Clay M Howard v. State of Indiana

── Clay M Howard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-02884 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In Howard’s direct appeal, this Court stated the facts and procedural history as follows: In April 2007, Howard was an inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility. On April 5, 2007, Howard was transferred into cell 103 in Building D, where inmates live two to a cell with individual doors on each cell. Howard’s new cellmate was Kent McDonald, a convicted child molester. On the night of April 5, 2007, two inmates played dominos with McDonald and later heard McDonald and Howard arguing around 11:30 p.m.