State of Tennessee v. Barry Waddell

CourtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
DecidedJune 1, 1999
Docket01C01-9801-CR-00016
StatusPublished

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Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE

AT NASHVILLE FILED JANUARY SESSION, 1999 June 1, 1999

Cecil W. Crowson Appellate Court Clerk STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) C.C.A. NO. 01C01-9801-CR-00016 ) Appellee, ) ) DAVIDSON COUNTY V. ) ) ) HON . CHE RYL BLAC KBU RN, BARRY WADDELL, ) JUDGE ) Appe llant. ) (RAPE OF A CHILD)

FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE:

LIONEL R. BARRETT, JR. JOHN KNOX WALKUP Washington Square Two, Suite 418 Attorney General & Reporter 222 Se cond A venue N orth Nashville, TN 37201 DARYL J. BRAND (On App eal Only) Assistant Attorney General 2nd Floor, Cordell Hull Building DIANNE TURNER 425 Fifth Avenue North Trial Lawyers Building Nashville, TN 37243 430 Third Avenue North, Suite 101 Nashville, TN 37201-1111 VICTO R S. JO HNS ON, III (At Trial Only) District Attorney General

DAVID A. COLLINS WILLIAM REED 211 Printers Alley Building, Suite 400 Assistant District Attorney General Nashville, TN 37201 Washington Square, Suite 500 (At Trial Only) 222 2nd Avenue North Nashville, TN 37201-1649

OPINION FILED ________________________

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND MODIFIED IN PART

THOMAS T. WOODALL, JUDGE OPINION The Defendant, Barry Waddell, appeals as of right from his conviction in the

Davidson Coun ty Crimina l Court. After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two

(2) counts of rape of a child (Counts 1 and 2) and two (2) counts of aggravated

sexual battery (Counts 3 and 4). Defendant was sentenced to twenty-five (25) years

for each count of rape of a child and ten (10) years for each count of aggravated

sexual battery, with all sentence s to be served consecutively, for an e ffective

sentence of seventy (70) years. Defendant argues that the trial cou rt impro perly

sentenced him to the maximum period of inca rcerat ion for h is rape of a ch ild

convictions and erred in ordering his sente nces to b e served conse cutively. W e

affirm in pa rt, and reve rse and modify in p art.

When an accused challenges the length, range or the mann er of service of a

sentence, this court has a duty to conduct a de novo review of the sentence with a

presumption that the determinations made by the trial court are correct. Tenn. Code

Ann. § 40-35-401(d). This presumption is “conditioned upon the affirm ative showing

in the record that the trial court considered the sentencing principles and all relevant

facts and circum stances.” State v. Ashby, 823 S.W .2d 166 , 169 (T enn. 19 91).

In conducting a de novo review of a sentence, this court must consider: (a) the

evidence, if any, received at the trial and the sentencing hearing; (b) the presentence

report; (c) the principles of sentencing and arguments as to sentencing alternatives;

(d) the nature and characteristics of the criminal conduct involved; (e) any statutory

mitigating or enha ncem ent factors ; (f) any statement that the defendant mad e on h is

own behalf; an d (g) the p otential or lac k of poten tial for rehab ilitation or treatm ent.

-2- Tenn. Code An n. §§ 40 -35-102 , -103, an d -210; see State v. S mith, 735 S.W .2d

859, 863 (T enn. Crim. A pp. 1987).

If our rev iew refle cts that the trial court followed the statutory sentencing

procedure, imposed a lawful sentence after having given due consideration and

proper weight to the factors and principles set out under the sentencing law, and

made findings of fact adequately supported by the record, then we may no t modify

the senten ce even if we wou ld have p referred a different res ult. State v. Fletcher,

805 S.W .2d 785 , 789 (T enn. Crim . App. 19 91).

At trial, the vic tim, K.S . (it is the policy of this court not to refer to child victims

of sexual offense s by name ), testified that her best friend was Whitney Rickman,

stepdaughter of the Defendant. The victim was ten (10) years old at the time of trial.

When she w as se ven (7 ) years old in 1994, K.S. visited Whitney Rickman almost

every weekend. Defendant took her into the upstairs bedroom to “play modeling”

while he took photographs. The victim indicated receiving “bad touches” from the

Defendant while “mode ling” in an u pstairs be droom alone w ith the De fendan t. K.S.

recalled that no rmally Wh itney Rickman would be outside the door with the door

closed to the bedroom. K.S. indicated that her private parts were touched with the

Defe ndan t’s mouth, his finger and his penis. This touching included digital

penetration and cunnilingus. The victim stated that the Defendant instructed her not

to tell anyone abo ut these even ts. From K.S .’s testimony, this abus e occurred

frequently for a period of 1.5 years.

Arthur William Rees, employed by the Youth Services Division of the Nashville

Police Depa rtmen t, testified at trial that he received a complaint regarding an

-3- allegation of child abuse of K.S. on April 3, 1995. Rees m et with the vic tim’s pare nts

on April 4, 199 5, and th en inte rviewe d K.S . the follo wing d ay at M cMur ray Mid dle

Scho ol. Wh en he told the victim why he was there, the victim be came “very

distraught, withdrawn, and she seemed like she didn’t want to talk. It affected her

very -- it was a visible . . . she was visibly shaken when we told her why we were

there to talk to her.” K.S. became so upset and defensive that the interview had to

be terminated until a later date.

Nancy Quig gle wa s the th erapis t for the v ictim at the Rape and Sexual Abuse

Center. Quiggle testified at the senten cing hea ring that K .S. had been a therapy

patient since J uly 199 5. The victim particip ates in therap y week ly in a ver y sma ll

group setting. When Quiggle first met K.S., Quiggle observed that she was:

carrying a lot of guilt . . . felt very responsible for a lot of what had happened to her . . . felt a lot of shame to the point where when she initially disclose d, she left a lot of what had happened out of the disclosure, and it took q uite a b it of time to deve lop a re lations hip with me and starting to build some trust and starting to understand that what had happ ened was n ot her fa ult befo re she was a ble to really come out with all the thin gs that ha d occu rred.

Quig gle stated that K.S. was “afraid that if she told, she w ould be punishe d or hurt;

that there was, you know, the threat made to her that if you tell, you know, I will hurt

you, and s o she was a fraid that if she did tell, he would ca rry forth on his threat and

she would b e hurt.”

Quig gle described that initially the victim did not want to talk about the sexual

abuse, but that she only would write down four (4) things that had occurred on a

piece of paper. She erased these four (4) things, bu t eventua lly was able to rewrite

them and keep it written on the paper. Initially, K.S. described having frequent

nightmares, full of scary things and people. Quiggle could not recall if these

-4- nightmares were specific to the abuse. After several months, K.S. told Quiggle that

she thought she could use some dolls to depict what had happened to her. Even

when the victim used objec ts to de scribe the se xual ab use, s he wo uld as k Quig gle

to look a way. W hile K.S. did not want to describe to her parents the various

incidents of sexual abuse, she allowed Quiggle to tell them when she was not

presen t.

Quig gle noted that these sexual crimes committed upon K.S. have affected

her ability to tru st othe r individu als. W hile Qu iggle c ould not state exactly how long

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