Michael W. Hart v. State of Indiana

── Michael W. Hart v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01139 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Pike Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Weissmann concur Hart was the primary caregiver for his elderly father for approximately three years. During that time, he lived in a trailer on his father’s property and aided his father in many ways, including cleaning his father’s house, maintaining the yard, and cooking. One day, Hart, who has dealt with chronic pain for ten years after suffering several compression fractures in his back, ingested a mixture of alcohol and prescription opioids. His behavior became “uncontrollable[,]” and he threatened to shoot his father’s dogs. Transcript at 28.