Nicholas Robert Saunders v. State of Indiana

── Nicholas Robert Saunders v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00981 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge May and Judge DeBoer concur On August 7, 2022, nineteen-year-old Saunders asked his friend Miranda Lawson to drive him to Nashville, Indiana so he could sell a rifle. Miranda recently had an affair with a man named Jerry Jones. Jones and his wife, Amanda, decided to “work things out[,]” and Miranda “didn’t take it too well.” Tr. Vol. III p. 9. Saunders sold the rifle in Nashville. On their way home, he and Miranda drove past Jones’ house several times and eventually pulled into the driveway. Jones