In re the Appointment of Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Evidence , 1992 Ind. LEXIS 281 ( 1992 )

ORDER APPOINTING INDIANA SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE ON RULES OF EVIDENCE

Pursuant to the rule making authority vested in this Court and in order to promote the orderly development of the law of evidence, this Court hereby establishes an ad hoe committee to study and propose for adoption by this Court written rules of evidence for use in the trial courts of this state. The Committee shall be known as the "Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Evidence."

The Committee shall consist of twenty-eight (28) members who shall serve until further order of this Court. In order to assure broad input and regional representation, the State of Indiana is divided into four regions, from which this Court appoints the following committee members:

Northwest Region:

Hon. Thomas W. Webber, Sr.

Porter Superior Court 2

16 East Lincolnway

Valparaiso, IN 46883

Prof. Ivan Bodensteiner

Valparaiso University

School of Law

Valparaiso, IN 46888

Stephen C. Bower

8585 Broadway, Suite 899

Merrillville, IN 46410-7089

Mark L. Phillips

916 Lincoln Way

P.O. Box 1816

Valparaiso, IN 46350-1816

Hon. James T. Moody

U.S. District Court

128 Federal Building

Hammond, IN 46320

William B. Weist

P.O. Box 101

Fowler, IN 47944-0101

David L. DeBoer

401 Indiana Federal Building

Valparaiso, IN 46888-5592

Northeast Region:

Hon. William C. Fee

Steuben Superior Court

Courthouse

Angola, IN 46708-0827

Prof. J. Eric Smithburn

Notre Dame School of Law

Notre Dame, IN 46556

Linda Wagoner

130 W. Main

25 Merrill Lynch Plaza

Fort Wayne, IN 46802

John M. Clifton, Jr.

215 E. Berry Street

P.O. Box 2268

Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2268

Hon. Robert L. Miller, Jr.

U.S. District Court

825 Federal Building.

South Bend, IN 46615

John W. Whiteleather, Jr.

P.O. Box 807

Columbia City, IN 46725

Thomas H. Singer

205 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 418

South Bend, IN 46601

Central Region:

Hon. Kenneth H. Johnson

Marion Superior Court, Civil 2

W-448 City-County Building

200 East Washington Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Prof. Henry C. Karlson

Indiana University-School of Law

735 West New York Street

Indianapolis, IN 46202-5194

Kevin P. McGoff

8888 Keystone Crossing Plaza

Suite 750

Indianapolis, IN 46240

Gary P. Price

1210 One American Square

P.O. Box 82058

Indianapolis, IN 46282-0008

Hon. John D. Tinder

U.S. District Court

©46 East Ohio Street, Room 804

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Rebecca McClure

103 Courthouse Square

Lebanon, IN 46052

R. Douglas Hailey

1408 North Delaware Street

Indianapolis, IN 46202

Southern Region:

Hon. Richard L. Young

Vanderburgh Circuit Court

Civic Center Complex

Evansville, IN 47708

Prof. J. Alexander Tanford

Indiana University-School of Law

Law Building, Room 257

Bloomington, IN 46405

Terrance W. Richmond

P.O. Box 27

Milan, IN 47081

Joseph D. O'Connor III

226 S. College Square

P.O. Box 910

Bloomington, IN 47402-0910

Hon. Sarah Evans Barker

U.S. District Court

210 U.S. Courthouse

46 East Ohio Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Steven D. Stewart

Clark County Prosecutor

501 East Court Avenue, #215

Jeffersonville, IN 47180

Charles L. Berger

313 Main Street

Evansville, IN 47708

This Court has determined that the Uniform Rules of Evidence will be utilized as the initial basis from which the Committee is to work to develop rules of evidence for Indiana. The committee members representing the northwest region shall study and make recommendations on rules contained in Articles I, II, III, IV and XI of the Uniform Rules; those from the northeast region shall study and make recommendations concerning rules contained in Articles V and X; committee members from the central region shall study and make recommendations concerning the rules contained in Article VI; committee members representing the southern region shall study and make recommendations concerning the rules contained in Articles VII, VIII and IX of the Uniform Rules.

The state court judge appointed from each region shall be the chairperson of that region's subcommittee. Written reports of recommendations and comments, if any, will be submitted to this Court by February 28, 1998. Following receipt of such reports, the four chairpersons and the Honorable Jon D. Krahulik shall constitute a subcommittee which shall review the written reports and submit a final report to this Court. This Court anticipates that any recommendations for rules of evidence adopted by the Court will take effect on January 1, 1994.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that a Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Evidence is hereby established and that the persons named above are appointed to serve on such Committee.

The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this order to each of the persons appointed to the Committee, to the Indiana State Bar Association, to the Mi-chie Company, and to West Publishing Company for publication in the advance sheets of this Court.