Douglas E. Jimenez Bernal v. State of Indiana

── Douglas E. Jimenez Bernal v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01190 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Pyle concur In 2009, shortly after immigrating to the United States from El Salvador, Blanca Medrano (Mother) married James Young. Together, they had two children: Victim 1 was born in 2009 and Victim 2 in 2011. Young was “basically absent” from the girls’ lives from 2011 to 2020, and Mother and Young divorced in 2017. Transcript Vol. 3 at 205. When the girls were very 1 When referring to a Brady violation, claim, or challenge, we are referencing Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and its progeny.