Virginia Rape Fairfax Lawyers Violation Code 18.2-61 Force Threat Intimidation
Virginia Rape Fairfax Lawyers Violation Code 18.2-61 Force Threat Intimidation
Lock v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant was indicted on a charge of rape, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-61 and he filed a motion to dismiss the charge, arguing that the Commonwealth violated his right to a speedy trial under Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-243. The Commonwealth consented to defendant’s motion and the trial court dismissed the charge with prejudice. Less than a month later, defendant was indicted and charged with the felony offense of carnally knowing a child under 14 years of age without the use of force, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-63.
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Holdings:
- Generally, to determine whether charges are for the same offense, courts turn to the test established by the United States Supreme Court in its Blockburger decision. The applicable rule is that where the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one, is whether each provision requires proof of a fact which the other does not. In applying the Blockburger test, the two offenses are to be examined in the abstract, rather than with reference to the facts of the particular case under review.
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-61 requires proof of facts that Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-63 does not require, and vice versa. Section 18.2-61 requires proof of (i) sexual intercourse, (ii) that is accomplished against the complaining witness’s will, (iii) by force, threat, or intimidation, while § 18.2-63 requires proof of (i) carnal knowledge, which includes acts other than sexual intercourse, (ii) with a child between 13 and 15 years old, (iii) without the use of force. Accordingly, rape requires proof of two facts, specifically, sexual intercourse and the use of force, that carnal knowledge does not require. Carnal knowledge requires proof of one fact that rape does not require, specifically, that the victim be between 13 and 15 years old. Carnal knowledge also does not require the act of sexual intercourse or the use of force, required by rape. Therefore, under the traditional of the United States Supreme Court’s Blockburger test, carnal knowledge is not a lesser-included offense of rape.
- Where the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged on appeal, the evidence must be construed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, giving it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom. The judgment of a trial court sitting without a jury is entitled to the same weight as a jury verdict and will not be disturbed on appeal unless plainly wrong or without evidence to support it. Moreover, the conclusions of the fact finder on issues of witness credibility may be disturbed on appeal only when the Court of Appeals of Virginia finds that the witness’s testimony was inherently incredible, or so contrary to human experience as to render it unworthy of belief. In all other cases, the court of appeals must defer to the conclusions of the fact finder, who has the opportunity of seeing and hearing the witnesses. These principles apply in cases involving rape, sodomy, and other sexual offenses, which may be sustained solely upon the testimony of the victim, even in the absence of corroborating evidence.
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Rape Prince William Virginia Lawyer Malicious Wounding Intention Detention Arrest
Yale v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant appealed a decision of the Circuit Court of the Prince William County (Virginia) that convicted him of rape and malicious wounding and sentenced him to 40 years imprisonment.
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Issue:
- Whether the defendant’s initial detention and arrest were lawful?
Discussions:
The victim was using a phone booth when defendant started to harass her. She called 911, and defendant fled. As she was walking home, she turned around and saw defendant coming at her with a knife. He put his arm around her neck and held the knife to her throat. He then dragged the victim behind a building and forced her to commit oral sodomy and he raped and stabbed her. After his arrest, defendant admitted that he grabbed the victim. He claimed that the sex was consensual. Defendant was convicted. In affirming the conviction, the court found that defendant’s initial detention and arrest were lawful. The officers’ actions were not unreasonable. The trial court properly overruled defendant’s motion to suppress his statements and the victim’s identification. Defendant’s statements were freely and voluntarily given to the officers. The victim’s identification was not tainted by unduly suggestive procedures because she had ample time to observe defendant at the time of the offense, and only seven weeks separated the time of the crime for the preliminary hearing. The victim’s prior knowledge that he had confessed to the crimes did not irreparably taint her identification.
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Rape Loudoun Virginia Lawyer Capital Murder Double Jeopardy
Ching v.Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant appealed from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Loudoun (Virginia) finding him guilty of capital murder during the commission of or subsequent to attempted rape and sentencing him to death. The judgment was based on a second indictment against defendant filed after his first trial resulted in remand, by the supreme court, mandating a new trial on a charge of no greater than first degree murder.
