Sewell Jerome Evans v. State of Indiana

── Sewell Jerome Evans v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01522 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur N.B. was born in July 2003. Doug and Sheila Martin were friends with N.B.’s mother. Evans lived with the Martins, who are his aunt and uncle. N.B. often went to the Martins’ house with her mother, and N.B.’s mother played cards with the Martins. N.B. considered the Martins to be like grandparents to her, and N.B. often spent the night at the Martins’ residence. When N.B. was eleven or twelve years old, she was watching television with Evans, who was approximately forty-five years old at the time, and no one else was in the Martins’ house.