FOR PUBLICATION

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE:

KIMMERLY A. KLEE GREGORY F. ZOELLER

Greenwood, Indiana Attorney General of Indiana

MICHAEL GENE WORDEN

Deputy Attorney General

Indianapolis, Indiana

IN THE

COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA

MAURICE FRAZIER, )

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Appellant-Defendant, )

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vs. ) No. 49A05-1210-CR-526

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STATE OF INDIANA, )

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Appellee-Plaintiff. )

APPEAL FROM THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT 

The Honorable Reuben B. Hill, Judge

Cause No. 49F18-1105-FD-031557 

June 10, 2013

OPINION - FOR PUBLICATION

VAIDIK, Judge
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Case Summary

Former corrections officer Maurice Frazier appeals the sufficiency of evidence for 

his convictions of two counts of sexual battery committed while he was on duty at the 

Marion County Jail. A sexual-battery conviction requires the State to prove that a 

defendant, with intent to arouse or satisfy his sexual desires or the sexual desires of the 

victim, touched the victim when she was compelled to submit to the touching by force or 

the imminent threat of force. Here, Frazier grabbed the victim’s hand and placed it on his 

crotch, and we find that to be sufficient evidence to affirm one of the two sexual-battery 

convictions. But we find that the State failed to prove compulsion by force or imminent 

threat of force on the other sexual-battery conviction, and we therefore remand that count 

with instructions to enter a judgment of conviction for Class A misdemeanor battery. 

Frazier also contends that his convictions violate double-jeopardy principles. A 

conviction for official misconduct requires proof that a public servant knowingly or 

intentionally committed an offense in the performance of his official duties. Frazier 

argues that the underlying offense used for his official-misconduct conviction was his 

sexual-battery conviction; therefore, he claims the same evidence was used to find him 

guilty of both crimes. We conclude that there is no double-jeopardy violation, despite the 

same evidence being used for both offenses, because each crime has a different victim—a 

female sheriff’s deputy was the victim of sexual battery and the public was the victim of 

Frazier’s official misconduct. We also conclude that there is no double-jeopardy 

violation with respect to Frazier’s other convictions. We reverse in part, affirm in part, 

and remand. 
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Facts and Procedural History

In 2011, Frazier was a corrections officer at the Marion County Jail. S.R., a

female Marion County Sherriff’s Department Deputy, was on duty when Frazier 

instructed her to accompany him to inspect the cell blocks. When they approached one of 

the block doors, Frazier grabbed Deputy S.R.’s shoulder from behind and ground his 

pelvis against her buttocks. Deputy S.R. pulled away and continued the inspection.

Several weeks later, Deputy S.R. had another encounter with Frazier. While 

Deputy S.R. was working in the control center, Frazier knocked on the door. Deputy 

S.R. opened the door for him, and Frazier sat down beside her at the control-center desk. 

He began talking to Deputy S.R. and asked her why they never “messed around.” Tr. p. 

24. Deputy S.R. told Frazier that she did not date coworkers or married men like Frazier. 

Undeterred, Frazier told Deputy S.R. that they could “go where the cameras won’t see us 

. . . .” Id. at 25. Deputy S.R. refused. Frazier persisted, pointing out a specific spot in 

the control tower without cameras saying, “They can’t see us over there.” Id. When 

Deputy S.R. again refused, Frazier grabbed her breast. Deputy S.R. stood up and walked 

away from Frazier, pretending she was retrieving something. Frazier followed her and 

grabbed her arm. Id. at 26. Deputy S.R. told him to stop. Deputy S.R. moved behind a 

pillar to avoid Frazier, but Frazier followed her and grabbed her arm a second time. Id. 

Again, Deputy S.R. told Frazier to stop. She then moved away and sat down at the 

control-center desk. 

Frazier sat down next to her again and grabbed her hand, placing it on his crotch. 

Deputy S.R. pulled her arm away and told him to stop for the third time. Frazier 
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responded by grabbing her breast with one hand and her crotch with the other. Deputy 

S.R. pushed him away and heard a knock at the control-center door. Another employee 

entered the room, and Frazier acted as if nothing had happened. Deputy S.R. reported the 

incident the next day. 

In May 2011, the State charged Frazier with seven felony counts, only four of 

which pertain to Deputy S.R. and are relevant to our analysis: Count I, sexual battery of 

Deputy S.R. as a Class D felony; Count II, sexual battery of Deputy S.R. as a Class D 

felony; Count III, criminal confinement of Deputy S.R. as a Class D felony; and Count 

IV, official misconduct as a Class D felony. At the close of Frazier’s bench trial, the 

State specified the conduct underlying the sexual-battery charges: 

Count II is the one[,] that was where he forced [Deputy S.R.] to grab his 

crotch and . . . he grabbed hers. As to Count I we would ask that that be 

based upon the incident where he grinded [sic] on her as she was trying to . 

