Tamika Latrice Graves v. State of Indiana

── Tamika Latrice Graves v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01449 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur On May 17, 2020, Graves visited her sister, Krystal Graves, at the apartment that Krystal shared with David Smith and their children. An alcohol-fueled argument arose between Smith and Graves when Smith rejected Graves’s request for music. Smith temporarily left the apartment; when he returned, Graves was waiting with a knife. She plunged the knife into Smith’s chest, walked over to a sink, washed the knife, and fled. Smith survived his injuries but underwent two surgeries during a month-long hospitalization.