Billy R. Brooks, Jr. v. State of Indiana

── Billy R. Brooks, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02421 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In 2019, Brooks rented a room in his two-bedroom trailer to W.R., a friend from the neighborhood. W.R. has a daughter, A.R., who was born in December 2011. W.R. moved in with Brooks after he and A.R.’s mother separated, and A.R. started spending weekends with W.R. at Brooks’s home. A.R. has one sister who has a different father but sometimes went to Brooks’s trailer when A.R. was there visiting W.R. One night around Halloween 2019, Brooks was babysitting A.R., then seven, while W.R. was at a party. Other than watching A.R.