. . do the [cell-block inspection]. We acknowledge that there wasn’t the 

force necessary for the sexual battery for [Count I] from her testimony 

today. We would ask however, that you not dismiss that count and that you 

find the lesser[-]included misdemeanor battery on that count.

Id. at 56. The State also explained that the criminal-confinement charge was based on the 

incident in the control center where Frazier “grabbed [Deputy S.R.] on a couple of 

occasions[,] stopping her from moving . . . .” Id.

The trial court found Frazier guilty of Counts I, II, III, and IV. The trial court set 

forth the evidence underlying each conviction:

With regard to Count I . . . Frazier . . . did touch the breast and or buttocks 

of [Deputy S.R.] . . . finding of guilty. 

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I find that [] Frazier did take his hand and force [Deputy S.R.] to move her 

hand to his crotch and that . . . meets in the court’s mind the element of 

force [as to Count II]. 

* * * * *

And . . . Count III . . . [Frazier] did knowingly confine [Deputy S.R.] by 

preventing her from moving out of the corner and or an area of the [control 

center] . . . .

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As to Count IV, [] Frazier . . . while being a public servant, that is an 

employee of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department[,] did knowingly or 

intentionally perform an act that a public servant is forbidden by law to 

perform, and that is [sexual battery] . . . .

Id. at 82-83. Frazier was sentenced to concurrent terms on the four convictions for a total 

of 545 days, with 180 days to be served in Community Corrections and 365 days 

suspended to probation. 

Frazier now appeals. 

Discussion and Decision

On appeal, Frazier contends that there is insufficient evidence to support his two 

convictions for sexual battery. He also argues that his convictions violate two doublejeopardy theories, the actual-evidence test and the continuing-crime doctrine. 

I. Sufficiency of Evidence

Our standard of review with regard to sufficiency claims is well settled. In 

reviewing a sufficiency claim, this Court does not reweigh the evidence or judge the 

credibility of the witnesses. Bond v. State, 925 N.E.2d 773, 781 (Ind. Ct. App.

2010), reh’g denied, trans. denied. We consider only the evidence most favorable to the 

judgment and the reasonable inferences drawn therefrom and affirm if the evidence and 
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those inferences constitute substantial evidence of probative value to support the 

judgment. Id. Reversal is appropriate only when a reasonable trier of fact would not be 

able to form inferences as to each material element of the offense. Id.

To prove sexual battery as a Class D felony, the State was required to show 

beyond a reasonable doubt that Frazier, with intent to arouse or satisfy his own sexual 

desires or the sexual desires of Deputy S.R., touched Deputy S.R. when she was 

compelled to submit to the touching by force or the imminent threat of force. See Ind.

Code § 35-42-4-8(a)(1)(A). “[I]t is the victim’s perspective, not the assailant’s, from 

which the presence or absence of forceful compulsion is to be determined. This is a 

subjective test that looks to the victim’s perception of the circumstances surrounding the 

incident in question.” McCarter v. State, 961 N.E.2d 43, 46 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012) (citing 

Tobias v. State, 666 N.E.2d 68, 72 (Ind. 1996), trans. denied), trans. denied. Force “may 

be implied from the circumstances.” Id. (citing Bailey v. State, 764 N.E.2d 728, 731 (Ind.

Ct. App. 2002), trans. denied.). Evidence that a victim did not voluntarily consent to a 

touching does not, in itself, support the conclusion that the defendant compelled the 

victim to submit to the touching by force or threat of force. Id. (citations omitted). “Not 

all touchings intended to arouse or satisfy sexual desires constitute sexual battery; only 

those in which the person touched is compelled to submit by force or imminent threat of 

force violate Indiana Code section 35-42-4-8.” Id.

Frazier contends that the State did not prove compulsion by force or imminent 

threat of force. We agree as to Count I—arising from the incident where Frazier grabbed 

Deputy S.R.’s shoulder and ground his pelvis against her buttocks—which the State 
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conceded at trial it had not proven. While some level of force facilitated the touching, the 

evidence does not show that she was “compelled to submit to it by force or threat of 

force.” Id. (citing Smith, 678 N.E.2d at 1155) (emphasis in original). However, we reach 

a different conclusion with respect to Count II. Count II arose from the incident in the 

control center, where Frazier forcefully grabbed Deputy S.R.’s hand and placed it on his 

crotch. This is sufficient evidence of forceful compulsion to sustain Count II. 

