Aaron L. Fansler v. State of Indiana

Mathias, Judge.

Aaron L. Fansler (“Fansler”) was convicted after a jury trial in Grant Circuit Court of dealing heroin and other drug crimes, and was sentenced to ten years in the Department of Correction. Fansler now appeals the admission of two self-incriminating statements and the exercise of the court’s sentencing discretion.

We affirm.

Facts and Procedural Posture

On June 18, 2015, Fansler received a request over a social media network to connect with a user who appeared to be a twenty-one-year-old woman named “Ken-zie Allen.” “Kenzie Allen” was in fact an unsworn member of a local…