Deshawn Grigsby v. State of Indiana

CourtIndiana Court of Appeals
DecidedJanuary 4, 2012
Docket49A02-1105-CR-446
StatusUnpublished

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FILED Pursuant to Ind.Appellate Rule 65(D), Jan 04 2012, 9:07 am this Memorandum Decision shall not be regarded as precedent or cited before any CLERK of the supreme court, court except for the purpose of court of appeals and tax court

establishing the defense of res judicata, collateral estoppel, or the law of the case.

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE:

LISA M. JOHNSON GREGORY F. ZOELLER Brownsburg, Indiana Attorney General of Indiana

JODI KATHRYN STEIN Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA

DESHAWN GRIGSBY, ) ) Appellant-Defendant, ) ) vs. ) No. 49A02-1105-CR-446 ) STATE OF INDIANA, ) ) Appellee-Plaintiff. )

APPEAL FROM THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT The Honorable Grant Hawkins, Judge Cause No. 49G05-1002-MR-10134

January 4, 2012

MEMORANDUM DECISION - NOT FOR PUBLICATION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge Following a jury trial, Deshawn Grigsby was convicted of Felony Murder,1 Attempted

Robbery2 as a class A felony, and two counts of Robbery3 as class B felonies. The trial court

subsequently sentenced Grigsby to concurrent terms of fifty-five years with five years

suspended, fifty years, and ten years on each count of robbery, respectively. Grigsby

presents four issues for our review:

1. Was Grigsby denied his right to a speedy trial?

2. Do Grigsby’s convictions for felony murder and attempted robbery violate double jeopardy principles?

3. Is the evidence sufficient to support the separate convictions of attempted robbery and two counts of robbery under the single larceny rule?

4. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in sentencing Grigsby?

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

During the late morning/early afternoon of February 3, 2010, sixteen-year-old

Grigsby, along with sixteen-year-old Terry York and seventeen-year-old Kenneth Luckett,

stopped by the residence of Terry “Pops” Bonds and Phyllis “Ma” Scisney at East 38th Place

in Indianapolis. Transcript at 327. Although not married, Bonds and Scisney had been

together for over thirty years. Their son, Michael, his girlfriend Robin Ice, and their three

young children lived across the street from the Bonds/Scisney residence. The Bonds/Scisney

family knew Grigsby from around the apartment complex and Grigsby had approached Robin

1 Ind. Code Ann. § 35-42-1-1 (West, Westlaw current through 2011 1st Regular Sess.). 2 I.C. § 35-42-5-1 (West, Westlaw current through 2011 1st Regular Sess.) (robbery); Ind. Code Ann. § 35-41- 5-1 (West, Westlaw current through 2011 1st Regular Sess.) (attempt). 3 I.C. § 35-42-5-1.

2 in the past about doing his hair. On this particular day, Grigsby had several white and blue

beads in his hair.

Grigsby, York, and Luckett had stopped by the Bonds/Scisney residence that

afternoon because they wanted to play dice. Bonds agreed. Also present at the residence

were Derrick Hardaway, a family friend, and Roosevelt Harris, a neighbor. Phyllis, Robin,

and Robin’s children were in and around the home as well. During the dice game, Bonds

spread out his cash, approximately $1500 to $2000, on the floor. Bonds quickly lost $40 to

York, so he called Phyllis in from the kitchen and she successfully won it back. Shortly after

the dice game began, Michael returned from a run to the liquor store. Michael recognized

York from an incident he was involved in a few weeks before and he told his father that York

was the person with whom he had had a confrontation. Bonds promptly ended the dice

game, and Grigsby, York, and Luckett left.

The Bonds/Scisney family remained together most of the day, drinking and smoking

marijuana. At approximately 11:30 p.m., Michael left to get more marijuana. Bonds was in

the kitchen with Roosevelt, and Hardaway was in the living room with Robin and her

youngest child. Phyllis was upstairs where Robin’s two older children were asleep. Five

minutes after Michael left, Grigsby knocked on the door to the Bonds/Scisney residence and

Hardaway answered. Grigsby, York, and Luckett inquired about another dice game.

Hardaway rejected their invitation and started to close the door. The three young men kicked

open the door and rushed in as York fired two shots from a .32 caliber handgun. Grigsby and

Luckett grabbed Hardaway and began hitting him with their fists as Hardaway struggled to

3 get away and move toward the kitchen. York demanded to know where the money was.

Phyllis heard the commotion downstairs and hid behind her bedroom door with a gun.

York and Grigsby entered the kitchen and Bonds stood up and asked what was going

on. York shot Bonds twice in the back, and Bonds fell to the floor. Grigsby then rummaged

through Bonds’s pockets, but found no money. Grigsby and York then returned to the living

room, while Luckett blocked the entrance to the kitchen. York approached Robin, placed the

gun to her head, and ordered her upstairs. Robin called out to Phyllis and warned her that

there were “bad men at the door with guns.” Id. at 461. Phyllis quickly put the money and

the gun under the mattress and opened the bedroom door. York confronted Phyllis with his

handgun and demanded, “Give me the money bitch” and “where is the money at bitch”? Id.

at 307, 621. York walked Phyllis over to the dresser, emptied the drawers, and looked

through her prescription pill bag. Robin remained in the hallway with Grigsby. When York

did not find the money, he threatened Phyllis that he would shoot her if she did not “quit

playing.” Id. at 622. Phyllis told York that she needed to find her purse, so York pushed her

back downstairs. Grigsby and Robin followed.

As Phyllis was looking around for her purse, she kept trying to see Bonds in the

kitchen, and all the while, York continued to yell at Phyllis, repeatedly demanding that she

give him the money. York placed the gun to Phyllis’s head and again told her to “quit

playing, bitch, you think I won’t kill you.” Id. at 623. Robin begged York not to shoot

Phyllis and also begged for Phyllis to give York the money. York then took Phyllis back

upstairs, and claimed, “bitch you know where the f’in money’s at.” Id. at 465. Grigsby

pushed Robin back upstairs. York then pointed his gun at the children and threatened to kill

4 them. York yelled that he would kill the one-year-old first and then come back and kill

Phyllis. Robin begged for Phyllis to give York the money before he killed her children.

Phyllis finally relented and told York she would give him the money if he promised not to

kill her grandkids. When Phyllis handed York the money, York hit Phyllis on the back of her

head with a handgun. Grigsby told York, “come on man, we got what we came for, come

on.” Id. at 627. As he was leaving, York kissed Robin on her forehead.

York and Grigsby went back downstairs and met up again with Luckett. The three

young men could not, however, open the front door. Robin had to open the front door for

them, and then the three young men ran off. A short time later, Robin discovered that her

identification card and debit card were missing from her purse. Bonds died as a result of the

two gunshot wounds to his back; one of the bullets entered his shoulder and passed through

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