Because we conclude that the State did not prove sexual battery as alleged in 

Count I, we must reverse that conviction. When we reverse a conviction for insufficient 

evidence, we may remand and order the trial court to enter a judgment of conviction upon 

a lesser-included offense if the evidence is sufficient to support the lesser offense. Id. at

47 (citation omitted). Indiana Code section 35-42-2-1(a)(1)(C) provides that an 

individual commits Class A misdemeanor battery if they knowingly or intentionally 

touch a penal-facility employee in a rude, insolent, or angry manner while the penalfacility employee is engaged in the execution of his official duties.

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 At trial, the State 

showed that Frazier grabbed Deputy S.R., a penal-facility employee, from behind and 

ground his pelvis against her buttocks while she was engaged in her official duties. We 

remand with instructions to enter judgment for battery as a Class A misdemeanor and to 

sentence Frazier accordingly. 

II. Double Jeopardy

 

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Similarly, Section 35-42-2-1(a)(1)(B) provides that an individual commits Class A 

misdemeanor battery if they knowingly or intentionally touch a law-enforcement officer (“or a person 

summoned and directed by the officer”) in a rude, insolent, or angry manner while the officer is engaged 

in the execution of the officer’s official duty. 
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Frazier also contends that his convictions violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of 

the Indiana Constitution.

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 He argues that his convictions violate two double-jeopardy 

theories—the actual-evidence test and the continuing-crime doctrine. Whether 

convictions violate double jeopardy is a question of law which we review de novo. 

Vermillion v. State, 978 N.E.2d 459, 464 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012) (citing Grabarczyk v. State,

772 N.E.2d 428, 432 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002)).

Article 1, Section 14 of the Indiana Constitution provides that “[n]o person shall 

be put in jeopardy twice for the same offense.” In Richardson v. State, 717 N.E.2d 32 

(Ind. 1999), our Supreme Court concluded that two or more offenses are the same offense 

in violation of Article 1, Section 14 if, with respect to either the statutory elements of the 

challenged crimes or the actual evidence used to obtain convictions, the essential 

elements of one challenged offense also establish the essential elements of another 

challenged offense. Under the actual-evidence test, we examine the actual evidence 

presented at trial in order to determine whether each challenged offense was established 

by separate and distinct facts. Id. at 53. To find a double-jeopardy violation under this 

test, we must conclude that there is “a reasonable possibility that the evidentiary facts 

used by the fact-finder to establish the essential elements of one offense may also have 

been used to establish the essential elements of a second challenged offense.” Id. 

Frazier also contends that his convictions violate the continuous-crime doctrine, 

which is “a category of Indiana’s prohibition against double jeopardy.” Walker v. State, 

932 N.E.2d 733, 736 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010) (citing Boyd v. State, 766 N.E.2d 396, 400 

 

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Frazier does not argue that his convictions violate federal double-jeopardy principles. 
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(Ind. Ct. App. 2002), reh’g denied). “The continuing crime doctrine essentially provides 

that actions that are sufficient in themselves to constitute separate criminal offenses may 

be so compressed in terms of time, place, singleness of purpose, and continuity of action 

as to constitute a single transaction.” Id. (citing Riehle v. State, 823 N.E.2d 287, 296 

(Ind. Ct. App. 2005), trans. denied). We have explained, however, that the doctrine 

“does not seek to reconcile the double jeopardy implications of two distinct chargeable 

crimes; rather, it defines those instances where a defendant’s conduct amounts only to a 

single chargeable crime.” Id. at 736 (citing Boyd, 766 N.E.2d at 400). 

We have reversed Frazier’s conviction on Count I, the first sexual-battery charge,

and ordered the trial court to enter a judgment of conviction for battery as a Class A 

misdemeanor. But Frazier’s argument is that any conviction on Count I would violate 

double-jeopardy principles. We disagree. The record shows that Count I was based on 

Frazier’s interaction with Deputy S.R. during a cell-block inspection where he grabbed 

the deputy’s shoulder and ground his pelvis against her buttocks. Count I is the only 

charge based upon this incident, and the incident occurred weeks before the controlcenter incident. There is no double-jeopardy violation here. 

Nor is there a double-jeopardy violation on Count II, the second sexual-battery 

charge. In order to prove Frazier guilty of Count II, the State was required to show 

beyond a reasonable doubt that Frazier, with intent to arouse or satisfy his own sexual 

desires or the sexual desires of Deputy S.R., touched Deputy S.R. when she was 

compelled to submit to the touching by force or the imminent threat of force. See Ind. 

