Opinion
No. 94S00-9211-MS-883.
November 4, 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 hoc 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 46383 Prof. Ivan Bodensteiner Valparaiso University School of Law Valparaiso, IN 46383 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 46383-5592
Northeast Region:
Hon. William C. Fee Steuben Superior Court Courthouse Angola, IN 46703-0327 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 2263 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2263 Hon. Robert L. Miller, Jr. U.S. District Court 325 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 413 South Bend, IN 46601
Central Region:
Hon. Kenneth H. Johnson Marion Superior Court, Civil 2 W-443 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 82053 Indianapolis, IN 46282-0003 Hon. John D. Tinder U.S. District Court 46 East Ohio Street, Room 304 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Rebecca McClure 103 Courthouse Square Lebanon, IN 46052 R. Douglas Hailey 1403 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 47031 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 47130 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, 1993. 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 Michie Company, and to West Publishing Company for publication in the advance sheets of this Court.