George Lee Hall v. State of Indiana

── George Lee Hall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00537 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Benton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur In late July 2023, Hall, his long-term girlfriend Margaret Molencupp, and their friend Paul Farmer began discussing the possibility of robbing a property in a rural area of Benton County that contained a house, a large barn, and “a lot of 1 Ind. Code §§ 35-43-2-1 (burglary) & 35-43-2-1(3)(A) (attempt). 2 Ind. Code § 9-30-5-1(c). abandoned cars and semi-trailers[.]” (Tr. Vol. 3 at 100.) People who work in the area refer to the property in question as “[t]he junk house” because there are forty or fifty cars around the house. (Tr. Vol.