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── John Blaylock, et al. v. Russell Harkness ── Case No.: 20A-SC-00245 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Russell Harkness signed a proposal dated November 18, 2019, to perform certain drywall and framing work for $1,000, to be …
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── Casey J. O'Hara v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00537 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On March 29, 2021, O’Hara called 911 because he “was unsure what [his] girlfriend took and [she] wasn’t waking up.” Transcript …
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── Paternity: Darlene Lewis v. Christopher J Ballinger, Sr. ── Case No.: 23A-JP-01268 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur Z.D.B. (“Child”) was born in August 2014, and Child’s biological mother died eight days after Child’s birth. Christopher J. Ballinger, …
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── Jeremy M Hardy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01035 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On February 20, 2024, the State charged Hardy with: Count I, dealing in methamphetamine as a level 2 felony; Count II, …
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── Aisha Avance v. Sherrie Weekly ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Sherrie Weekly sued Aisha Avance, alleging identity deception and fraud. Avance moved for summary judgment. The trial court denied the motion, and …
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── CHINS: A G v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01043 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother and J.R. (“Father”) have three children: L.R.C., born in October 2017, T.C.G., born in September 2018, …
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── Gary Wayne Lafferty v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00010 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur On December 14, 2021, the State charged Lafferty in a 5-count charging information as follows: Count 1, intimidation, a Class A …
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── Alyson Stephen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02392 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 15, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur On November 1, 2016, Stephen had her third child, Ryder. (Tr. Vol. 1 at 207– 09; Tr. Ex. Vol. 1 at 69.) …
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── Rickey D James v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00846 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 21, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur In the early hours of October 1, 2022, two eyewitnesses watched a car strike a guardrail on Coliseum Boulevard in Fort …
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── S J v. C J ── Case No.: 23A-PO-00222 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur Mother and Father were divorced on August 12, 2019, pursuant to an agreed Decree of Dissolution of Marriage (“Decree”) entered in case number …
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Neutral
── Larry Donnal Cameron v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-00857 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur The facts and procedural history relevant to Cameron’s current appeal were stated in part in this Court’s memorandum decision on his …
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── Termination: Q S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00539 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Delaware Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur S.D. (“Mother”) gave birth to the Child on May 1, 2019. Father never lived with the Child, and Mother …
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Neutral
── Nathaniel Dale Nusekabel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00429 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 25, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur On July 18, 2020, police found Nusekabel in a hotel room after responding to a complaint about drug activity. …
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Neutral
── Thomas L Beall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02990 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur Beall was close friends with Jose Lopez since high school. Lopez was the father of ten children, including a daughter E.L. …
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── Nicholas Wilkie-Carr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00779 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur On August 30, 2022, Yahoo! Inc. submitted a complaint to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) concerning Wilkie-Carr’s …
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Neutral
── Matthew J. Gilbert v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00206 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Clinton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur On April 11, 2018, the Clinton Circuit Court issued an arrest warrant for Gilbert for failure to appear for a morning …
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Neutral
── Clinton Marsalis Odom v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02754 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur On June 3, 2021, Yvonne Harding called 911 and reported a disturbance at her apartment involving Odom, with whom she …
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Neutral
── Marshall Clegg Land v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02863 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur On March 21, 2020, Cammy Auxier and her daughter (the “Child”) were shopping at Walmart when Land, the Child’s father, approached …
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Neutral
── CHINS: R S, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01097 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Felix Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur Mother and Father (collectively the “Parents”) have two children. Their first child, a son (“Brother”), was born on June 28, 2020. …
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── Commitment of J J ── Case No.: 23A-MH-00854 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur On March 18, 2023, J.J. voluntarily admitted himself to the Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Stephen Werner-Sleva. At the time, J.J. was …
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Neutral
── Joshua S Haseman v. Kelly Haseman ── Case No.: 23A-DR-00827 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur Father and Mother (collectively, the “Parents”) married in 2007, and divorced in 2017. They resided in Vigo County at the …
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── Company v. Review Board, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-EX-00782 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur In 2019, Employer hired Claimant to be a leasing agent and, in August 2020, promoted her to property manager at The Fields of New Durham Apartment …
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── Lenord A Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00491 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur On June 26, 2021, law enforcement responded to a report of shots fired at the Timber …
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Neutral
── Robert Lee Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01040 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur Between approximately 11:00 pm and 11:30 pm on March 6, 2021, Daryl Johnson walked to a Marathon Gas Station near his …
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Neutral
── Lisa Bobay-Somers v. Professional Emergency Physicians P C ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00586 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur We present the facts most favorable to Bobay-Somers. In June 1998, BobaySomers signed a contract (the “June Contract”) to work …
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── Chasen Rain Lovell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01184 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur On November 8, 2022, law enforcement responded to a complaint that a sex offender was living in a house with a …
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Neutral
── Kevin L. Martin v. John Broden, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00936 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur On March 14, 2007, a jury convicted Martin of murder, and he was sentenced to 65 years at the …
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Neutral
── Farah Wilson v. William Wilson ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02063 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On August 5, 2012, Wife and William Wilson (“Husband”) married. During the marriage, the parties had two minor children. On April 28, 2021, …
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Neutral
── Joseph A. Monie v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01337 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur In February 2020, Monie was dating Kimberly Lane (“Grandmother”), with whom he had been in a relationship for approximately 10 years. …
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Neutral
── Javonte Jashon Miles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01296 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur On July 24, 2020, Miles went to a car dealership under the pretense that he was going to buy a car. …
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── Robert Carr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01474 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur In 2018, a jury convicted Carr of criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon, a Level 3 felony; battery resulting in …
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── Termination: M Y, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01192 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Clark Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur The facts of the CHINS stage of this case are set out in this court’s decision issued …
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Neutral
── Ping Ye v. Richard A. Pickens ── Case No.: 23A-DN-00698 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur Husband and Wife were married in 2004, and lived together in Dyer, Indiana. During their entire marriage, Husband worked for Northeast Railroad …
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Neutral
── Juan Carlos Bravo v. Heather Nawal Bravo ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01115 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur On March 9, 2013, Husband and Wife married, and they lived together in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2018, Husband and Wife opened …
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Neutral
── M W v. H Y ── Case No.: 23A-PO-00879 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur Husband and Wife are parents to two children, one, “Z”, born June 8, 2021, and the other, “R”, born January 30, 2023 (collectively, …
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── Alexander R Irwin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00501 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey concurs. Judge May concurs in result In the spring of 2021, Detective Chase Patton of the Wayne County Drug Task Force received three anonymous tips …
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Neutral
── Marcus Anthony Ross v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01710 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 29, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur At 1:31:58 pm1 on April 1, 2022, Smith parked at the Oasis Smoke Shop located on State Line Avenue in Hammond, …
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Neutral
── Vassil M. Marinov, et al. v. Wakerobin Estates II Homeowners Association, Inc. ── Case No.: 23A-SC-02010 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In 1998, G & L Development Co., Inc. owned real estate in Tippecanoe County, Indiana that …
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Neutral
── 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. …
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── Amos Gerard Davis, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01790 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur Statement of the Case In October 2022, the trial court entered a no-contact order that prohibited Amos G. Davis …
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Neutral
── Sean Schembra v. Delanie B. Schembra ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00631 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur Mother and Father were married in 2004 and had M.S. in 2005, C.S. in 2007, A.S. in 2009, and O.S. in 2013. …
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Neutral
── Theodore Sherratt v. Jefferson Capital Systems LLC ── Case No.: 23A-CC-01276 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Gibson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur On January 28, 2013, Sherratt signed the Contract to purchase a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze from a CarMax dealership in Littleton, Colorado. …
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Neutral
── Timothy L Hall, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03007 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 13, 2020, Hall and his two-year-old child arrived at a birthday party hosted at 2136 Gilmore Drive in …
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Neutral
── Jack Yette v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In early 2019, George Adams moved in with his girlfriend and her daughter K.W. in Indianapolis, Indiana. In December of 2019, Yette—Adams’s …
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Neutral
── Lyndsay A Hummer, et al. v. Allen D. Donathan, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01925 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Blackford Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur Norma and Fred Donathan had four children: Kathy, Allen Dewayne Donathan (“Wayne”), Carolyn Beckley, and Mary Thornburgh. …
