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Forcible Sodomy Madison Virginia Lawyer Element Of Rape Violation
Fender v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant appealed from his conviction by the Circuit Court of Madison County (Virginia) for rape in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-61, and forcible sodomy in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18. 2-67.1. The Commonwealth’s motion in limine had been granted, allowing the admission of the testimony of two women who described similar crimes allegedly committed by defendant.
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Issue:
- Whether the accused knowingly and intentionally committed the acts constituting the elements of rape?
Discussions:
Defendant argued that the similar crimes evidence was improperly admitted. The appellate court held that testimony of prior victims of similar sexual crimes was inadmissible to show defendant’s intent toward the victim. Although proof of rape required proof of intent, the required intent was established upon proof that the accused knowingly and intentionally committed the acts constituting the elements of rape, which included engaging in sexual intercourse with the victim, against her will, by force, threat, or intimidation. The lack of consent required for rape involved the victim’s mental state, not the defendant’s. The fact that one woman was raped had no tendency to prove that another woman did not consent. The error was not harmless error. One witness testified that she was a prostitute and defendant was a “regular customer” who once acted in a manner similar to that described at trial. The second witness testified that she was also an escort who was attacked by defendant in a manner similar to that alleged by the victim. The witnesses’ testimony encouraged the inference that defendant committed the charged crimes as he had committed similar crimes in the past.
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O’Brian v. Commonwealth
Facts:
The Commonwealth of Virginia challenged a ruling from a panel of the court, which reversed defendant’s conviction for statutory burglary, rape, and two counts of forcible sodomy. The case went before the court for a rehearing en banc.
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Issue:
- Whether intercourse was accomplished with force and against the victim’s will?
Discussions:
At trial, the victim testified that defendant entered her bedroom, assaulted her, raped her, then fell asleep on the victim’s bed. The bloodied victim ran from the house and told her story to a passing motorist, who called the police. The police found defendant asleep on the victim’s bed and arrested him. Defendant appealed, a panel reversed the conviction, and the court granted the Commonwealth a rehearing. At issue were defendant’s out-of-court question to a police officer and an overheard conversation between defendant and the victim, both of which the trial court excluded. The court upheld the trial court’s ruling on the question to the police officer but ruled error in the exclusion of the overheard conversation, which was relevant to prove the nature of the relationship between the victim and defendant. The error, however, was harmless. Because defendant conceded that he had sexual intercourse with the victim, the only issues for the jury to decide were whether the intercourse was accomplished with force and against the victim’s will. Evidence independent of the victim’s testimony proved overwhelmingly that defendant used force to accomplish non-consensual intercourse.
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Forcible Sodomy Loudoun Virginia Lawyer Violation Perpetration Consent
Victor v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Loudoun County (Virginia) of forcible anal sodomy, perpetrated on defendant’s own 13-year-old niece, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.1. Defendant appealed his conviction.
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Issue:
- Whether the trial court erroneously granted the Commonwealth’s motion in limine?
Discussions:
Defendant contended that the trial court erroneously granted the Commonwealth’s motion in limine, prohibiting him from cross-examining the victim concerning her allegedly false statement to police about prior sexual acts involving consensual vaginal intercourse with two young boys. The victim made the admission to a registered nurse during a sexual assault examination. By cross-examining the victim concerning her false statement to the police and her subsequent admission to the nurse, defendant would have injected into the case evidence of the victim’s prior sexual conduct. Defendant argued that this evidence would have provided an alternative theory of the crime, explaining the victim’s rectal scar. Defendant asserted that the rectal scarring could have been caused by consensual anal intercourse with a third party. The suppressed cross-examination could not have done so. Consensual vaginal intercourse would not have caused the scar on the victim’s rectum. Thus, evidence of the victim’s false denial of earlier intercourse did not fall within the exception contained in Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.7(A)(1), the “rape shield statute.” The denial was also inadmissible for impeachment.
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Reggie v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant appealed from the judgment of the Circuit Court for the County of Loudoun (Virginia), which convicted him of rape, attempted sodomy, forcible sodomy, and aggravated sexual battery of his step-granddaughter.
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Issues:
- Whether the trial court erred in concluding that the evidence was sufficient to support all of his convictions. For the reasons that follow, we affirm appellant’s convictions?