Code § 35-42-4-8(a)(1)(A). At trial, the State argued that Frazier committed Count II of 
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sexual battery in the control center when he “forced [Deputy S.R.] to grab his crotch . . . 

.” Tr. p. 56. And this was the evidence the trial court relied upon when pronouncing 

judgment. Id. at 82 (“I find that Mr. Frazier did take his hand and force [Deputy S.R.] to 

move her hand to his crotch and that . . . meets in the court’s mind the element of force 

[as to Count II].”). This evidence is separate and distinct from the evidence for Count I, 

and the control-center incident occurred weeks after the incident underlying Count I. 

Frazier’s conviction on Count II does not violate double-jeopardy principles. 

To establish Count III, the criminal-confinement charge, the State had to show that 

Frazier knowingly or intentionally confined Deputy S.R. without her consent. Ind. Code 

§ 35-42-3-3. Count III, like Count II, stemmed from Frazier’s conduct in the control 

center. For this reason, Frazier argues that his conviction on this count violates the 

actual-evidence test and the continuing-crime doctrine. Specifically, he argues that the 

evidence that he grabbed Deputy S.R.’s arm was used to establish both this charge and 

the sexual-battery charge. This is incorrect. Before the sexual battery, Frazier grabbed 

Deputy S.R’s arm twice during the time when she was trying to get away from him, Tr. p.

26, and this evidence was used to convict him of criminal confinement. After the 

confinement, when she had returned to sit at the control-center desk, he grabbed Deputy 

S.R.’s hand and forced her to touch his crotch, and this evidence was used to convict him 

of sexual battery. Frazier’s actions that gave rise to the confinement and sexual-battery 

charges were not coextensive. See Guyton v. State, 771 N.E.2d 1141, 1143 (Ind. 2002) 

(citing Richardson, 771 N.E.2d at 55) (giving the example of a confinement conviction 

vacated because it was coextensive with the behavior necessary to establish an element of 
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a robbery conviction). There is also no continuing-crime violation. The continuingcrime doctrine does not apply where there are two distinct chargeable crimes, which is 

the case here. Frazier committed criminal confinement when he grabbed Deputy S.R.’s 

arm twice and blocked her movement in the control center. The criminal confinement 

ended when Deputy S.R. moved past him and returned to her seat at the control-center 

desk. After Frazier also sat down, he committed a new crime by forcefully grabbing 

Deputy S.R.’s hand and putting it on his crotch. Thus, the continuing-crime doctrine has 

no application here.

Finally, we reach Frazier’s challenge to Count IV, his official-misconduct 

conviction. To establish Count IV, the State had to show that Frazier, as a public servant, 

knowingly or intentionally committed an offense in the performance of his official duties. 

Ind. Code § 35-44.1-1-1(1). Frazier argues that this conviction violates the actualevidence test because the same actual evidence of sexual battery was used to convict him 

of sexual battery and official misconduct. He also argues that his conviction on Count IV 

violates the continuing-crime doctrine because, as with Counts II and III, it stems from 

his actions in the control center. In response, the State argues that an official-misconduct

conviction is not subject to double-jeopardy principles, but notes that this issue “appears 

to be unresolved[.]” Appellee’s Br. p. 11. 

In Richardson, our Supreme Court acknowledged that double jeopardy is not 

implicated where different victims are involved. 717 N.E.2d at 50, n.40. And our Courts 

have repeatedly upheld this principle, finding no double-jeopardy violation where there 

are multiple victims of the same crime. See Bald v. State, 766 N.E.2d 1170, 1172 n.4 
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(Ind. 2002) (no double-jeopardy violation where defendant was convicted of one count of 

arson and three counts of felony murder based upon three deaths and one bodily injury 

that arose out of one fire); see also Whaley v. State, 843 N.E.2d 1, 15 (Ind. Ct. App. 

2006) (two convictions for resisting law enforcement did not violate double jeopardy 

even though defendant’s actions involved a single incident of resisting because defendant 

injured two people as a result of his resistance), trans. denied; Williamson v. State, 798 

N.E.2d 450, 456-57 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003) (defendant’s five arson convictions, each of 

which pertained to a different arson victim, did not violate double jeopardy), trans. 

denied. Here, too, there are separate victims: Deputy S.R., the victim of sexual battery, 

and the public, the victim of Frazier’s official misconduct. We therefore conclude that 

there is no double-jeopardy violation under either theory claimed by Frazier. 

Reversed in part, affirmed in part, and remanded. 

KIRSCH, J., and PYLE, J., concur.