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Neutral
── Tyron D Pearson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01491 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur A.W. was born on May 3, 2005, to Dante Williams and Roxanne Bravo (“Mother”). In 2017, Mother was married to Pearson, …
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Neutral
── Cory David Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01833 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On February 6, 2023, Brown entered Goodman’s Evansville, Indiana home with her consent, despite Goodman having a protective order against Brown. …
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Neutral
── Larry Prouse, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00725 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur We previously set out the facts of this case in Prouse’s direct appeal: Late in the evening of August 20, 2016, …
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Neutral
── Rameriz J. Gomez, et al. v. Deborah S, Cochrane ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01792 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur The facts most favorable to the jury’s verdict are as follows. 1 In Defendants’ brief, they refer to Gomez …
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Neutral
── Germaine Mitchell Cartwright, Sr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02347 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In May 2022, Cartwright and Meece had been dating for ten years and lived together in Evansville, Indiana with four …
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Neutral
── Katigan M. Whitlock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01485 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On August 13 and September 10, 2021, the State charged Whitlock with invasion of privacy as a Level 6 felony for …
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Neutral
── Kevin Hamilton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00015 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone concurs/concurs in result. Judge Brown dissents Trial, Sentencing, and Direct Appeal In 2017, a jury convicted Hamilton of murder, robbery as a Level 2 felony, and …
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Neutral
── Derek A. Wethington v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02547 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On April 25, 2023, 86-year-old Delbert Wilhelm and his 84-year-old wife returned to their New Castle, Indiana home after a one-week …
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Neutral
── Timothy Manges v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01602 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In late 2001, a jury found Manges guilty of child molesting as a Class A felony in Cause 20D03-0012-CF-00186. In early 2002, …
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Neutral
── Sheila Ball v. Robert G. Cook, As Personal Represe, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01465 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Randolph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur Years prior to his death, Hendrickson had obtained a $1,000,000 life insurance policy from United of Omaha …
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Neutral
── Christopher Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01257 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On June 12, 2018, Tellez went to Brookside Park in Indianapolis to buy pills from Williams and his friend Johnathan O’Connor. When …
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Neutral
── Marcie Gosnell v. Matthew Gosnell ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02436 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur Matthew and Marcie are siblings and children of Marilyn Jo Gosnell and Lestes Gosnell. Lestes died intestate in …
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Neutral
── Karen A. Sons v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02299 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In December 2017, Sons and Robert had been dating for approximately seven years and lived together in Hebron, Indiana. At the …
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Neutral
── Andreas Andreou v. Konstantinos Bisioulis, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-03073 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On September 7, 2022, Andreou filed a six-count complaint against Konstantinos (“Gus”) Bisioulis; Olympia Greek Cuisine, Inc., d/b/a Athenian …
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Neutral
── Ronald Maurice Lemon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02121 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In late April or early May 2023, the Evansville Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force (the “Task Force”) received information that Andrew …
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Neutral
── Timothy L Bookwalter, Jr. v. Kayla Bookwalter ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01737 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur Husband and Wife were married on April 1, 2020, and had one child together. The couple …
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Neutral
── Matthew Ryan Gabbard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01301 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In March 2022, Gabbard was incarcerated in the Security Center in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and shared a cell with …
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Neutral
── Ruby Suzanne Williams v. Anonymous Healthcare Provider IV, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02646 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On July 8, 2019, Bennett presented to the emergency department of a St. Joseph County hospital complaining …
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Neutral
── Ruben Mendez v. Starbucks Corporation, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00114 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur At approximately 7 a.m. on January 24, 2018, Mendez parked in a handicapped parking space in the parking …
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── Justin Durrelle Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02800 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On January 10, 2023, Officer Quinten Oller of the Danville Police Department noticed a 2001 Ford Ranger driving with an obscured …
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Neutral
── Derice Keenan Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02761 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur On the evening of August 10, 2021, 17-year-old Michael Simmons was at a gas station on …
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Neutral
── Benjamin C. Taylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On the morning of November 27, 2019, in Seymour, Indiana, GonzalezQuintana started up her grey Chevrolet Malibu so it would be …
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Neutral
── Duke Energy Indiana, LLC v. Diana Lynn Yockey, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00073 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 07, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Knox Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur Yockey is an individual who owns real estate in Knox County, Indiana (the “Yockey Real Estate”). …
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Neutral
── Kenneth B Salyers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00014 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 07, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In late 2012, Jenny Vigar, Salyers’s daughter, moved to a house approximately seven blocks from Salyers’s residence in Wabash County, Indiana. …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Cassandra M Johnson v. Kristopher T Spindler ── Case No.: 23A-JP-02720 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 07, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Gibson Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In March 2009, Mother gave birth to the Child, and shortly thereafter, paternity was established in Father. Over the years, …
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── Jerry Fording v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02676 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 07, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur A.C. was born on May 16, 2011, to Erica Fording (“Mother”) and Ray Cooley (“Father”). Mother and …
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Neutral
── Thomas Leon Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02376 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 07, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On the night of December 21, 2021, Daniela Torres, Anderson Hernandez, and Erick Chacon went to K1 Speed, an indoor go-kart …
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Neutral
── Raayn Renbarger v. Matthew Fischer ── Case No.: 23A-DN-03030 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur Statement of the Case Raayn Renbarger (“Wife”) and Matthew Fischer (“Husband”) married on April 7, 2021. On July 26, 2023, the trial court …
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Neutral
── Jeremy Tyler Ferrell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02845 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Pyle concur On August 24, 2022, Ferrell was in the Hancock County Jail with his cellmates Lonas and James Sachs when …
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Neutral
── Widduck, LLC, et al. v. ROA Indianapolis, LLC d/b/a Reagan Outdoor Advertising of Indianapolis, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02080 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In 2001, Ralph and Linda Robinson (the “Robinsons”) and …
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Neutral
── Crystal Joy Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02838 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur On January 5, 2022, Miller was riding in the passenger seat of her car while her husband drove on Highway 40 …
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Neutral
── David Eugene Padgett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00096 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Pike Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur Padgett married his wife Kara in 2020, and the couple lived together in Winslow, Indiana. The couple had a volatile relationship …
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Neutral
── Steven M Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00613 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 6, 2023, Smith pled guilty to one count of battery causing serious bodily injury as a Level 5 felony. …
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Neutral
── Zachary L Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00146 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur In August 2020, Miller pled guilty to one count of robbery as a Level 3 felony and one count of domestic …
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Neutral
── Nicholas R. Coburn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03062 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur On May 28, 2021, in DeKalb County, Indiana, Coburn was driving a white Ford Crown Victoria that had a temporary registration. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── E W v. L W ── Case No.: 23A-PO-02947 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Ripley Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur E.W. and L.W. are the parents of the Child, who was born in January of 2015. At the time, the parents were living …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Lee Creech v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02675 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur In March 2022, Gabbard, Oldfield, and Cole were incarcerated in the Security Center in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Gabbard shared a cell with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Antonia M. Hoeping v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00395 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur Hoeping met A.G. in 2015 when they lived next door to each other. In November 2022, A.G. obtained a protective order …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gulf Coast Development Corporation, et al. v. Kimberly Meador ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00208 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur Gulf Coast is a holding company that owns the Culver’s restaurant located at 3510 East Dupont Road, Fort Wayne, …
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Neutral
── Roderick E Garrison v. Jasmine Nicole Vernon ── Case No.: 23A-SC-03070 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur On August 25, 2023, Garrison filed a pro se notice of claim in small claims court, alleging that he had loaned Vernon money and she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William L Manning v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02649 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On May 20, 2023, Pamela Hecke lived at 1519 Andrew Street in Fort Wayne, a home that backed up to an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kurt E Banter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00359 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 1, 2022, in Cause Number 32D01-2108-F6-148 (“Cause 148”), Banter pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine as a Level 6 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eric M Carr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00156 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2021, the Wayne County Drug Task Force became aware that Carr had been “continuously selling drugs.” Tr. Vol. II at …
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Neutral
