Indiana § 35-40-15-6 Limitations on new investigations

Indiana Statutes

§ 35-40-15-6 — Limitations on new investigations

Indiana·Art. 40 VICTIM RIGHTS·Ch. 15 Right to Request a New Investigation

(a)An immediate family member is only entitled to request a new investigation under this chapter if the earlier investigation resulted in an uncharged death. An immediate family member is not entitled to request a new investigation under this chapter because the family member is dissatisfied with any other aspect of the earlier investigation, including:

(1)the failure to identify a suspect, or the identification or exclusion of a particular person as a criminal suspect; and

(2)a conclusion concerning which criminal offense resulting in death was committed.

(b)The superintendent of the state police department is only required to consider a request to conduct one (1) new investigation, regardless of the number of immediate family members who request a new investigation.

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(a) An immediate family member is only
entitled to request a new investigation under this chapter if the earlier
investigation resulted in an uncharged death. An immediate family
member is not entitled to request a new investigation under this chapter
because the family member is dissatisfied with any other aspect of the
earlier investigation, including:
(1) the failure to identify a suspect, or the identification or
exclusion of a particular person as a criminal suspect; and
(2) a conclusion concerning which criminal offense resulting in
death was committed.
(b) The superintendent of the state police department is only
required to consider a request to conduct one (1) new investigation,
regardless of the number of immediate family members who request a
new investigation.

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