Mario Mendez v. State of Indiana

── Mario Mendez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00514 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 21, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On the morning of February 25, 2018, Deputy Sheriff Kevin Abner (“Dep. Abner”) of the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to a residence due to a “subject refusing to leave.” Tr. at 7. Upon arriving, Dep. Abner was greeted outside the residence by two Hispanic males who informed him that another male was inside the residence “acting crazy” and refusing to leave. Id. Dep. Abner did not know who owned or lived at the residence, but the two males who had greeted him “let [him] into the residence” and directed him to a bedroom.