── Tim Sibbitt v. Paul B. Garrett ── Case No.: 24A-SC-00652 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Decatur Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 20, 2013, Garrett and his then-wife began renting a house from Sibbitt. The rent was originally to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M A v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-00623 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2022, then 16-year-old M.A. was living in Indianapolis, Indiana, with his parents; his siblings; one of his cousins; and that cousin’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Suzanne Snow Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00375 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur In March 2022, the Company hired Wilson as an hourly employee to manage its payroll, process daily invoices, and administer payments …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cody Allen Wade v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02337 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Clay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur In June 2020, Wade was at a cookout in Clay County, Indiana. Wade was drinking whiskey, had used methamphetamine, and was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darren W Schmitt v. Jenna Lehmkuhler (Schmitt/Oldham) ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02219 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Warrick Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur Son was born on July 24, 2007, and Daughter was born on November 3, 2011. When Mother filed for divorce in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Axel P Sundling v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00825 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur In June and July 2022, law enforcement, via an informant, conducted two controlled purchases of fentanyl from Sundling in a Walmart …
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Neutral
── James Melvin Gosha v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00300 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur Gosha and Tulowitzky became friends and neighbors in 2020 when Gosha moved in with his uncle in Anderson, Indiana. Eventually, Gosha …
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Neutral
── Alberto Avelino Alvarez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03108 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur In 2022, Alvarez lived with his fiancée and their four-year-old daughter, and he used his home to sell illegal drugs, including …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Liam Garvey v. First Merchants Corporation ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00260 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur Garvey began working as a senior financial advisor for FMC in January 2016. When he started with FMC, Garvey brought clients from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob Seth Waldmann v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00876 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Riley concur On October 12, 2022, Waldmann pled guilty to carrying a handgun without a license as a Level 5 felony and legend …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryshar Owens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00782 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Riley concur On June 17, 2023, Indiana State Trooper Maxwell Alexander was on patrol on northbound Interstate 65 in Indianapolis when he witnessed Owens …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony King v. Randy King ── Case No.: 24A-DN-00124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Riley concur Husband and Wife married on July 26, 2002, and the parties had no children together. Husband has a prior-born son who lived in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gary Dwain Priest v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02483 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Riley concur Priest lived with his wife, Chrissy, on Morristown Road in Shelbyville, Indiana. Chrissy’s niece, C.P., lived nearby with her parents and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paul Richard Comstock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01130 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Riley concur On December 20, 2023, Comstock pled guilty to one count of domestic battery as a Level 6 felony in Cause 03D02-2311-F6-005713 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Devonte Nejuan Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01082 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Riley concur In early 2023, Williams and Stapleton were living together as boyfriend and girlfriend in an apartment. Stapleton and her son were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Labaron Ferguson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00308 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Kenworthy and Judge Riley concur On December 3, 2021, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police detectives and officers with the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force were conducting …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S R v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00196 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Riley concur E.W., born March 24, 2008, is the child of Mother and Father.1 On August 19, 2023, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vince Caccavale v. Ranger Team Building, Llc ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01556 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 11, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley and Judge Kenworthy concur In December 2016, Caccavale, as buyer, and Ranger, as seller, entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Glen Downs v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01065 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On June 16, 2020, Downs pled guilty to operating a vehicle after forfeiture of license for life as a Level 5 felony, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristopher M Weber v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-02102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur In May 2022, Weber agreed to plead guilty to escape as a Level 5 felony and resisting law enforcement as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Associated Roofing Professionals, LLC, et al. v. J.D. Michael Glassburn ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01666 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2018, Glassburn moved from Westfield to Terre Haute, Indiana, to become the president of ARP. In 2020, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua A. Martinez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01385 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On the afternoon of June 10, 2022, Martinez left work and went to a casino in South Bend, where he consumed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Fred E Queen v. Mellisa K Queen ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02961 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge DeBoer concur The Children were born in 2009, 2010, and 2013. Before the divorce in 2020, the parties’ oldest child was diagnosed with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J B v. J K, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-02996 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 08, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur The Children were born in 2013 and 2014 to Father and A.F. (“Mother”). On May 13, 2018, Father was arrested after …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Natalee Mace v. Monti Mace ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02306 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 08, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Kenworthy and Judge DeBoer concur Husband and Wife were married in October of 2003, had two sons, and lived together in Martinsville, Indiana. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tomecko Troyketh Johnson, Sr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01446 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On July 8, 2020, Johnson encountered Turner and Lanorra Hudson, Turner’s girlfriend, as they were walking their two dogs on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Wilfredo Padilla-Castellanos v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01026 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In the afternoon of December 1, 2022, Padilla-Castellanos, armed with a shotgun, went to Jose Hernan’s Indianapolis residence to confront him about …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Katrina Nichole Bennett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00738 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On May 9, 2019, Bennett pled guilty to escape as a Level 5 felony in Cause 82D03-182-F5-8477 (the “Escape Cause”) and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mitchell W. Page v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00695 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Miami Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Page and Jessica Sizemore started dating in high school, but they broke up in 2014 shortly before the birth of their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01157 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In late 2021 and early 2022, the Child’s siblings were adjudicated CHINS after Mother admitted to using methamphetamine and Father admitted to committing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kian Michael Moore, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00709 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On October 22, 2019, Moore messaged his friend Christian Buchanan on Facebook Messenger, telling Buchanan that he needed a ride …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Rankin v. Lesa Rankin ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00633 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Kenworthy and Judge DeBoer concur Husband and Wife married on June 9, 2001, had two children, and lived together in Evansville, Indiana. During …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Phillip Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00464 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On July 6, 2020, Smith drove to his sister’s house in South Bend, Indiana, pulled into her driveway, and began …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Lee Green v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01218 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In February 2020, Green pled guilty to dealing in methamphetamine as a Level 2 felony and admitted he was a habitual …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Coralynn Littleton-Rose v. William L. Stidams ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01245 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Washington Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Kenworthy and Judge DeBoer concur Stidams was contracted to replace the ventilation hood over Littleton-Rose’s stove in her mobile home, among other repairs. Stidams, along …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Danielle M. Gelios v. Timothy L. Gelios ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00927 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Father were married in 2003 and primarily lived in Michigan before moving to Indiana with their four children in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher D. Delgado v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00708 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur On the afternoon of May 16, 2022, Corporal Jamison Smith of the Porter County Sheriff’s Department was driving …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aurelaio De Leon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01490 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Between 2011 and 2014, when J.E. was between five and eight years old, J.E.’s grandmother and De Leon would babysit J.E. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indiana Department of Child Services v. Staci Metcalf ── Case No.: 24A-MI-01204 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On March 1, 2022, DCS issued an assessment of alleged child abuse, substantiating an allegation of physical abuse …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jancey Jaime Alamos v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01074 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Alamos and his wife Chandi had two children together, P.A. and C.A., before divorcing in 2017. During their marriage, the family …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amanda L. Wilson v. Elizabeth A. Wilson ── Case No.: 24A-DR-01285 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In September 2008, the parties married in California before returning home to Indiana. In October 2010, Amanda gave birth to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00350 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur The Child was born January 19, 2023, to the Parents. On October 23, 2023, Mother consulted the Child’s primary …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Carl Dwayne Potts v. Cheryl A. Ritschard ── Case No.: 24A-GU-01251 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Whitley Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2003, while living in Kentucky, Cheryl Ritschard gave birth to her daughter Santana who was born with Down syndrome …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Robert Stanton Evans, et al. v. Warren T Kogan, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-ES-00035 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2012, Helen Kogan, the Decedent’s mother, died testate, and by operation of her will, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: D K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01619 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur L.K. was born on May 16, 2017, and W.C.-K. was born on August 26, 2021. In February 2024, Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan Michael Buwa v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01730 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2017, Buwa was convicted of rape as a Level 3 felony and child solicitation as a Level 4 felony. