Collins v. State

911 N.E.2d 700, 2009 Ind. App. LEXIS 1231, 2009 WL 2579362
Indiana Court of Appeals·Decided August 21, 2009·No. 35A02-0902-CR-162·Published·Cited by 43 cases

Opinions

OPINION

BRADFORD, Judge.

Appellant/Defendant Kenneth Collins appeals from the trial court's alteration of the terms of his probation, which was originally imposed following his February of 2000 guilty plea to Class B felony Rape. We affirm in part and remand in part.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A panel of this Court set forth the underlying facts of Collins's conviction as follows:

The factual basis for Collins guilty plea reveals that on June 30, 1999, he went to the residence of seventeen-year-old C.G., his ex-girifriend. Collins looked inside the house and saw C.G. asleep on a couch. He then entered the house without permission, took off C.G.'s clothes while she slept, and began having sexual intercourse with her. When C.G. woke up, she tried to get Collins off of her, but he refused. After the sexual act was complete, Collins picked up a knife he had carried into the house and threatened to kill C.G. if she pressed charges. At the time of this incident, a protective order was in effect against Collins to prohibit any contact with C.G. Collins was charged with rape, a Class A felony, invasion of privacy, a Class B misdemeanor, and burglary, a Class B felony. He agreed to plead guilty to rape, on the condition that it was reduced to a class B felony, and to burglary; the invasion of privacy charge was dismissed. Because the plea agreement did not address Collins' sentence, the trial court conducted a sentencing hearing after it accepted the plea. It sentenced Collins to eighteen-year terms of imprisonment for both the rape and burglary convictions, representing the presumptive ten-year term for a Class B felony plus eight years for aggravating cireumstances. It ordered that those terms be served consecutively for a total executed sentence of thirty-six years, though it suspended ten years of that sentence.

Collins v. State, 740 N.E.2d 143, 145-46 (Ind.Ct.App.2000) (footnotes omitted). [705] Collins's plea agreement with the State, as embodied in his "Motion to Enter a Plea of Guilty" and "Written Advisement and Waiver of Rights," explained that the maximum penalty for a Class B felony was a twenty-year sentence and that "[ilf the Court suspends any part of your sentence, you must be put on probation." Appellant's App. p. 80. On direct appeal, this Court affirmed his convictions but remanded for resentencing. Id. at 149. On January 22, 2001, the trial court again imposed a sentence of thirty-six years of incarceration with ten years suspended to probation.

In October of 2008, the State orally moved the trial court to hold a hearing regarding the terms of Collins's probation. On January 12, 2009, soon after Collins's release from prison, the trial court held a hearing regarding Collins's probation, and he appeared pro se. Collins objected to the State's proposed addition of special sex offender probation terms on the bases that his probation could not be altered without a violation of its original terms and that the trial court may not impose terms of probation that are not required by statute. At a second hearing on January 20, 2009, the trial court imposed new terms of probation, including standard terms and the special sex offender terms ("Special Stipulations") to which Collins objected.

The Special Stipulations imposed were as follows:

1. You shall attend and complete Sexual Perpetrator's Counseling with Ed Pereira of the Family Service Society, Inc. in Marion, Indiana, at your own expense. This also includes the payment of an annual maintenance polygraph test. You must maintain steady progress towards all treatment goals and may not change treatment providers without prior approval of your Probation Officer.
You shall have no contact (direct or indirect) with any child, including the victim(s) or any member of the victim(s) family. Nor shall you attempt to contact, except under circumstances approved in advance and in writing by your Probation Officer in consultation with your treatment provider. You must report any incidental contact with children to your Probation Officer within 24 hours of the contact.
You shall be required to inform all persons living at the same residence as you of current and previous sex related convictions prior to establishing residency, as verified by your Probation Officer. You shall notify your Probation Officer of any change in home situation or marital status within 24 hours. You shall have only one residence and mailing address at a time.
You shall not reside within one thousand (1,000) feet of school property in accordance with IC 35-38-2-2.2 and I1C35-41-1-24.7.[sic] (Required as a condition of probation by statute).
You shall register at the Sheriff's Department in the county in which you reside and are employed in, as a Sex Offender within seven (7) days of being released from custody to probation supervision in accordance with IC 5-2-12-5. (Required as a condition of probation by statute). You shall be under intense supervision and report to your probation officer as directed. ,
You shall notify your probation officer of your establishment of a dating, intimate, and/or sexual rela[706] tionship. You must report whether the person you are having a relationship with has children under the age of 18 years and whether the children reside in the person's home. You shall notify any person with whom you are engaged in a dating, intimate or sexual relationship of your sex-related convietion(s).
You shall refrain from "eruising" activity, frequenting areas where potential victims can be encountered.
You shall not hitchhike or pick-up hitchhikers. You shall not travel alone after 10 p.m. (including but not limited to: driving, walking, bicyeling, ete.) unless given permission by your probation officer.
You shall not use your employment as a means to acquire new victims. Your Probation Officer may contact your employer at any time. You will not work in certain occupations that involve being in the private residences of others, such as, but not limited [to]: door-to-door sales, soliciting, or delivery. Your Probation Officer must first approve any employment that you do engage in.
10. You shall not possess any items on your person, in your vehicle, in your place of residence or as a part of your personal effects, that attract children or that may be used to coerce children to engage in inappropriate or illegal sexual activities. You will not engage in any activities that could be construed as enticing children.

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