Lonnel Tinker v. State of Indiana

── Lonnel Tinker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01177 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 03, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On November 28, 2022, Johnny Yates agreed to trade two of his guns and marijuana for one of Anfernee Dean’s handguns. Amber Koester, Yates’s girlfriend, drove Yates from the apartment she and Yates shared to a house on Reed Street in Fort Wayne where the trade was to take place. Koester sat in the driver’s seat. Yates sat in the front passenger seat with a backpack containing the two guns he intended to trade and seventy-one grams of marijuana.