Angelito Mercado v. State of Indiana

── Angelito Mercado v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00459 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 23, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb concurs. Judge Bradford concurs in result Sometime before mid-June 2020, officers with the Columbus Police Department’s Criminal Intelligence Unit were investigating “a very large drug dealer in Columbus,” and the course of that investigation led officers to Mercado. Tr. Vol. 2, p. 34. In particular, officers had observed Mercado visiting the residence of the individual whom they had suspected of moving large amounts of narcotics. [4] In mid-June, Mercado’s ex-girlfriend, Christina Ricks, approached Columbus Police Department...