Deontrae Marshawn Adams v. State of Indiana

── Deontrae Marshawn Adams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02841 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown concurs. Judge Kenworthy concurs/concurs in result In the overnight hours between November 20 and 21, 2021, Adams met Shalynn Carroll at a club in Kokomo. Later, the two went to Adams’s apartment. Around 1:30 p.m. on the 21st, Adams woke up and found Carroll unresponsive. Adams carried Carroll to his car and drove her “back to [the] club where he picked her up,” but “she wouldn’t get out of the car.” Tr. Vol. 2, p. 31. Adams then drove Carroll to a nearby hospital. There, emergency personnel observed that Carroll was “cold,” “stiff,” and “in rigor mortis” inside the car. Id.