Discussion:
The victim testified that defendant had forced her to engage in several different forms of sexual conduct over an extended period. The victim testified that defendant performed oral sex upon her, but that his tongue did not go inside her “hole.” Defendant contended that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that proof of penetration on the sodomy charge required proof of penetration only of the outer lips of the vagina and not the vagina itself. The court held that sodomy was proved where the evidence proved beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant penetrated the outer lips of the female sexual organ with his mouth or tongue. Accordingly, the court determined that the jury was properly instructed. Defendant further asserted that the evidence was insufficient to support any of his convictions. The court determined that the victim’s testimony alone, if believed by the jury, was sufficient to support defendant’s convictions. The court affirmed defendant’s convictions for the rape, attempted sodomy, forcible sodomy, and aggravated sexual battery
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Jamie v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant challenged a judgment from the Circuit Court of Stafford County (Virginia), which convicted defendant of attempted rape and forcible sodomy.
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Issue:
- Whether the trial court erred in refusing his proffered jury instruction on misdemeanor sexual battery as a lesser-included offense of both the attempted rape and forcible sodomy charges?
Discussion:
Defendant argued that the trial court erred in refusing his proffered jury instruction on misdemeanor sexual battery as a lesser-included offense of the charges both of attempted rape and of forcible sodomy. The victim testified that before the forcible sodomy defendant had penetrated her vagina with his tongue and rubbed his penis on her. The Commonwealth contended that defendant had not properly preserved his assignment of error for appeal. All the discussions concerning the instructions were held off the record. The only relevant dialogue in the record was a statement of defendant’s counsel that the court had elected not to give the instruction. Assuming without deciding that the issue had been preserved for appeal, the court affirmed the judgment of conviction. The court reasoned that an act of attempted rape was not always a sexual battery and that the lower court had not erred in refusing to instruct the jury on sexual battery as a lesser-included offense of attempted rape. The court held that defendant was not entitled to an instruction on sexual battery because it was not a lesser-included offense of attempted rape.
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Robbins v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant was convicted of rape and forcible sodomy, in violation of former Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-61(A) and Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.1(A), respectively. He appealed, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to convict him on the sodomy charge and a jury instruction on the rape charge. The Virginia Court of Appeals affirmed. Defendant sought further review.
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Issue:
- Whether there was sufficient evidence to convict the Defendant on the sodomy charge and a jury instruction on the rape charge?
Discussion:
An officer found the victim unconscious and partially naked. She had been struck on the head and did not remember anything that occurred thereafter until she awoke at a hospital. She testified she kissed defendant before losing consciousness, but did not consent to have sex. The DNA of spermatozoa found in her vaginal and anal areas was consistent with defendant’s DNA. She had bipolar disorder, which caused her to have “blackouts” when she abused drugs or alcohol; an expert testified she had deadly levels of medication, drugs, and alcohol in her system. The high court held that the jury was properly instructed that defendant could be found guilty of rape if he had intercourse with the victim by using her mental incapacity, because the term “mental incapacity,” as used in Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.10(3), could extend to a transitory circumstance such as intoxication. Evidence that the victim lost consciousness after a blow to her head, that she was dragged to a concealed area, that she did not consent to having sex with defendant, and that spermatozoa with DNA consistent with defendant’s was found in her anal cavity, was sufficient to prove defendant used force to sodomize her. The judgment was affirmed.
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Williams v. Commonwealth
Facts:
A jury in the Circuit Court of Clarke County (Virginia) convicted defendant of abduction with intent to defile (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-48), rape, and two counts of forcible sodomy. Defendant challenged only the abduction conviction, contending the evidence was insufficient to prove his detention of the victim was separate and apart from that which was necessary for the commission of the other three offenses.
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Issue:
- For the abduction conviction whether the evidence was sufficient to prove Defendant’s detention of the victim was separate and apart from that which was necessary for the commission of the other three offenses?
