Opinion ID: 62340
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Sandy Carraby

Text: On July 2, 2004, Carraby was arrested on municipal charges of lewd conduct and trespassing. She had previously been charged with possession of marijuana. Carraby appeared at municipal court on the lewd conduct and trespassing charges pursuant to a notice on November 30, 2004. According to local practice, Carraby was sent to discuss her case with Dillon because he was the ACA for the court to which her case was assigned. Carraby testified that when she went into Dillon's office at the courthouse he asked her inappropriate questions about what clothes she was wearing when she was arrested and whether she had sex with her boyfriend. They also discussed Carraby's state marijuana charge. [2] Dillon told her that she would have to take a drug test because of the marijuana charge, so she should come to his other office later that day to take the test. At 1:00 p.m., Carraby came to Dillon's office with her aunt, but when she went upstairs to his office, it was locked. As Carraby came back downstairs, Dillon arrived at the building. Dillon told Carraby to have her aunt wait in the car, and the two of them then proceeded to Dillon's office. Once there, Dillon asked Carraby for her phone number, date of birth, and social security number. He then placed a phone call. [3] After placing this call, Dillon approached Carraby and began kissing her. She attempted to resist and Dillon told her that nobody would believe her over him if she reported him because she had lewd conduct on [her] record. Then he forcibly held her down, pulled down her pants, and raped her. Afterwards, Carraby testified that Dillon threatened her to keep quiet or else he would come after me and my family. Carraby left Dillon's office and drove home with her aunt. Once she arrived at her aunt's house, she told her family that she had been sexually assaulted by Dillon. The authorities were notified and Dillon was arrested the following day. Carraby also underwent a rape examination that evening. During that examination, the nurse noted that Carraby was suffering from pain to her back and genital area but that the physical evidence of sexual activity was equally consistent with consensual intercourse as it was with nonconsensual intercourse.