4 Judge Bradford, cont. She has received many other awards and honors including the 2004 Indiana State Bar Association’s Women in Law He is Chair of the Indiana Pro Bono Commission; a member Achievement Award, the 2007 Indiana Lawyer Distin- of the Indiana Bar Foundation and McKinney School of Law SYNOPSIS guished Barrister Award, the 2003 Paragon of Jus-tice Alumni Association Boards; a Senior Distinguished Fellow of Award from Valparaiso University Law School, and the the Indianapolis Bar Association; and teaches at various semi- Sagamore of the Wabash Award from two Indiana gover- nars on a variety of legal topics. From 2005 to 2007, Judge nors. Bradford hosted “Off the Bench with Judge Cale Bradford,” a Judge Vaidik and her husband are the proud parents of Court of Appeals of Indiana legal commentary program on Marion County’s government twin daughters, one a medical doctor and one a lawyer, ppellant-Defendant Deante Dal- access network. He also served on the Judicial Technology and and they have two grandsons, who can choose either pro- A ton challenges the sufficiency of Automation Committee (JTAC), helping to draft the state judi- fession. the evidence to sustain his conviction Hearing oral argument at ciary’s policies on technology and electronic case management. for felony murder. Judge Bradford currently serves as an adjunct instructor in fo- Judge Barnes, cont. In September of 2014, Brenda Marsh Hoosier Boys State-Trine University rensic science and the law at Indiana University Purdue Uni- lived in a home in Elkhart with her versity Indianapolis. Program from the Indiana Family & Social Services Ad- husband, Lewis; her four daughters, Judge Bradford is a former director of Indianapolis’s John P. ministration. Daosha, Laqwela, ZaCarra, and Za- Craine House, a residential alternative to incarceration for While Prosecutor, Judge Barnes was elected President of meshia; her son, Dramar; Laqwela’s Thursday, June 16, 2016 @ 1 p.m. women offenders with pre-school-aged children. Judge Brad- the National District Attorneys Association boyfriend, Norman Gray, and their in- ford regularly attends St. Luke's United Methodist Church. He (1995-1996), Chairman of the Board, Indiana Prosecuting fant son, Landon; Daosha’s young son, and his wife, a full-day kindergarten teacher, have five children. Attorneys Council (1982-1983, 1992-1993), President of Julian; and Brenda’s brother, Joe. The the St. Joseph County Bar Association (1992-1993), Na- family knew Freddie Rhodes, who was tional Board of Trial Advocacy (1995-1996), National Advi- a cousin of two of Brenda’s daughters sory Council on Violence Against Women (1997), Chair- on their father’s side of the family. The man of the Board of Regents, National College of District family also knew Dalton, whose mother Attorneys (1997-1998), American Prosecutor’s Research was related to Brenda’s cousin and who Judge Vaidik, cont. Institute (1997-1998), and Pvarious other professional and was a year ahead of ZaCarra in school. civic organizations. Both Rhodes and Dalton, who were Award. The Indiana Victim Assistance Net-work honored him friends, had previously been to the Judge Vaidik was appointed to the Court of Appeals in Febru- with its Special Advocate Award in 1989, and in 1998 he family’s home. The family also knew ary 2000 by Governor Frank O’Bannon and was retained by received the Eugene “Shine” Feller Award from the Indi- who Dretarrius Rodgers was, as he had election in 2002 and 2012. Because Judge Vaidik sees the ana Prosecuting Attorneys Council. lived in their neighborhood when he Court of Appeals at the intersection of theoretical and practical Judge Barnes supports a wide range of community or- was younger. law, she believes the Court should embody the highest degree ganizations, especially those that serve vulnerable popula- At approximately 10:30 p.m. on the of fairness and impartiality. tions. He is a longtime supporter of the LOGAN Center’s evening of September 14, 2015, Brenda This view informs her passion for teaching, as she feels that annual Nose-On campaign and in 1986 received its Joseph left the family’s residence to drive her Hoosiers, and all litigants, deserve the finest possible legal ad- J. Newman Award for Com-mitted and Outstanding Advo- mother home. While Brenda was gone, vocates on their behalf. Judge Vaidik also believes that legal cacy on Behalf of Developmentally Disabled Individuals. Dalton, Rhodes, and Rodgers arrived writing must be distinguished by logical construction and clear, He also has served on the boards of the St. Joseph Coun- together at the family’s home in explanatory prose. ty Chapter of the American Cancer Society and the Alco- Rhodes’s silver Chrysler 300. Dalton, She is an adjunct professor at the Indiana University