Discussion:
The appeals court found that the evidence was sufficient to prove as a matter of law that defendant’s abduction-detention of the victim was separate and distinct from the restraint inherent in the crimes of rape and forcible sodomy. The trial court thus correctly denied defendant’s motion to set aside his abduction conviction on grounds of insufficient evidence. Defendant clearly restricted the victim’s liberty, with the intent to defile her, by the use of force far in excess of that inherent in the commission of rape and sodomy where he twice choked her to the point of unconsciousness. Those acts substantially increased the risk of harm to the victim. The very act of choking the victim with such force posed a risk of serious physical injury, if not death. Moreover, once the victim was rendered unconscious, she could no longer cry out for help, thereby decreasing the possibility that defendant would be detected. Defendant further avoided detection by locking the door to the victim’s apartment after forcing his way into the apartment. Finally, defendant detained the victim for a significant period of time during the criminal episode, ranging from thirty-five to forty minutes. The judgment was affirmed
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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Billand
Facts:
Nineteen years after defendant was convicted of rape, forcible sodomy, and attempted sodomy, the Commonwealth filed a petition seeking his civil commitment as a sexually violent predator pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA), Va. Code Ann. § 37.2-900 et seq. Pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 37.2-908, the circuit court heard evidence on possible alternatives to civil commitment and concluded that the SVPA did not prohibit defendant’s transfer under the Interstate Compact. Defendant appealed a judgment by the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk (Virginia) that adjudged him to be a sexually violent predator; defendant claimed that transfer of his supervision outside the Commonwealth was appropriate because he was subject to probation supervision for another crime and therefore qualified for transfer under the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders, Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-176.1, et seq.
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Issue:
- Whether a person a sexually violent predator can be eligible for transfer under the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders?
Discussion:
The state supreme court found, inter alia, that based on its decision in Commonwealth v. Amerson, 281 Va. 414, 706 S.E.2d 879, 884 (2011), the SVPA did not authorize the conditional release of a sexually violent predator outside the Commonwealth. Accordingly, as defendant would not qualify for transfer under the Interstate Compact based on his adjudication as a sexually violent predator, the circuit court’s judgment was erroneous. The judgment was reversed, and the case was remanded for further proceedings.
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Stephen v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant challenged a judgment from the Circuit Court of York County (Virginia), which convicted defendant of attempted rape and forcible sodomy.
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Issue:
- Whether the defendant had properly preserved his assignment of error for appeal?
Discussions:
Defendant argued that the trial court erred in refusing his proffered jury instruction on misdemeanor sexual battery as a lesser-included offense of the charges both of attempted rape and of forcible sodomy. The victim testified that before the forcible sodomy defendant had penetrated her vagina with his tongue and rubbed his penis on her. The Commonwealth contended that defendant had not properly preserved his assignment of error for appeal. All the discussions concerning the instructions were held off the record. The only relevant dialogue in the record was a statement of defendant’s counsel that the court had elected not to give the instruction. Assuming without deciding that the issue had been preserved for appeal, the court affirmed the judgment of conviction. The court reasoned that an act of attempted rape was not always a sexual battery and that the lower court had not erred in refusing to instruct the jury on sexual battery as a lesser-included offense of attempted rape. The court held that defendant was not entitled to an instruction on sexual battery because it was not a lesser-included offense of attempted rape.
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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA v. HARITON SAVIOR
Facts:
Nineteen years after defendant was convicted of rape, forcible sodomy, and attempted sodomy, the Commonwealth filed a petition seeking his civil commitment as a sexually violent predator pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA), Va. Code Ann. § 37.2-900 et seq. Pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 37.2-908, the circuit court heard evidence on possible alternatives to civil commitment and concluded that the SVPA did not prohibit defendant’s transfer under the Interstate Compact. Defendant appealed a judgment by the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk (Virginia) that adjudged him to be a sexually violent predator; defendant claimed that transfer of his supervision outside the Commonwealth was appropriate because he was subject to probation supervision for another crime and therefore qualified for transfer under the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders, Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-176.1, et seq.
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Issue:
- Whether a person who is adjudged a sexually violent predator can be conditionally released for supervision outside the Commonwealth?
Discussion:
The state supreme court found, inter alia, that based on its decision in Commonwealth v. Amerson, 281 Va. 414, 706 S.E.2d 879, 884 (2011), the SVPA did not authorize the conditional release of a sexually violent predator outside the Commonwealth. Accordingly, as defendant would not qualify for transfer under the Interstate Compact based on his adjudication as a sexually violent predator, the circuit court’s judgment was erroneous. The judgment was reversed, and the case was remanded for further proceedings.
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