Richard Alexander Mitchell v. State of Indiana

── Richard Alexander Mitchell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01678 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur On July 6, 2023, West Lafayette Police Officer Jayden Fackelman observed Mitchell driving over the speed limit and conducted a traffic stop. A K-9 unit alerted to the presence of narcotics in Mitchell’s vehicle, so officers searched the car and discovered a substance in a blue plastic pill bottle on the driver’s side floorboard. Subsequent testing revealed the substance to be methamphetamine. 1 Ind. Code § 35-50-2-8(d). 2 Ind. Code § 35-48-4-6.1(a). [3] The State charged Mitchell with Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine.