Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-14 19:10:09.43044+00
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FILED
                                                                              Aug 07 2023, 9:01 am

                                                                                  CLERK
                                                                              Indiana Supreme Court
                                                                                 Court of Appeals
                                                                                   and Tax Court

      ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT                                     ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE
      Janet Lynn Thompson                                        Theodore E. Rokita
      Hoover Hull Turner LLP                                     Indiana Attorney General
      Indianapolis, Indiana                                      Megan M. Smith
                                                                 Deputy Attorney General
                                                                 Indianapolis, Indiana

                                                  IN THE
          COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA

      Jordyn L. Maddox,                                          August 7, 2023
      Appellant-Defendant,                                       Court of Appeals Case No.
                                                                 23A-CR-327
              v.                                                 Appeal from the Pulaski Superior
                                                                 Court
      State of Indiana,                                          The Honorable Crystal A. Kocher,
      Appellee-Plaintiff                                         Judge
                                                                 Trial Court Cause No.
                                                                 66D01-2112-F6-147

                                      Opinion by Judge Crone
                             Judge Brown and Senior Judge Robb concur.

      Crone, Judge.

[1]   A jury found Jordyn L. Maddox guilty of possessing methamphetamine, a

      controlled substance, and paraphernalia. On appeal, she challenges the

      constitutionality of the search of her residence and the admissibility of the

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      incriminating evidence seized. At trial, she stated that she had “[n]o objections”

      to the admission of the evidence. Tr. Vol. 2 at 127. Our supreme court has

      stated that “we will not review claims, even for fundamental error, when

      appellants expressly declare at trial that they have no objection.” Taylor v. State,

      86 N.E.3d 157, 161 (Ind. 2017) (citing Halliburton v. State, 1 N.E.3d 670, 678-79

      (Ind. 2013)), cert. denied (2018). Accordingly, we will not review Maddox’s

      claims of error and fundamental error, and we affirm her convictions. 1

[2]   Affirmed.

      Brown, J., and Robb, Sr.J., concur.

      1
        In her reply brief, Maddox urges us to consider her fundamental error claim, citing cases from this Court
      that were decided before Taylor and Halliburton. “As Indiana’s intermediate appellate court, we are bound by
      Indiana Supreme Court precedent and are not at liberty to ‘reconsider’ that precedent.” Hill v. State, 122
      N.E.3d 979, 982 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019) (quoting Minor v. State, 36 N.E.3d 1065, 1074 (Ind. Ct. App. 2015),
      trans. denied), trans. denied.

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