Mark Daniel Schmidt v. State of Indiana

── Mark Daniel Schmidt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01898 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur At approximately 5:00 p.m. on August 3, 2022, Schmidt and Hargis rented a room at the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. In the room, Schmidt and Hargis drank alcohol and listened to music. Schmidt had cocaine, his prescription Oxycodone, and Hargis’s prescription Klonopin with him, and he and Hargis consumed both the cocaine and the Oxycodone. Sometime thereafter, Schmidt fell asleep. Shortly before 5:00 a.m. on August 4, 2022, Schmidt woke up and discovered that Hargis had died.