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Issue:
- Whether the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss the indictment for capital murder as violative of defendant’s double jeopardy protection?
Discussion:
In response to numerous assignments of error, the supreme court held, inter alia, that: (1) the trial court did not err in refusing to dismiss the indictment for capital murder as violative of defendant’s double jeopardy protection; (2) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in overruling defendant’s motion to disqualify the Commonwealth’s attorney based on the fact that a letter defendant sent to the attorney asserted a grossly offensive personal attack on the attorney and thus, created a conflict of interest, since the attorney assured the court that it had not had an effect on his professional judgment; (3) evidence of a rape and attempted murder of a second victim was admissible where the Commonwealth alleged that said acts were interrelated parts of a common criminal plan and, thus, relevant to prove defendant’s identity, motive, and intent as the perpetrator of all the crimes committed in the course of carrying out that plan; (4) the trial court did not err in failing to suppress defendant’s statement given after he freely and knowingly waived his Fifth Amendment right to counsel; and (5) defendant’s sentence was not excessive or disproportionate. he judgment of the trial court was affirmed.
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Rape Virginia Misconduct Parole Evidence Lawyers Lee County
Taylor v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant pled guilty to rape and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, with10 years suspended. The Attorney General filed a petition seeking civil commitment as a sexually violent predator under Va. Code Ann. § 37.2-305. The Circuit Court of Lee County (Virginia) entered an order declaring him to be a sexually violent predator and committed him for treatment and confinement. Defendant appealed. Defendant argued that sufficient evidence did not support the finding that he was a sexually violent predator.
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Issue:
- Whether the Defendant is a sexually violent predator to engage in sexually violent acts?
Discussion:
The state Supreme Court held that the circuit court’s finding that defendant was a sexually violent predator in need of treatment in a secure facility was supported by clear and convincing evidence. While neither psychologist was able to opine that the sexual offenses the offender was likely to commit in the future would be sexually violent acts as defined in Va. Code Ann. § 37.2-900, neither could they exclude that likelihood. Indeed, both experts were clear that the random, brutal nature of the rape he committed and other elements of his history were significant factors in their determination that the likelihood that he would reoffend was higher than the actuarial data suggested. Additional evidence established that he had proven unsuitable for supervised parole, continued to have difficulty with impulse control, and sought to minimize or excuse his acts of misconduct including the rape. Thus, the factual determination that he was likely to engage in future sexually violent acts was not plainly wrong or without support in the evidence. The judgment of the circuit court was affirmed.
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Forcible Sodomy Virginia Abduction Conviction Lawyers Clarke County
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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COOK V. COMMONWEALTH
Facts:
Defendant sought review of his conviction for the rape of a female under the age of 15. Defendant challenged his conviction entered in the Circuit Court of Orange County (Virginia) for the rape of a female under 15 years old in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18-54.
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Issue:
- Whether the rape, if any, was committed upon the prosecutrix against defendant will, by force, or with her consent, and fixes the punishment?
Discussion:
The court found that the measure of force necessary to constitute rape and the measure of resistance required were questions of fact for the jury and that given the conflict in the evidence that the jury’s verdict had to be upheld. Further, the trial court did not err in refusing to strike the evidence of the Commonwealth relating either to the commission of the offense of the use of force by defendant. Lastly, the court found no error in allowing an amendment to the form of the jury’s verdict, where the evidence unquestionably showed that she was less than 16 years of age at the time of the offense. The court upheld defendant’s conviction. The court affirmed defendant’s conviction for rape
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Defendant was properly convicted of attempted rape and forcible sodomy because sexual battery was not a lesser-included offense of both crimes and defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction on sexual battery as a lesser-included offense.
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Jury was properly instructed that defendant could be found guilty of rape in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-61(A) if it found he had intercourse with victim by using her mental incapacity, as term “mental incapacity” did not require that the condition be permanent, but could extend to a transitory circumstance such as voluntary intoxication.
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Police in Williamsburg, Va., have arrested a juvenile, whose name is being withheld due to his age for repeatedly raping a 6-year-old girl. His arrest comes after two others, Tito Guirao-Aguilar, 39, and Samuel Eli Jacobo-Guirao, 20, were apprehended for victimizing the girl.
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