Jamar Gaddis v. State of Indiana

── Jamar Gaddis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00796 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Gaddis and A.P. began living together around 2008. At some point, they started “[c]asually dating” each other, which involved “casually having sex and stuff like that” and eventually “became […] a couple[.]” Tr. Vol. II pp. 24–25. On December 28, 2022, A.P. was home sleeping when Gaddis came home intoxicated. A.P. could smell alcohol on Gaddis, and he was belligerent and saying derogatory things about her. When Gaddis attempted to remove A.P.’s underwear, she told him to stop and attempted to resist. Gaddis began choking A.P.