Mauren holism Council of St. Joseph County. Rhodes, and Rodgers went to the fami- School of Law and won its 2011 Adjunct Professor of the Year Judge Barnes is a member of the Indiana Bar Founda- ly’s home “fit’n on trying to rob some- Award. She has served as a visiting professor at the College of tion, the St. Joseph County Bar Association, the Indiana one.” Law of England and Wales and taught as an adjunct professor State Bar Association, and the Illinois State Bar Associa- Upon entering the family’s residence, at Valparaiso University Law School. She has taught at many tion. Dalton was wearing a ski mask. law schools and for a number of organizations including the Judge Barnes is married to Alberta Barnes, a retired edu- Rhodes and Rodgers wore bandanas Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Legal Education cator. They are the parents of two sons, Tim and John. over their faces. Rodgers also wore a Forum, and the Indiana Judicial Center. Tim is an attorney in Washing-ton, D.C. John is a TV pro- glove on his left hand. All three men Judge Vaidik has trained lawyers involved in prosecuting ducer at NBC Sports. John and his wife, Bess, are the par- were armed with firearms. Dalton re- Rwandan war crimes, Mexican lawyers prosecuting drug lords, Dalton v. State of Indiana ents of the world’s most perfect granddaughter, Addison mained on the main level of the fami- and solicitor advocates seeking the rights of audience in the Emily. He lives in South Bend and is an avid baseball fan ly’s home while Rhodes and Rodgers High Courts in Belfast, Northern Ire-land. She is particularly and reader. went downstairs to the lower level. proud of her long association with the National Institute of Tri- 20A05-1508-CR-01098 After going downstairs, Rhodes and al Advocacy, which honored her with its 2007 Robert Keeton Rodgers kicked in the door to the bed- Faculty Award. room Laqwela and Norman shared Despite her Court of Appeals case-load and her teaching, with their infant son. Rhodes and On Appeal from Elkhart Circuit Court Judge Vaidik is also actively involved in a wide variety of com- Rodgers pointed their firearms at munity, legal, and judicial organizations. She served on the Laqwela who was holding her son, and The Honorable Terry C. Shewmaker, Judge State of Indiana Children’s Peak Performance Commission and Norman, asking "where is the stuff". has held many posts with the Indiana Judges Association and Laqwela attempted to flee upstairs to Indiana Judicial Center. She has been chairperson of the Judi- safety with her son, but remained cial Edu-cation and Community Relations Committees of the downstairs after she saw Dalton stand- Indiana Bicentennial 1816-2016 Indiana Judicial Center and is a member of the American Bar ing at the top of the stairs Association, Indiana State Bar Association, and Sagamore Inns pointing his firearm down at her. of Court. In an effort to protect Laqwela and their son, Norman told Rhodes and - continued on p. 2 2 3 Synopsis, cont. injuries. Attorneys for the Parties Rodgers, on the other hand, collapsed Rodgers that the stuff was in the laun- For the Appellant Today’s Panel of Judges at the bottom of the stairs and died. dry room under the dryer. Rhodes Ross Graham Thomas is a criminal and Rodgers proceeded to the laundry Rodgers's cause of death was later de- defense lawyer in private practice in Indian- room. While Rhodes and Rodgers termined to be multiple gunshot apolis, Indiana. He received his bachelor’s attempted to overturn the dryer, Nor- The Honorable wounds, one of which completely tran- degree in Political Economy from Tulane The Honorable The Honorable man turned off the lights, grabbed University in New Orleans, Louisiana in Nancy H. Vaidik. Rodgers, and began tussling and wres- sected the jugular vein before cutting Cale J. Bradford Michael P. Barnes through the esophagus and the right 1992 and his law degree from the Indiana tling with him. University School of Law-Indianapolis in The tussle between Norman and lung. Porter County 1994. He was admitted to the Indiana bar Marion County St. Joseph County Rodgers carried them out of the laun- Later that evening, police located in 1995. He is also admitted to practice in dry room, into ZaCarra’s downstairs Rhodes’s vehicle. The family’s blue the United States District Courts for the bedroom, and into a downstairs family laptop computer was recovered from Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, room. ZaCarra, who was hiding in her inside the vehicle. Police also recov- as well as the United States Court of Ap- closet, and Laqwela both heard two peals for the Seventh Circuit. His practice sets of gunshots, with one set sound- ered more gloves similar to the one that Cale J. Bradford was appointed to the Nancy H.