James Williams v. State of Indiana

── James Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01442 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In 2018, then-thirty-one-year-old Williams found then-sixteen-year-old K.L. on Facebook and sent her a message. The two lived near each other in Illinois. A few months after they began exchanging online messages, K.L. left her mother’s home and moved in with Williams in Decatur, Illinois. “A few months” later, Williams told K.L. that she “wasn’t making any money,” that she “needed to make money,” and that “he had an option” for her. Tr. Vol. 2, pp. 97-98. He then proposed that she exchange sexual encounters with “Johns” for money. Id. at 98.