Katie Arnold v. State of Indiana

── Katie Arnold v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01376 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On August 6, 2022, Arnold went to her grandmother’s home where Kevin Carnell was living. 1 Carnell answered the door. Arnold had a conversation with her grandmother during which Arnold stated “I don’t feel safe with my children around him.” Transcript Volume II at 40. Carnell asked why he would be motivated to harm Arnold or her children. Arnold struck Carnell “with a closed fist on the left-side of [his] eye.” Id. at 41. “[I]t happened pretty quickly,” and Carnell “couldn’t see out of [his] left eye” and “was leaking blood.” Id.