Michael Edison Whitehead v. State of Indiana

── Michael Edison Whitehead v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01968 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur At approximately 8:00 a.m. on January 29, 2022, Marion Police Officer Joseph Smith responded to a call at Marion General Hospital and observed Whitehead in a hospital bed with a gunshot wound. When asked for his address, Whitehead answered, “4355 East 100 North.” State’s Exhibit 12 at 2:07-2:12. Whitehead said that he and his girlfriend, Jessica Bollhoeffer, picked up a tall male hitchhiker, and, when they stopped at a traffic light, the hitchhiker, who was in the backseat, pulled a gun and...