Tommy Townsend v. State of Indiana

── Tommy Townsend v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-02285 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Pyle concur Our decision in Townsend’s direct appeal, handed down on November 5, 2015, establishes the facts and procedural history leading to his post-conviction appeal: The facts most favorable to the verdicts show that in January 2014, Townsend and Zaida Ortiz separated after nineteen years of marriage. The following month, Ortiz filed for divorce. Townsend remained living at their family home, while Ortiz moved into an apartment, both in Fort Wayne. Townsend and Ortiz have two sons, who were eight and twenty-three years old at the time.