Vaughn v. State

The evidence supported the defendant's aggravated stalking conviction, because there was no evidence that his wife consented to violent contact and there was evidence that the defendant threatened his wife, pursued her to her car and fought other relatives to prevent her from leaving.

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Terry Eugene Vaughn was convicted by a jury of aggravated stalking, aggravated assault 3 counts and making terroristic threats. He appeals following the denial of his amended motion for new trial. We affirm. As acknowledged in his brief on appeal, Vaughn and his wife Kara, one of the victims in this case, had a “turbulent” relationship. Kara testified that Vaughn began hitting her after she had their second child and that she left him on several occasions because of the physical violence but would come back to him when he told her he had changed. The police were called on several occasions to their various residences because of these altercations, and Vaughn was arrested after he tried to choke Kara in September 2006. When Vaughn was bonded out after that incident, a special condition was imposed on his bond that he have no “violent contact” with Kara.

Because of Vaughn’s continued physical abuse, which sometimes occurred in front of their children and of which other family members were aware, in December 2006 Vaughn’s sister Martha convinced Kara that she needed to go to a shelter for her own safety. Kara testified that she could not stay at the shelter during the day, so on New Year’s Eve she decided to visit the home where Martha lived with her husband, Anthony Sims, and her son, Mervin Vaughn. Kara testified that she did not think Vaughn would be there because his sister had told her that he was not staying there anymore. However, when she arrived, Vaughn, as well as other relatives and friends, was there for a party. Most if not all of those in attendance were drinking.

Vaughn v. State

The evidence supported the defendant's aggravated stalking conviction, because there was no evidence that his wife consented to violent contact and there was evidence that the defendant threatened his wife, pursued her to her car and fought other relatives to prevent her from leaving.

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