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Johnson Management, LLC v. Crasian Brewing Company LLC ── Case No.: 24A-CC-01412 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: White Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On November 1, 2017, Johnson entered a five-year lease agreement with Crasian for a commercial property located in Brookston, Indiana. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gary L. Jackson, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01309 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On April 21, 2021, at approximately 6:50 p.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (“IMPD”) officers were dispatched to Riley Hospital (“Riley”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William E. Spears v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01055 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur G.M.’s parents separated in 2011 when she was approximately five years old, and her parents shared custody. G.M. spent time living …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lakesha L. Norington v. Indiana Department of Corrections ── Case No.: 24A-MI-02026 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur After the trial court granted Norington’s unverified request to prohibit public access of the petition for name change, on August …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Robert Weikel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01584 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur At approximately 11:30 p.m. on April 21, 2021, Weikel—while driving under the influence of amphetamines and oxycodone—was stopped by a Fort …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bethany B Zarse v. Brock Zarse ── Case No.: 24A-DC-01569 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: White Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Father married in 2011 and lived together in Monticello, Indiana; Child was born in 2016. On April 12, 2022, Father …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rio J. Gonzalez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01530 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2017, Gonzalez pled guilty to attempted armed robbery as a Level 3 felony. Pursuant to the plea agreement, the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trevion Dawon Shaver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00837 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur During the summer of 2020, Shaver learned that K.W. was likely his daughter whom he shared with Vanina Weathersby.1 Shortly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kody Robinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01451 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On July 12, 2023, after drinking “[m]aybe a pint” of vodka, Tr. Vol. II at 23, Robinson operated a vehicle and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony R. Beamon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02329 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On the afternoon of August 27, 2022, Beamon was helping his mother, Sandra Beamon, move personal items into a storage unit …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Ashlee N Reed v. Jordan Taylor Dils ── Case No.: 24A-GU-02103 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wabash Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On July 10, 2022, Child was born, and, four days later, Mother left Child with her friend Reed because she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shannon Mark Patrick Brady v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02077 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur In 2018, Brady pled guilty to committing theft at a Walmart store in Evansville, Indiana. Due to this incident, Brady …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane Michael Hester-Spann v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01672 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2020, Hester-Spann battered M.H.—who was then his ex-girlfriend—while she was pregnant. In March 2021, Hester-Spann pled guilty …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Franklin L Hammond, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01117 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Hammond and A.T. were “friends with benefits,” Tr. Vol. IV at 6, until A.T. ended the relationship in October 2021. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristy Sue Sewell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00761 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Between 2004 and 2019, Sewell and Kenosis were in a tumultuous relationship that was plagued with multiple separations and divorces. Each …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gelacio Gonzalez-Chavez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02273 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur In December 2022, the State charged Gonzalez-Chavez with three counts of child molesting as Level 1 felonies and two counts of child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald C. Nelson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02239 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur In January 2024, Wabash County Sheriff’s Department Detective Devin Bechtold received an anonymous tip that Nelson regularly travelled from Wabash County, …
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Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Malaika Bell v. Kenyatta Carter ── Case No.: 24A-EU-01877 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On June 21, 2022, May allegedly signed an Affidavit of Survivorship and Warranty Deed, both of which concerned the property commonly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Miguel Tyler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01817 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On July 26, 2023, Tyler was helping some friends move furniture into an apartment at the Cambridge Estates complex in Tippecanoe County, …
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Neutral
── Melissa Vogt, et al. v. Kenneth Sain, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01021 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Newton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur When Judith and Kenneth married in 1987, they each had four children from prior relationships. Also at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jaron Larue Prevot v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00847 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On June 24, 2021, while A.B. was alone at her home on Trump Drive in Marion County, she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Scott Partenheimer v. Chris Robling ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01169 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Gibson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Partenheimer and Robling share ownership of the Businesses.1 They are equal members in Alevan and Otter Resources and split the interests of …
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Neutral
── Kerry E Silvers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-00277 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Criminal Decision: Rehearing Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur The State has filed a petition for rehearing from our opinion in which we affirmed the denial of Kerry Silvers’s petition …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T L v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-02881 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On July 22, 2023, T.L. fired multiple shots at a house in South Bend, Indiana, hitting the home and causing property damage. Four days later and …
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── Virgil Lee King v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01969 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On the morning of January 25, 2023, Zsakenja Mathews was at her home in Gary, Indiana, while her son Daqwuan Walker …
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── Joel D. Stafford v. Laura A. Stafford ── Case No.: 24A-DC-02457 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur Father and Mother married in 2011 and lived together in Greenwood, Indiana. The couple had three children in the marriage: Ru.S. …
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── Paternity: Austin K. Cox v. Brooklyn A. Crawford ── Case No.: 24A-JP-02016 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Noble Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur Child was born in March 2021. In October 2023, the trial court determined Father is the father of Child. Father …
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── Michelle Cooper v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01472 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur During the day on May 14, 2023, Lynell texted Cooper that she wanted to “end the relationship.” Tr. Vol. …
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── James Beau Burkhart v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01237 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur In December 2020, Beau was 16 years old and lived with his parents, James Jason Burkhart (“Father”) and Fabiola Burkhart (“Mother”), …
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── Ricky A. Walton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02590 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On July 21, 2023, there was a medical emergency at Melissa Katrine’s home located in Henry County, Indiana. After EMTs arrived, …
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── Ashsten Satterfield v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02229 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On August 25, 2023, Officer Brandon Wilcox of the Beech Grove Police Department was on duty when he observed a man and …
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Neutral
── Tarron H. Conwell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01999 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On June 23, 2023, law enforcement officers from the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department and Selma Police Department arrived at Conwell’s residence …
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Neutral
── Jason B. Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02555 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On September 2, 2019, Brown was sitting in a truck at a park in Ohio when a law enforcement officer approached …
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── Orlando Aaron Sanders v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02498 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On September 8, 2021, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (“IMPD”) officers responded to a report of shots fired at 2800 North Chester …
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── Mylik Jawann Hill v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00849 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On the night of February 27, 2022, Hill got into an auto accident with another vehicle and left …
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── Washburne Properties LLC, et al. v. Marco Rossainz ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02837 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley and Judge Mathias concur In May 2022, Washburne owned the property commonly known as 241-243 N. Tacoma Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana (the …
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── Rashawn Lamour Cartwright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02919 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur In the early evening hours of June 21, 2024, Grandmother was at her residence in Evansville, Indiana, when she heard “bang[ing] …
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Neutral
── Kristin G Ball v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02335 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur In 2021, Ball met Ashely Crawford and sold her drugs “[t]wo (2) to three (3)” times. Tr. Vol. II at 225. …
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Neutral
── Nasir Owens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02159 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On September 26, 2023, at approximately 9:53 p.m., Seiman’s girlfriend, Heley Brown, arrived at Seiman’s residence. After discovering Seiman was not home, …
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── Adam Bonifacio Lopez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02775 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On April 26, 2021, Trooper Yan Dravigne of the Indiana State Police was patrolling Interstate 70 in Hendricks County, Indiana, when …
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── A M v. A H ── Case No.: 24A-PO-02570 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur From 2017 to August 2022, while Petitioner was married to another person, Petitioner was in a romantic relationship with Respondent, and they were …
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Neutral
── Elick T Allen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01896 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur In May 2021, Allen, Brenda, and two other neighbors shared a private drive giving them access to their respective homes. On …
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── City of Fishers, Indiana, et al. v. Dish Network L.L.C., et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01657 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Tavitas concur The VSF Act The VSF Act requires persons that provide video service in Indiana to obtain …
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── Anthony Pampalone v. Samuel H. Longoria, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01473 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 13, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur The Longorias reside at property commonly known as 1255 Creekside Drive, Crown Point, Indiana (the “Longoria Property”). Pampalone resides at …
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Neutral
── Crystal J Kincy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03163 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur Prior to July 2012, Wyatt had been best friends with Latasha Twyman— Kincy’s aunt—until their relationship deteriorated due to personal issues. …
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Neutral
── Samuel Caleb Womack v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03127 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On March 12, 2024, Womack was living with his fiancé and their two children, Child and a one-year-old son, in an …
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── Miscellaneous Estate: Bobbie McClatchey-Scott v. Glindia Barley ── Case No.: 24A-EM-02890 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In August 2023, Decedent was hospitalized; during this time, she was “bedridden,” Tr. Vol. II at 30; was having …
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── Deon Logan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01980 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In June of 2023, Logan and his wife, Jennifer, moved into K.L.’s home in Indianapolis. At the time, K.L. was living with …
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── CHINS: A P, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02557 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Clark Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley concurs. Judge Mathias concurs in part/dissents in part On December 27, 2019, Child was born to Mother and …
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Neutral
── Antae Noble v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00445 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur At approximately 11:30 p.m. on November 24, 2024, JW security guard Hunter Rae observed Noble sleeping outside of a third-floor meeting room. …
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── Vernon Fitzwater v. Dr. Sanjeev Maniar, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-03162 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In March 2016, Fitzwater was admitted to Broadway Methodist Hospital in Merrillville, Indiana, due to complaints of pain in his …
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Neutral
── Angelia Bowling v. Dustin L. Bowling ── Case No.: 24A-DC-03021 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Fountain Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On January 1, 2009, the parties married, and on January 19, 2021, Angelia filed for divorce. Throughout the majority of their marriage, …
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── Alpacino J Carson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02514 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In April 2022, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (“IMPD”) investigated a complaint of child molest allegedly committed by Carson years earlier. …
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Neutral
── Juan Lopez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02282 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur At all times relevant to this case, I.P. and her family lived in an apartment above a store in South Bend, …
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Neutral
── Devontay T Reese v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00257 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On March 16, 2021, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge Charger outside an apartment complex. During the …
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Neutral
── Willie Terrell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03075 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik concurs. Judge Tavitas concurs in result This case begins not with the criminal conduct for which Terrell was charged and convicted, but with …
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Neutral
── 4110 Investments LLC v. Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02573 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur Fall Creek Township owns and operates Fall Creek Woods Natural Area, an 80-acre park in Hamilton County, Indiana. …
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── Triple Crown Valparaiso Baseball and Softball Training Center, LLC v. Shonda Hiller ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02427 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On October 1, 2015, Hiller took her daughter, Brooke, to Triple Crown in Valparaiso, Indiana, for …
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── V S v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-00480 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Warren Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur This case begins not with the criminal conduct underlying V.S.’s delinquency adjudication but with his family’s involvement with the Indiana Department of …
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Neutral
── Alfred Zuk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur B.Z.’s parents were in a 20-year relationship and had four children in common, including B.Z, and three older children belonging to B.Z.’s …
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── Termination: S M v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00279 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 01, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur Father and Mother were in a relationship when “[s]he got pregnant and she went her way.” Tr. …
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── Safron Capital Corporation, et al. v. Elanco Animal Health Corporation, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01164 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 01, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur The facts described herein are primarily those alleged by the Investors in their Second Amended Complaint. …
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Neutral
── CHINS: R T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00453 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On November 11, 2024, when Ri.T. was one year old 2 and Rh.T. was just ten days old 3, …
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Neutral
── Leland P Hairston v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur In February 2024, Hairston was temporarily staying at the home of Divoryan’s stepfather, Franklin Baker Jr., in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Divoryan’s …
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Neutral
── James L Singleton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02891 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In February 2024, the State charged Singleton with two counts of child molesting as Level 1 felonies and one count …
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Neutral
── Dustin M. Nevil v. Laurie B. Nevil ── Case No.: 24A-DC-02155 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Gibson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On June 13, 2013, Wife and Husband entered into a premarital agreement (the “Agreement”); five days later, they married. Prior to …
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Neutral
── Toro Tiant Franklin, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On April 20, 2023, South Bend Police Department Officer Alex Williams initiated a traffic stop on Franklin’s vehicle because …
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Neutral
── Justin A. Gordon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00023 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Pike Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur B.G. was born in January 2012 to Gordon and Brandy Cox (“Mother”). In 2019 or 2020, B.G. began staying overnight with …
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Neutral
── Michaline Tomich, et al. v. Aimee White ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00341 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur This case involves three business entities—(1) MIYO, LLC; (2) MIYO Inc.; and (3) Mixdesign, Inc.—and at the heart of the parties’ …
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Neutral
── Brandon L Keener v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01894 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur This appeal stems from two of Keener’s criminal causes: Cause 02D04-2301F6-000072 (the “Nuisance Cause”) and Cause 02D04-2309-F6-001168 (the “Battery Cause”).1 In …
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Neutral
── U K v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-00936 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 05, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On May 13, 2024, in Wayne County, Indiana, 13-year-old U.K. stole her mother’s vehicle. As a result, the State filed a juvenile …
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Neutral
── Anthony Tyron Flowers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00647 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In late August and early September 2024, a pregnant S.M. was living in Evansville, Indiana, with her five children. S.M. was …
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Neutral
── Mark A. Taylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00443 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Warren Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur While on probation in Clinton County, Indiana, for unlawfully possessing a syringe, 1 Taylor went “on …
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Neutral
── Dexter O. Goodwin II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02979 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In July 2023, when M.W. was 13 years old, she lived with her mother, her siblings, and Goodwin in Marion …
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Neutral
── Will Ollie Cross v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02059 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Owen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In January 2021, Owen County Sheriff’s Department Detective Mitchell Fleetwood was investigating Cross’s residence after receiving a tip that drugs were …
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Neutral
── M Q, et al. v. M W, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-AD-01046 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In May 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) removed Children 1 from their mother F.G. …
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Neutral
── Gregory A Caudle v. Indiana Parole Board, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00816 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur Caudle has been in and out of the DOC since late 1989, and he is currently incarcerated at Putnamville …
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Neutral
── Bethany Cingel v. Gregory Ferreri ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00500 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On April 13, 2016, Cingel and Ferreri married, and on January 17, 2024, Cingel filed a petition to dissolve their marriage. On December …
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Neutral
── Trivel D Crum v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00002 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In the early morning hours of December 24, 2023, Javion, Javion’s cousin Derrick, and Bedenfield were at the 19th Hole, a …
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Neutral
── Robert Antoine Rosenbourgh v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01576 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2023, Rosenbourgh pled guilty to dealing in methamphetamine as a Level 4 felony. The trial court sentenced Rosenbourgh to six …
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Neutral
── Akeenen Anton Lamar Hunt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01876 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias concurs. Judge Foley concurs in result Hunt and A.R. dated for approximately 18 months before ending their relationship in July 2023. After the relationship …
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Neutral
── Mathew W. McCallister v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-01521 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2016, a jury convicted McCallister of murder and conspiracy to commit murder as a Class A felony. The Indiana Supreme …
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Neutral
── Ericxon Rosado v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00553 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On September 17, 2024, Deputy Tyler Cooper of the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office went to Rosado’s apartment in Columbus, Indiana, to arrest …
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Neutral
── Kent Alexander Schroder v. Patrice C Heimlich ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00171 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Adams Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur Parents married in 2013; their first child was born that same year, and their second child was born in 2015. In …
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Neutral
── Anthony Herron v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01044 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur On September 8, 2024, Herron and D.M., Herron’s girlfriend and mother of his three children, argued in the hallway outside their apartment. …
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Neutral
── Douglas Hunter v. UHG I LLC ── Case No.: 25A-CC-01307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur On February 26, 2025, UHG filed a complaint against Hunter, alleging Hunter failed to repay an outstanding debt and owed a principal …
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Neutral
── Alisha Trice-Walker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00368 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur In 2013, Trice-Walker married Steven Johnson. In July 2015, in Cause 49D131507-DR-025250 (the “First Divorce Cause”), Trice-Walker filed a petition to dissolve …
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Neutral
── Chelsea B Duboise v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00188 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On January 9, 2024, Linton Police Department officer Jerrad Pirtle responded to a call that Cole Padgett was “tearing up” a …
