Michael A Harding, II v. State of Indiana

── Michael A Harding, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02770 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur In May 2016, Harding was sixteen years old and a student at Snider High School in Fort Wayne. On May 18, another student at the school, Dontay White, and one of his friends, Jerrad Newman, were “looking to sell” Xanax pills and marijuana. Tr. Vol. 3, p. 14. A third party connected White and Newman with Harding, and White and Harding engaged in several text messages coordinating Harding’s purchase of $120 in Xanax pills for later that day. [4] But Harding in fact intended to rob White and Newman.