Michael M. Rivers v. State of Indiana

── Michael M. Rivers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01997 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur On December 10, 2020, Rivers shared a home with his child and girlfriend. Late that evening, a neighbor-friend—C.P.—was at the home. As the child played, Rivers, his girlfriend, and C.P. began watching a movie and drinking alcohol. At some point, C.P. fell asleep on the couch, not far from where the child slept. C.P. later awoke to feeling Rivers’ “fingers basically up the side of [her] shorts and trying to, or basically entering the inside of [her] vagina[.]” Tr. Vol. 2 at 39. As C.P. recounted, “he kept going like harder and harder . . .