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Neutral
── Koah D Lai v. Martin G Hites, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CC-01291 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: White Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur On December 8, 2003, the Board ordered the Hiteses, doing business as Hites Hardwood, to “assume[] responsibility for the …
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Neutral
── Guardianship: Casey Asher v. Dana Karr, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-GU-00900 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In August 2024, Asher was married to Child’s father but had filed to dissolve that marriage. In late August, …
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Neutral
── Ramona Stringer v. Hammond-Whiting Care Center, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00869 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In October 2022, Beck resided at the Hammond-Whiting Care Center (the “Care Center”). On October 29, Beck complained of breathing …
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Neutral
── Malachi S. Petro v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Brown Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur After his shift at the Story Inn in Brown County, Indiana, ended at approximately 9:00 p.m. on May 17, Petro started …
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Neutral
── Danny Bayliff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01089 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur At all times relevant to this case, Bayliff was married to S.O.’s grandmother, and S.O. regularly visited their home. On September 3, …
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Neutral
── Carltez J Taylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00968 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge DeBoer concur Initially, we review the facts of Taylor’s underlying offenses, trial, conviction, and direct appeal. We then summarize the facts pertaining to …
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Neutral
── Kwame Ramey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00902 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur On October 12, 2022, Ramey and his girlfriend, Jamia Simon, were working at a Wendy’s restaurant. Jamia was the assistant manager and …
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Neutral
── Nashawn La'Quan Stephens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00598 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In 2022, Kyndall lived at the Pin Oak apartment complex (“Pin Oak”) in Mishawaka, Indiana, and she was involved with …
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Neutral
── T K v. J C ── Case No.: 25A-AD-00383 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Child was born in September 2013 and is the child of Mother and Father. Mother moved in with Father after Mother became pregnant. …
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Neutral
── Gregg Romaine v. Superior Environmental Remediation90, Inc. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00380 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur SER90 is a company that specializes in environmental investigations and remediation. Romaine is an Indiana-licensed attorney. On November …
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Neutral
── John D Quillen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01390 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In March 2025, Quillen pled guilty to aggravated battery as a Level 3 felony. The charge was based on Quillen hitting …
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Neutral
── William M Frazier v. Brittney L Flick ── Case No.: 25A-SC-01183 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Foley concur On April 4, 2024, Flick hit a deer while driving her truck, a 2008 GMC Sierra 2500 HD. Later that day, …
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Neutral
── CHINS: E B v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01131 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur R.B. was born on August 21, 2012, and L.B. was born on March 18, 2015. On September …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brady McDaniel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00798 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur On February 1, 2024, Elwood Police Department Captain Tyler Irwin was patrolling State Road 37 in Madison County, Indiana, when McDaniel drove …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of W C ── Case No.: 25A-MH-00796 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In 2001, W.C. pled guilty to child molesting as a Class B felony, and he was sentenced to 15 years with 6 years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shamar Duncan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00658 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In August 2022, soldiers from a classified unit within the Royal Netherlands Army (collectively, the “Soldiers”) were training at the Muscatatuck Urban …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Helen Marie Martinez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01603 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In the early morning hours of June 6, 2024, Martinez was discharged from the emergency department at Memorial Hospital of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of A V ── Case No.: 25A-MH-01516 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In early May 2025, A.V. was driving near a restaurant where he “had previously gotten a restraining order,” and he “ended up on the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashlynne Nicole Zigler v. Mina Group LLC ── Case No.: 25A-SC-00893 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Clinton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In 2023, Zigler and her then boyfriend executed a lease to rent 330 Park Street, Mulberry, Indiana, from Mina Group. Noshy …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy Allen Briscoe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00887 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur On March 5, 2024, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Briscoe and Tolbert arranged to meet on a trail in their neighborhood so …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tara L Hathaway v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01051 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 05, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: White Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur On April 13, 2024, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop on Hathaway’s vehicle, during which she admitted to having cocaine …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vanessa Golden v. Glenbrook Credit Acceptance Corporation ── Case No.: 25A-CC-00815 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 05, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In May 2022, Golden entered into a Retail Installment Contract and Security Agreement (the “Contract”) for the purchase of a vehicle. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Joseph Parker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01068 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In October 2018, K.P. was 13 years old and lived with her mother and three siblings in Hendricks County, Indiana. Parker …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Megan B. Naville v. Zachary R. Naville ── Case No.: 24A-DC-02398 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur Husband and Wife married in 2019 and lived together in New Albany, Indiana. In 2021, N.N. (“Child”) was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jorge Rangel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01134 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 3, 2024, Trooper Alvarez was parked on the I-80 Toll Road in Elkhart County, Indiana, “running radar” when he observed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Adrian Marcell Lamont Stigger v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01312 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur Prior to March 2021, Stigger was in a relationship with L.G., I.G.’s mother. I.G. considered Stigger to be a father …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryan J. Turner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01033 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur On November 14, 2023, Turner and the State entered into a plea agreement whereby Turner pled guilty to rape as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terry Davis v. Unknown Chambers, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00859 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur Davis is an inmate at the Prison. In January 2014, Davis was involved in a physical altercation with prison officers. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Metropolitan School District of Southwest Allen County, Indiana v. Crown Enterprises ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00290 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik concurs in result. Judge Tavitas dissents Crown owns three parcels of real estate near Winters Road in Allen County, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Taylor D Hunt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01260 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 09, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur On August 22, 2023, Sergeant David Klein of the Fort Wayne Police Department observed Hunt’s vehicle stopped at the intersection of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Sizemore v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01119 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 09, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur Sizemore and Butcher began dating in 2019, and Sizemore moved in with Butcher soon after. Problems in the relationship arose, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Yonatan Jose Felipe Velasquez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02904 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 09, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In late spring and early summer 2023, Velasquez was 19 years old, and J.J.-T. was 11 years old. Sometime in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jane Doe v. Kristan P. Reibel, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00258 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 16, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur This case arises from two separate negligence lawsuits against Reibel—the first filed in Cause 29D02-2406-CT-006374 by a Jane Doe (“Doe …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R G v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01875 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur K.G. was born on October 13, 2015, and Ru.G. was born on September 17, 2020 (K.G. and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyrone Stokes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01740 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In the early morning hours of April 4, 2024, at some point that is unclear from the record, Stokes …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 19A-JT-02457 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2020 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Baker and Judge Bradford concur Mother is the parent of J.T., who was born in April 2013. In June 2015, DCS was notified that Mother’s ten-month-old daughter had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B P v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-JV-00736 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2021 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Fountain Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Crone concur In November 2018, after thirteen-year-old B.P. threatened to kill a peer, the State filed a delinquency petition alleging that B.P. had committed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gregory S. Ebler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01027 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 22, 2025 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Felix concur In September 2022, the State charged fifty-five-year-old Ebler in Cause Number 84D01-2209-F2-3230 (“Cause F2-3230”) with Level 2 felony dealing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── C J v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-JV-00255 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur 2 C.J., a twelve-year-old boy, lived in Indianapolis with his Mother, Stepfather, four-year-old sister A.T., and eleven-year-old brother A.J. In October 2018, A.J. walked into a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cassei Lynn Mentis v. Joshua Michael Mentis ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00404 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Child was born on February 6, 2016, during the parties’ marriage. On July 7, 2017, Mother filed a petition for dissolution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: B G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01579 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Jennings Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Tavitas concur In 2013, following Mother’s failed drug screen for methamphetamine, Mother and Child’s biological father, R.G. (“Father”), 1 admitted to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A S v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-01334 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 02, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Weissmann concur In May 2024, A.S., who was then sixteen, broke into a Dollar General store in Indianapolis but fled after setting off an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of J K ── Case No.: 19A-MH-01886 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 20, 2020 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On July 3, 2019, twenty-six-year-old J.K. was observed standing in the middle of a street with moving traffic. He was aggressive with the police …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── S G v. J G ── Case No.: 23A-AD-00735 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 11, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2017, Mother used methamphetamine and marijuana during a pregnancy, and her child H. was born with “drugs in his system[.]” Tr. p. