion for Continuance Filed
  46. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  47. Hearing
  48. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  49. Order on Hearing
  50. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
  51. Appearance Filed
  52. Order Issued
  53. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  54. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  55. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
  56. Discovery Filed
  57. Order Issued
  58. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  59. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
  60. Jury Trial
  61. Cash Bond Entered in Clerk's Office
  62. Document Filed
  63. Hearing
  64. Hearing Scheduling Activity
  65. Order on Hearing
  66. Plea Agreement Filed
  67. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
  68. Notice of Exclusion of Confidential Information
  69. Report Filed
  70. Sentencing Hearing
  71. Bond Form Filed
  72. Domestic Violence Determination
  73. Data Submitted Successfully to NICS
  74. Order on Hearing
  75. Judgment
  76. Bond Form Filed
  77. Disposition Sent Electronically to Indiana State Police
  78. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
  79. Bond Form Filed
  80. Clerk Releases Bond Per Order
  81. Automated ENotice Issued to Parties Dismissed ---- 4/22/2021 : Arvil Ray Howe;Christopher Dewayne Stidham;Kenneth P. Cotter;St. Joseph County Adult Probation;William John Wanecke Plea by Agreement ---- 4/22/2021 : Arvil Ray Howe;Christopher Dewayne Stidham;Kenneth P. Cotter;St. Joseph County Adult Probation;William John Wanecke
  82. Bond Form Filed File Stamp: 04/29/2021

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