Dakota B. Haaff v. State of Indiana
── Dakota B. Haaff v. State of Indiana ──
Case No.: 21A-CR-02026
Court: Indiana Court of Appeals
Date: March 22, 2022
Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey
County of Origin: Knox
Category: Criminal
Decision: Affirmed
Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur
In August 2021, Haaff was brought to trial on allegations that he committed
rape, as a Level 3 felony, and child seduction, as a Level 5 felony. The jury
heard evidence that Haaff worked an overnight shift at a juvenile detention
facility in late May 2018, at which time Haaff was twenty-five years old. One
detainee was S.B., a seventeen-year-old girl who was alone in a secure room.
S.B. testified that Haaff initially checked on her every fifteen minutes.
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