Harold Gene France v. State of Indiana

── Harold Gene France v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02019 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 01, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur W.W. was born in December of 2001 and, in October of 2017, lived in East Chicago. On the evening of October 16, 2017, W.W. was walking home from a friend’s house when she saw and felt a red jacket go over her face and heard someone (who turned out to be France) say, “Live or die?” Tr. Vol. II p. 34. As France pulled W.W. into an alleyway in a chokehold with a knife to her back, he repeated the question, and W.W. responded, “[l]ive.” Tr. Vol. II p. 35. France threw W.W.