Jonathan E. Powell v. State of Indiana

VAIDIK, Chief Judge.

Case Summary

¿1] Jonathan Edward Powell was convicted in a bench trial of Class A misdemeanor criminal trespass after a bouncer at a downtown Indianapolis bar escorted him out of the bar and he refused to comply with an off-duty police officer’s request that he .leave the premises. However, because the State failed to prove that Powell was on the bar’s property when the officer asked him to leave, there is insufficient evidence to support his criminal trespass conviction. We therefore reverse.

Facts and Procedural History

[2] On October 3, 2014, Indianapolis Metropolitan…