Michael Clark v. State of Indiana

── Michael Clark v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00195 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 06, 2026 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge DeBoer concur Case Summary Following a hung jury, Michael Clark was tried a second time on the charge of Level 1 felony child molesting of M.R., and the jury found him guilty. Following affirmance of his conviction, Clark filed a petition for postconviction relief (PCR). He asserted that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel, in part, due to counsel’s failure to object to M.R.’s in-court identification of Clark in a photograph, which had previously been shown to M.R.