Wilson v. State

The defendant entered his ex-girlfriend's home without permission, hit her in the head with a hammer, stabbed her in her side, refused to let her escape, threw her down basement stairs and took several valuable items from her home.

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Following a jury trial, Dwayne Robert Wilson appeals his conviction of aggravated assault two counts, burglary, false imprisonment, and felony theft by taking, contending that 1 the evidence was insufficient to support the guilty verdict, 2 the trial court improperly commented on the evidence, and 3 the trial court erroneously limited his cross-examination of a witness. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm. Viewed in support of the verdict,1 the record shows that in April 2007, Wilson moved into a townhouse leased by his girlfriend, Angela Russell. Wilson was not on the lease and had access to the house only by accompanying Russell or by borrowing her key. In May 2007, the relationship faltered, and Russell decided that Wilson “needed to leave.” He refused to leave, and she called the police. The police came, and after he pleaded with her to let him stay, she eventually allowed him to sleep in her basement on the condition that he leave the next day.

The following day, unbeknownst to Russell, Wilson slashed her car tire so that she would be unable to take him to a relative’s house to stay. They agreed that Wilson would sleep in the basement one more night and he would then leave the next day. The following day, as Russell left the house to go to work, Wilson left with her, and she locked the door with the only key. Later that day, Wilson called her at work twice from her home telephone, and she demanded to know how he got in her house.

Wilson v. State

The defendant entered his ex-girlfriend's home without permission, hit her in the head with a hammer, stabbed her in her side, refused to let her escape, threw her down basement stairs and took several valuable items from her home.

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