State v. Hood

221 S.W.3d 531, 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 762
CourtCourt of Appeals of Tennessee
DecidedNovember 30, 2006
StatusPublished
Cited by13 cases

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Bluebook
State v. Hood, 221 S.W.3d 531, 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 762 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006).

Opinion

OPINION

CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, P.J., and D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J„ joined.

Daniel Allyn Hood, (DOB: 12/05/89), a juvenile, was found to be delinquent by the Sullivan County Juvenile Court. The order of that court placed temporary custody of Hood with the Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”) “for an indefinite period of time.” The defendant appealed to the trial court, which, after a jury trial, found the defendant to be delinquent on the basis that he had committed the adult offenses of kidnapping and aggravated rape. The order of the trial court awarded Hood’s custody to DCS, “determinately until his 19th birthday.” The defendant appeals, asserting that the trial court’s decree of a determinate commitment, rather than an indefinite commitment, is erroneous and a violation of the United States and Tennessee Constitutions. The defendant also raises several issues with respect to the propriety of certain jury instructions. We affirm.

I.

On August 11, 2003, T.B. (“the victim”), who was 14 years old at the time, made arrangements to spend the night at the defendant’s house. The defendant was 13 years old. The victim and the defendant are first cousins and, prior to this night, apparently had a close and loving familial relationship. The defendant’s father, Al-lyn Hood, picked up the victim at her house on his way home from work that night. The victim arrived at the defendant’s house at approximately 10 p.m. The defendant and 17-year-old Robert Sanico were at the house. Sanico was a friend of the defendant and the victim. Tasha Collins, another cousin of the defendant and the victim, was also present at the house that night. Collins was there babysitting three young children. The three children were in bed by the time the victim arrived.

The horrible events of that evening began to unfold after the defendant’s father retired to his bedroom. Shortly thereaf[534]*534ter, Collins went to take a shower in a bathroom located near the father’s bedroom. The victim was on a computer in the kitchen/living room area. The defendant and Sanico were in the defendant’s bedroom, which is located on the opposite side of the house from the father’s bedroom.

Sanico went out to where the victim was and told her that the defendant wanted to see her in his bedroom. The victim remained seated at the computer. She told Sanico that if the defendant wanted her for something, he could yell “come here,” or he could come and tell her what he wanted. Sanico went back to the defendant’s bedroom. The victim testified that she next heard the defendant and Sanico laughing, “discussing something,” and “sneaking around.” On a previous occasion, the defendant and Sanico played a prank on Collins by restraining her to a chair with duct tape. Because the victim had heard about this earlier prank, and because the victim was now seated in the same chair, she stated that she thought the defendant and Sanico might be preparing to play the same prank on her.

The defendant entered the living room and sat down on the couch. Next, Sanico entered the room, and both of them began chasing the victim around the kitchen. They were laughing. The defendant and Sanico caught the victim and, according to her, forcibly carried her to the couch. The victim, still believing this to be an innocent prank, told the defendant and Sanico that they were being “childish and stupid.” The victim testified that she tried to “fight them off’ but was unsuccessful. She stated that the defendant and Sanico held her face down on the couch and, using duct tape, tied her wrists together behind her back.

The defendant and Sanico then carried the victim to the defendant’s bedroom. She was placed face down on one of the beds in the room. The victim testified that both the defendant and Sanico continued to laugh. She stated that she began to kick them, and that, in response to this kicking, “somebody grabbed [her] legs and held them together.” Either the defendant or Sanico then placed a strip of duct tape across the victim’s eyes. A piece of tape was next placed over her mouth. The victim testified that she could no longer see or speak. Her ankles were then taped together. The victim stated that she felt two hands holding her ankles together while the other individual applied the tape to her ankles.

The victim was then turned over onto her back. Her shirt and bra were pulled up, exposing her breasts. The majority of her upper body was then covered with duct tape. Next, the victim’s shorts and underwear were pulled down. Tape was placed over her lower body, including her vaginal area. The victim stated that she was nervous, and that the defendant and Sanico were still laughing.

The victim next testified to hearing Sanico tell the defendant to get a toilet plunger and cellophane. The defendant retrieved a plunger from the bathroom connected to his bedroom. The victim then heard the door to the defendant’s bedroom open and shut. At this point, either the defendant or Sanico exited the bedroom and retrieved the cellophane from the kitchen. The duct tape that was tying her ankles together was then removed. The victim testified that she began to kick. In the struggle, she was flipped back onto her stomach, face down. She testified that the defendant and Sani-co restrained her legs. Her legs were then pulled apart, and each ankle was taped to the side of the bed frame.

Collins, who had finished taking her shower by this time, knocked on the door [535]*535to the defendant’s bedroom. According to the victim, some sort of cover or blanket was thrown over her body. The defendant opened the door. Collins asked the defendant for the password to the computer in the kitchen/living room area. The defendant told Collins the password and closed the door. Collins testified that she did not see the victim at that time.

The cover or blanket was then taken off of the victim. Sanico inserted the handle of the plunger, which had been wrapped in the cellophane, inside the victim’s vagina. Sanico asked the defendant if he wanted to do it himself. The defendant answered, “No, man, that’s my cousin.” After the plunger was taken out of the victim’s vagina, a liquid was poured onto her body. According to the victim’s testimony, the defendant and Sanico stated that the liquid was Sanico’s urine. Later testimony would suggest that the liquid was actually Kool Aid.

The defendant later cut the tape from the victim’s wrists. The victim immediately removed the tape from her eyes and mouth. The victim next cut the tape that was restraining her ankles to the bed. She testified that the defendant and Sanico began watching television as if nothing had occurred. The victim walked out of the defendant’s bedroom with 70% of her body covered in duct tape. She encountered Collins and asked Collins to retrieve her clothes from the defendant’s bedroom. The victim then called a friend and asked the friend to pick her up. The friend arrived about five minutes later and took her to the hospital.

II.

In September, 2003, the juvenile court held a hearing to determine if the defendant or Sanico or both should be transferred to criminal court to be tried as an adult. The court found that “[tjhere are reasonable grounds to believe the offenses of

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