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy N Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00766 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On August 5, 2019, officers with the Columbus Police Department (“CPD”) and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department (“BCSD”) accompanied a Columbus …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Estate of Gerald Everett Goldsberry v. Drake Air, LLC, by its member Brent L. Drake ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01987 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In 2020, Drake Air owned a Brantly B-2B helicopter. Brantly helicopters are …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert P Olmstead, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01033 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In the spring of 2020, sometime around her birthday, K.K. 1 was spending the night in a tent in her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bobby Hill v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02918 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 04, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur During the evening of December 11, 2023, Hill, driving a maroon Chevrolet Equinox, and Laquresha Myers, sitting in the front passenger seat, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Fredrick B. Kramp v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00999 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 10, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On June 20, 2023, Kramp collapsed in a grocery store bathroom. Kramp told a store employee that he had been drinking. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dequarius Walker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-00124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2019 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Bradford concur In May 2018, Jalisa Lacey lived on the West side of Indianapolis with her three young daughters. Walker and Lacey were in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony T. Wilburn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01709 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On May 25, 2019, Kylie Clay was working as a cashier at the Save-On Liquor store on Parkmoor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jones Laboratory LLC v. Marquita Ramsey, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-01625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur On December 17, 2018, adoptive parents filed a complaint in the Marion Superior Court alleging that the Department of Child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── RUSSELL D. FOX v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00315 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge May concur On November 5, 2020, Lieutenant Richard Clayton of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department received a dispatch call advising him to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R F v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-00977 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Gibson Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur Child was born in October 2018 to Father and T.B. (“Mother”). 1 The Child was removed from Father’s care …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J V v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02697 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur This case stems from the Department of Child Service’s (“DCS”) petition to terminate Mother’s parental rights to two of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Conway Lee Munoz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00796 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Clinton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge DeBoer concur On April 25, 2022, Joshua Collet was asleep in his bedroom in his apartment in Frankfort that he shared with his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Westwood Veterinary Clinic LLC v. Amber Blackburn ── Case No.: 25A-PL-01082 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur Westwood is a veterinary clinic in Hancock County, and Blackburn is a veterinarian. In 2022, Blackburn entered into a Relief Veterinarian …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R T v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 49A02-1605-JT-01127 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2016 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur K.T. was born on February 7, 2005, and K.O. was born on September 15, 2007. On or about May 30, 2012, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 82A01-1707-JT-01710 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2017 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Mother gave birth to the Child prematurely on December 28, 2015.1 Mother admitted that she “smoked weed and stuff like that” and drank …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T S v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 17A-JV-03035 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 14, 2019 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur At approximately 1:00 a.m. on June 24, 2017, A.M. went with a friend to the home of B.S. in Marysville, having been led to believe by …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-00289 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 25, 2020 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Baker concurs. Judge Pyle dissents In October of 2017, DCS removed Child from Mother’s care due to her substance abuse, and Child was placed with Father. On October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Lee Harman, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01140 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On September 4, 2019, Harman killed his father in a fist fight, during which (Harman later acknowledged) he punched his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-JV-02391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On July 25, 2021, Elkhart Police Corporal Jesse Morganthaler (“Corp. Morganthaler”) observed K.H., who he knew from prior encounters to be a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D M v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-00428 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 02, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur On May 27, 2021, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Jon King was patrolling a known high-crime area in his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nickalas James Kedrowitz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00457 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Altice concur In the spring of 2017, Kedrowitz was thirteen years old and lived in Ripley County with Christina McCartney (his mother), Stephen …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Perry Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-02213 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur The underlying facts, as originally set forth in Jones’s direct appeal, are as follows: On August 24, 1993, Kokomo police officers Deric …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Moses Hardin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02620 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On July 6, 2022, Evansville Police Officers Matthew Tevault and Stephan Welcher were dispatched to ABK, a probation-services company. Upon arriving at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Seth Perry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00544 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Prior to May of 2013, Perry and Jessica Tice had been involved in a volatile relationship and shared a son. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rushawn S Tanksley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00889 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On October 9, 2000, Tanksley was sentenced to ten years of incarceration following his guilty plea to a charge of aggravated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J L v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 19A-JT-00641 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2019 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary J.L. (Mother) appeals following the termination of her parental rights to A.B. and D.B., Jr. (collectively, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S L v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-02771 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2022 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Owen Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Crone concur Case Summary S.L. (Mother) appeals the trial court’s order adjudicating T.A. (Child) to be a Child in Need of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: L B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-03112 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2024 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur Case Summary L.B. (Father) appeals the trial court’s order adjudicating two of his children, C.B. and K.B., as Children in Need of Services …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00517 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur Case Summary R.C. (Father) appeals the involuntary termination of his parental rights to his son, B.H. (Child). Father presents two issues for review: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M S v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-00715 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 05, 2024 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Crone concur On September 19, 2023, Fishers Police Department Detective Joseph Ryder was monitoring seventeen-year-old M.S.’s Instagram account and conducting surveillance outside of M.S.’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-02383 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur In July 2022, the State filed two delinquency petitions concerning D.B., who was fourteen years old. D.B. was already subject to an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: T M v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01377 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 09, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Child was born in August 2016. In 2019, Mother called DCS and reported Father was sexually abusing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A H v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JC-02399 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Mother is the parent of I.E., born October 18, 2013, and A.E., born October 25, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01440 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Cass Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Child was born in March 2018 to Mother and D.D. (“Father”). 1 Mother and Father were not married, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-03061 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2023 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Fountain Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge May concur Mother is the mother to three minor children subject to this appeal, namely: J.C., born on December 20, 2008, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Lafata v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03136 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2025 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Scheele concur In February 2024, the State filed six counts against Lafata, where L.G.— Lafata’s then-girlfriend (“Girlfriend”)—was the alleged victim: Count I – Level …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jesse Ricardo Lottie, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01058 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2025 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge May concur On the evening of December 11, 2021, Lottie, Christian Tate (“Tate”), and Rickel Kinds (“Kinds”) drove to a Marathon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tamika L Ross v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00588 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2026 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Scheele concur At times relevant to Ross’s criminal and post-conviction proceedings, Judge Matthew J. Elkin was the presiding Judge. 1 The criminal proceedings …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jaxon W Engle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00299 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Scheele concur At approximately 12:30 p.m. on July 14, 2023, Nichols was found unresponsive in his bedroom. His stepmother began performing CPR while …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-01671 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Vaidik concur When Mother gave birth to A.A. in September 2020, the boy tested positive for THC due to Mother’s marijuana …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02235 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Father has four children: 17-year-old Ja., 13-year-old Jy., 12-year-old Jl., and 8year-old Jo. (Children). Father’s wife, D.P. (Mother), is the stepmother of Ja. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven T Lakes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01442 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 09, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Brookville Police Lieutenant Ryan Geiser initiated a traffic stop of Lakes for failing to signal before turning and because …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01784 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur Child tested positive for THC exposure at his birth in late 2016. DCS, which was already involved in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02949 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 28, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In October 2021, C.C. (Child) was born with traces of methamphetamine, amphetamine, and THC in his body. DCS quickly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D P v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-00441 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In August 2023, D.P. learned that an individual named E.P. had an Xbox console for sale. D.P. texted E.P. about the console …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Lee Mosley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00706 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In 2019, Mosley pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to corrupt business influence, a Level 5 felony. He also admitted to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kelli J Day v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00313 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In June 2022, Day pleaded guilty to Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement and was sentenced to 365 days imprisonment, all …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lane Benziger v. Katherine E. Radabaugh ── Case No.: 25A-CT-01945 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 15, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur The parties divorced in 2023, entering into a mediated settlement agreement in which they released all claims …
