Adrian Anthony v. State of Indiana

56 N.E.3d 705, 2016 Ind. App. LEXIS 225, 2016 WL 3683415
Indiana Court of Appeals·Decided July 12, 2016·No. 49A02-1505-CR-369·Published·Cited by 8 cases

Opinion

BROWN, Judge.

[1] Adrian Anthony appeals his convictions for two counts of rape, three counts of criminal deviate conduct, attempted criminal deviate conduct, robbery, and burglary as class A felonies, robbery and three counts of carjacking as class B felonies, and robbery as a class C felony, all stemming from his involvement in a home invasion and assault. He appeals his aggregate sentence, and raises three issues which we revise and restate as:

I. Whether the evidence is sufficient to support four of his convictions under a theory of accomplice liability;
II. Whether his two convictions for rape violate double jeopardy principles; and
III. Whether his sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.

We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Facts and Procedural History

[2] On October 28, 2013, Anthony, Trae Spells, Alexander Dupree, Michael Pugh, and Demetre Brown were at an apartment near 38th Street and Meridian Street in Indianapolis where they drank liquor and smoked marijuana and Spice. The five men drove to a liquor store in a vehicle Pugh had borrowed from another person, purchased vodka, and shared the bottle in the vehicle. The men drove to a neighborhood, obtained powder cocaine, and everyone used cocaine. The men also smoked marijuana dipped in embalming fluid and took some pills. The group eventually went to a house where there were a number of people, and Isaiah Hill joined the group.

[3] The six men left in the car and stopped at a house on 79th Street in Indianapolis and observed the garage door was up and there were two vehicles parked in the driveway and two vehicles parked in the garage. C.P. and E.P. were married, and they and .one of their daughters, A.P., who was about twenty-four years old, lived at the house. C.P. and E.P. were sleeping in the upstairs master bedroom, and A.P. slept in her bedroom next to the master bedroom. CJP.’s leg braces and cane, which he uses to walk, were located at the foot of the bed.

[4] Anthony apd the other five men exited their vehicle and entered the garage. Anthony arid Brown carried loaded .38 revolvers. Spells put on gloves he had brought with him, and the other five men put on gloves they found in the garage. All six men entered the house and immediately went up the stairs. At around 5:15 a.m. on October 29, 2013, Anthony entered the master bedroom with his gun, and E.P. and C.P. awoke to the lights coming on in the room, seeing two men standing in the bedroom brandishing weapons, and hearing multiple male voices loudly telling *709 them to “[g]et up. Come on, come on.' Where’s the cash.” Transcript at 72. The men continually told E.P. to keep her head down and that they would kill her if she looked at them.

[5] A.P. walked out of her room, and someone told Spells to take her back into her room. Spells told A.P. to lay down on the bed in her room, which she did, and Spells and Brown began “ransacking everything” in'A.P.’s room looking for things of value, including her computer, television, jewelry, and phone. Id. at 994. A.P.’s legs were exposed, and the men made comments about her body, such as “[y]ou have a nice butt,” and one of the men placed his hand “on [her] leg and was rubbing up [her] leg and up to [her] vagina area.” Id. at 173.

[6] The men shouted at C.P. and E.P. to “stay down, don’t look at us” and “where’s the money, where’s the phones, where’s the keys” in “a fairly rapid fire series of [ ] commands.’’ Id. at 264. They shouted several times “if you don’t, we’re gonna pop you.” Id. At some point, one of the men asked C.P. to stand up, and he said he would “have to get [his] braces on,” and the man said “just lay down.” Id. at 73. C.P. was ordered to turn onto his stomach, to keep his head covered, and to keep his hands exposed, and he cooperated. The men demanded for cash, phones, and guns.

[7] The six men ransacked the entire house, communicating with each other about what they had found, and electronics and jewelry were loaded into vehicles belonging to C.P., E.P., and A.P. At one' point, one of the men loudly demanded the keys to one of the vehicles in the garage from C.P., and C.P. attempted to reply. However, C.P. either did not reply loudly enough or fast enough, and the man took one of the drawers from the nightstand and “just beat over [C.P.’s] head” three or four times, telling, him: “when I ask you a question I expect an answer and I expect it now.”. Id. at -277. C.P. blocked the drawer from hitting him in the head using his forearms. Later, a man entered C.P.’s room and. ordered him out of bed, C.P. attempted to do. so but struggled, and the man said “what’s the matter, can’t you walk” and “lay your ass back down in the bed.” Id. at 282.

[8] At some point, E.P. ran toward another room, Anthony immediately shot her in- her lower hip area or leg, and she collapsed. One of the men pulled E.P. back into the hallway, Spells asked him why he had shot E.P., and-Anthony replied: “Shut up little Bro. It’s what you gotta do.” Id. at 997. A couple of the men took E.P. downstairs to the kitchen, and the men were going through keys and - discussing taking E.P. to an ATM. Every once in a while, E.P. would start to look up a little bit, and somebody would shove her head down and remind her that they would kill her if she looked at them. E.P. was on her hands and knees, the men would hold keys under her face while she was looking down, and E.P. eventually identified the keys to a vehicle in the driveway.

[9] Upstairs, A.P. was asked if she had any money in the bank, she stated that she had $9,000 in the bank, causing excitement and discussion among the men, and Spells took A.P. downstairs. At some point, E.P. noticed that A.P. had been moved from the upstairs to the downstairs and believed A.P. was in the bathroom.- E.P/ heard voices, noise, and. things-being thrown around .a lot all throughout- the.■ house. E.P. was led outside and attempted to. run,' toward the next - door -neighbors’ house; Someone' quickly tackled ’ E.P. -as she tripped and fell, she was dragged back into the kitchen, and .Anthony shot her in the foot. Another man asked Anthony why he did that, and Anthony stated E.P. had *710 tried to run. E.P. was on the floor, one of the men kicked her hard on her left temple, and she “saw blue and [ ] saw stars.” Id. at 97.

[10] Anthony took E.P. to her vehicle, E.P. and Anthóny sat in the backseat, and one of the other 'men drove toward a bank as E.P. gave directions. Anthony showed E.P. a debit card, E.P. stated that the card belonged to A.P. and that she did not know A.P.’s pin code, and the man driving turned the1 vehicle around back toward the house. Anthony pulled E.P.’s sweat pants down, pulled his pants down, and attempted to penetrate her anus with his penis. Anthony was unable to achieve full penetration and penetrated her “[j]ust a little bit,” and his hands were 'all -over -her breasts and up and down her body. Id. at 107. Anthony said “[t]his isn’t working, Let’s try it a different way,’’.and then he turned E.P.

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