Devon Makel Jones v. State of Indiana

── Devon Makel Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00675 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 22, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On December 22, 2021, emergency responders found Camron Griffis deceased inside his apartment in Anderson. Following an autopsy and toxicology, Dr. Latanja Watkins concluded that Griffis’s cause of death was carfentanil toxicity. Carfentanil is a fentanyl derivative (“a fentanyl molecule with something else added to it”) that is sometimes “used as a sedative in large animal settings.” Tr. Vol. 3, pp. 99-100. Specifically, carfentanil is “[one] hundred times” stronger than fentanyl and has been called “an elephant tranquilizer.” Tr. Vol. 2, p.