Dakota King v. State of Indiana

── Dakota King v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01342 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 10, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Orange Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Weissmann concur In 2015, when King was eighteen years old, he engaged in oral and anal sex with a fifteen-year-old friend. He was subsequently charged with Count I: Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, a Level 5 felony; 1 and Count II: Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, a Level 6 felony. 2 In 2017, he pled guilty to Count II and Count I was dismissed. Under the plea agreement, King agreed “not to 1 Ind. Code § 35-42-4-9(a). 2 I.C. § 35-42-4-9(b). seek a modification, pursuant to I.C. 35-38-1-17, of the sentence entered by the court[.]” Appellant’s App. Vol.