Clayton Duane Phillips v. State of Indiana

── Clayton Duane Phillips v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02207 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In 2015, the State charged Phillips with three counts of Level 4 felony burglary. Phillips pleaded guilty as charged in 2017, and the trial court sentenced him to a total of 20 years in the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC). The court also ordered Phillips to complete the Purposeful Incarceration Program, which he did in late 2018. Phillips then petitioned for a sentence modification. The trial court granted Phillips’s request and suspended to probation the remainder of his 20-year prison sentence—13½ years.