State v. Davenport, 2462
| Court | Court of Appeals of South Carolina |
| Writing for the Court | CONNOR |
| Citation | 467 S.E.2d 258,321 S.C. 134 |
| Parties | The STATE, Respondent, v. Avery DAVENPORT, Appellant. . Heard |
| Docket Number | No. 2462,2462 |
| Decision Date | 07 November 1995 |
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v.
Avery DAVENPORT, Appellant.
Decided Feb. 5, 1996.
Assistant Appellate Defender Lisa T. Gregory, of the SC Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.
Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorneys General Rakale B. Smith and Caroline E. Callison, Columbia; and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., Summerville, for respondent.
CONNOR, Judge:
An Orangeburg County jury convicted Avery Davenport of criminal sexual conduct, first degree. The trial judge sentenced him to thirty years. Davenport appeals. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
I. Facts
During December 1992 Valerie Dyches, the victim, lived with her sister, Cynthia McDonald, in a two-bedroom mobile [321 S.C. 136] home in Orangeburg. Dyches did not personally know Davenport. Davenport got Dyches's phone number from the back of a picture she had given a mutual friend.
On December 4, 1992, Davenport called Dyches, and she agreed to meet him at the local McDonalds. After meeting, they went to Dyches's house to watch television for awhile, then went to a nine o'clock movie and got something to eat before going back to Dyches's home. Because it was raining, Dyches and her sister allowed Davenport to sleep on the couch that night.
The next morning, Dyches planned to leave when her sister left for work. However, as soon as her sister left, Davenport pulled out a knife and forced Dyches to sit on the couch, repeatedly demanding that she make love to him. She refused at first, but, because she was frightened, she eventually "was willing to do whatever he wanted to do because [she] was scared for [her] life." Davenport forced her to take her clothes off, and attempted to have intercourse, but he ejaculated prematurely on the couch. Dyches then got dressed, but Davenport, who was still holding the knife, continued to insist she make love to him. Dyches followed Davenport into the bedroom and removed her clothes. 1 She then told Davenport she had to use the bathroom, hoping to run out the back door. However, Davenport stood at the bathroom door and took her back to the bedroom. He again attempted to have sex with her, but could not have an erection. To "show [her] how much he loved [her]," he performed oral sex on her. Afterwards, he told her to wash herself and she went into the bathroom, washing only the side of her leg so that no evidence would be destroyed. Dyches then got dressed. When Davenport left, she ran to her neighbors. They took
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her to Orangeburg Regional Hospital, where a rape protocol examination was performed. 2[321 S.C. 137] II. Analysis
A. Motion for Directed Verdict
Davenport first argues the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict of acquittal in his favor. In reviewing the denial of a motion for directed verdict, we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the state. State v. Stokes, 299 S.C. 483, 386 S.E.2d 241 (1989). Criminal sexual conduct, first degree, is sexual battery using aggravated force or forcibly confining the victim. S.C.Code Ann. 16-3-652 (1985).
Davenport alleges the state failed to prove aggravated force because there was no evidence he had...
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