Opinion ID: 2598931
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Heading: Prior sexual and criminal history

Text: ¶ 2 In 1985, Moore entered a beauty salon carrying a knife and a brown paper bag. Moore ordered the two women in the salon, a worker and her customer, to a backroom. Moore raped the worker. Before leaving, he told the two women not to come out of the room or he would `burn the place down.' Clerk's Papers (CP) at 26, 36. When Moore was arrested for the offense, officers found a green bottle filled with gasoline in a paper bag. ¶ 3 Moore was charged with first degree rape with a deadly weapon and first degree robbery. After Moore's competency was questioned, he spent 13 months in Western State Hospital (WSH) until he was deemed competent to stand trial. He subsequently pleaded guilty to first degree rape with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 75 months' confinement. ¶ 4 In 1990, while incarcerated at the Special Offender Center and serving his sentence for the 1985 rape, Moore rushed into his counselor's office without her permission. The counselor started to scream, but Moore told her to stop and pushed her into a wall, holding a weapon made of two pencils to her rib cage. Moore forced her to the corner of the office that was furthest from view of the outside hallway and told her to bend over. Moore pushed his crotch into the counselor's buttocks, and it was obvious to the counselor Moore had an erection. A nurse heard the counselor's muffled screams and called for help. A staff person arrived, pulled Moore away from the counselor, and restrained him. ¶ 5 Moore was charged with second degree attempted rape by forcible compulsion. He was again sent to WSH for a competency evaluation, and after being deemed competent to stand trial, Moore pleaded guilty to second degree attempted rape by forcible compulsion. He was sentenced to 50 1/2 months' confinement. ¶ 6 Since the 1990 attempted rape of the counselor until 2003, Moore was charged for committing several violent and sexual acts against prison staff. In 1991, he was charged with first degree custodial assault for hitting a female corrections officer on the head with a broom handle. Moore later told a psychiatrist he wanted to `try to do something sexual to her.' CP at 28, 38. Although WSH personnel determined Moore was competent, the trial court disagreed, and in the interests of justice, the prosecuting attorney dismissed the charges. In 1995, Moore was charged and convicted of custodial assault with sexual motivation when he ran up to a female corrections officer, grabbed her from behind, and held his arms around her chest. He then twisted the officer, thrusting his pelvis into her buttocks. [1] ¶ 7 In 2003, Moore grabbed his forensic therapist from behind, pressed his body against hers, and thrust his hips against her buttocks in a manner indicative of intercourse. Moore was charged with indecent liberties by forcible compulsion. Although Moore did not deny committing the acts as described, the trial court acquitted him of the charge. ¶ 8 In 2003, Moore was convicted of fourth degree assault when he charged a female staff member at the Special Commitment Center. When the staff member moved under a counter to protect herself, Moore repeatedly kicked her in the leg. Aside from these criminal acts, Moore has been found guilty of over 400 major infractions while in the custody of the Department of Corrections.