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Neutral
── Lennard Coleman, Sr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-00859 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2019 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Mathias concur In 2005, Coleman was convicted of Robbery while armed with a Deadly Weapon, a Class B felony,2 and found to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 19A-JT-02287 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 22, 2020 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clay Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Altice concur Father and A.L. (“Mother”)1 (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of E.B., who was born on October 11, 2015. …
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Neutral
── Billy Gene Luke v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-02229 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 03, 2020 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Altice concur In 2011, Luke engaged in conduct toward Trisha Rowlette Caldwell (“Caldwell”) and her co-workers at the Deville Pharmacy in Dillsboro …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DALE K RINKER v. CASUAL LIFESTYLES REALTY, INC. ── Case No.: 20A-PL-02396 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Robb concur Rinker owned real estate commonly known as the Yule Golf Course (“the Property”). On October 27, …
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Neutral
── Guardianship: Stacy Nalley v. Eric Attebery and Holly Davis ── Case No.: 20A-GU-01911 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Robb concur A.D. was born on January 8, 2018 to Guardian’s daughter (“Mother”). Within days, A.D. was removed from the care of Mother, who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Halie Jo Book v. Kevin Book ── Case No.: 22A-DC-00451 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 13, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Orange Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur The parties were married and had six minor children. On August 14, 2019, the trial court approved the …
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Neutral
── Mark Richmond v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02433 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur On September 18, 2003, following an altercation with his wife, Richmond drove to the home of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christine Lynn Guzman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02048 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur In August 2020, Guzman pleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to resisting law enforcement, as a Level 6 felony;1 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of K S ── Case No.: 23A-MH-02712 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur K.S. was forty-one years old at the time the commitment hearing took place in October 2023. She had been diagnosed with schizophrenia when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jordon M. Norton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02287 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On the evening of August 22, 2020, Stephanie Artley (“Stephanie”) and David Artley (“David”) (collectively, “the Artleys”) went to dinner …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── SIERRA M DEWEES v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21S-CR-00410 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 03, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Clay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part On March 27, 2020, Sierra DeWees drove three men—Weston Havey, Preston Hasler, and Blake Braun—to the home of sixty-seven-year-old Irving Mullins in Brazil, …
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Neutral
── Lake Imaging LLC v. Franciscan Alliance, Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00478 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 08, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Between 2004 and 2011, Lake Imaging provided radiology services to patients of Franciscan Alliance. By the terms of the parties’ written Agreement, Lake …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elizabeth Roetter v. Michael P Roetter, Jr. ── Case No.: 21S-DC-00568 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 10, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Elizabeth Roetter (Wife) and Michael Roetter (Husband) married in May 2014 with no prenuptial agreement. Husband’s premarital assets included an individual retirement account (IRA) valued at just over …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary Allen Fix v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-CR-00007 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 16, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Massa concur. Justice Slaughter concurs/concurs in result During the early morning hours of July 7, 2017, Zachary Fix and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James E. McCoy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-CR-00294 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 29, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Massa concurs in result Officer Cody Scott, while on patrol for the Logansport Police Department, received a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marquis David Young v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-CR-00306 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 13, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed On May 3, 2020, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Young was inside the store of a gas station on the southwest corner of 45th Avenue and Broadway in Gary. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Town Of Linden, Indiana , et al. v. Darrell Birge, et al. ── Case No.: 22S-PL-00352 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 07, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Civil Decision: Vacated and Remanded Originally built for agricultural purposes in 1898, the James Hose Drain carries water through the Town of Linden from the south, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-JV-00251 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush and Justice Molter concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter concur in result In June 2019, police arrested 14-year-old Martin (a pseudonym) for trespassing, leading to the discovery …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Albert Oberhansley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20S-LW-00620 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 17, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Oberhansley’s childhood in Utah was, by his own description, “good, or better than most.” App. Vol. X, p. 35. Nevertheless, he accumulated a string of juvenile adjudications for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Jerome Harris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-CR-00165 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 29, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Vacated in Part, Remanded Justice Massa and Justice Molter concur/concur in result. Justice Rush and Justice Slaughter concur in part/dissent in part In the summer of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. $2,435 in United States Currency and Alucious Q. Kizer ── Case No.: 23S-CR-00072 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Alucious Kizer fled from his car after police stopped him for a traffic violation. While running, Kizer …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stevie Bradley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-CR-00206 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 18, 2024 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Stevie Bradley and his girlfriend, A.R., had been dating for several months when Bradley accused her of infidelity. As the couple sat in his parked car late one …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Dean Revelee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02427 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur In August 2020, Revelee pled guilty to possession of a narcotic drug while in possession of a firearm as a Level …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dylan Iceberg v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02419 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In 2022, Iceberg pled guilty to criminal mischief as a Class A misdemeanor in Cause 69D01-2205-F6-062 (the “Mischief Cause”). Pursuant to the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-02257 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Child was born in August 2021 to Parents. On July 2024, Child was adjudicated a CHINS on Parents’ admission …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patrick Mutugu v. Faith Brenda Kiaraho ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01780 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On February 19, 2016, Mother and Father married, and on February 27, 2023, Mother filed a petition to dissolve their marriage. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of P P ── Case No.: 25A-MH-01592 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In May 2025, P.P. ran a red light while driving because “she was having auditory hallucinations.” Tr. Vol. II at 11. After …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02269 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Child was born to Mother in August 2013. Child has virtually no relationship with his father, who has been …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gregory Dwayne Smith, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01764 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On August 7, 2024, Smith and K.H. were both at Lafayette Transitional Housing Center (“LTHC”) in Tippecanoe …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Danny E. Mccarty v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01997 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On the night of January 6, 2024, the weather was cold and snowy in Pulaski County. McCarty and his brother Charles …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey L. Rayford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01955 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On the evening of March 23, 2025, Indiana State Police Trooper Keith Martin and Sergeant Aaron Pfaff “received a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Paul Peavler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01916 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Scheele concur In November 2024, Peavler and Killian lived in the same apartment complex in Anderson, Indiana, and they had a contentious relationship. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01912 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur 1 The trial court also terminated the children’s father’s parental relationships with the children. Father is appealing the terminations under a separate cause …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A H, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02321 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur Between December 9 and December 11, 2023, Mother called law enforcement to Parents’ home four different times …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher A Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02371 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur On December 27, 2023, Detective Jordan Corral of the Huntington City Police Department was working with “Austin”—a confidential informant (CI)–to conduct …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Gray v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-00279 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur On November 18, 2006, Joseph Ubnoski and Blossum Kirby were shot by Gray in Indianapolis. Ubnoski died as a result of his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer M. O'Connell v. Donna S. Clay ── Case No.: 25S-MI-00034 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 16, 2025 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush and Justice Massa concur. Justice Slaughter and Justice Molter concur/concur in result Jennifer O’Connell (Mother) and Jeffrey Clemens (Father), an unwed couple, gave birth to a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Emily Tingley v. First Financial Bank, As Trustee of Land Trust No. 428 ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00299 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 25, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded An Indiana trust beneficiary sued the trustee, an Indiana bank, in an Indiana trial court over whether and how to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24S-JC-00300 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 19, 2025 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Whitley Category: Juvenile Decision: Vacated and Remanded This case turns on whether an adoptive mother sought all reasonable means to keep her teenage son safe after his persistent violent outbursts led …