Brandon Butterfield v. State of Indiana

── Brandon Butterfield v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00558 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The evidence most favorable to the convictions is as follows. Butterfield and R.Z. lived together. One night, they were drinking and smoking marijuana when R.Z. found a bottle of pills she believed to be Xanax that was not hers. R.Z. and Butterfield argued about the pills, and R.Z. disposed of them in the sink. Their fight escalated, and R.Z. told Butterfield to leave and locked herself in the bedroom. Butterfield began kicking or punching the bedroom door, which left a hole. When R.Z.