Jonathan Stephens v. State of Indiana

OPINION

PYLE, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Jonathan Stephens (“Stephens”) appeals his conviction for Class C felony criminal confinement. 1

We affirm.

ISSUES

1. Whether sufficient evidence supports Stephens’s criminal confinement conviction.

2. Whether Stephens received ineffective assistance from his trial counsel.

3. Whether the prosecuting attorney committed misconduct during closing argument.

FACTS

On July 3, 2012, Stephens’s wife, Brittany Stephens (“Brittany”), her sister, Hannah Dickerhoff (“Dickerhoff’), and Brittany’s children went to the YMCA in Wabash to swim. Stephens went to the YMCA to…