Sunday, August 06, 2006

Trial Begins for Navy Sailor

Trial begins for Navy sailor
By Valerie Lynn M. Maigue
Pacific Daily News
vmmaigue@guampdn.com

Navy sailor Doyle Lamont Perry was "at the wrong place at the wrong time," when he was questioned and later arrested in connection with the alleged rape and beating of a woman in May, defense attorney Steven Hattori told jurors yesterday.

But Assistant Attorney General Lewis Littlepage told the jury that the prosecution has strong physical evidence that will show Perry is guilty of the charges against him.

Perry, 27, is accused of raping and assaulting a 47-year-old woman in a beach near Adelup on May 27. His trial started yesterday with opening arguments and the questioning of two witnesses for the prosecution. He faces felony charges of criminal sexual conduct, assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct and other charges. "I'm not going to lie to you, there was an assault that occurred," Hattori told jurors. "But my client was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Perry is alleged to have driven the victim to the Adelup area in his sedan so they could talk after meeting earlier that evening, court documents state. While in the car, Perry allegedly began to beat the woman, then forcefully removed her from the car onto the sand, where he allegedly continued to beat her before sexually assaulting her. The victim was later discovered by two fishermen that morning.

"The Naval career of this young man is at stake," Hattori said. "He had nothing to hide. He consented to a search of his bunk, his car and his locker. The Guam Police Department and the Naval Criminal Investigation Section led to a wrong conclusion based on a police recruit's assumption."

Hattori explained that the police officer had pulled Perry over at the Mobil gas station across from the Adelup complex on the suspicion that Perry had been driving under the influence. Hattori said the officer, several hours later, reported to Adelup, where two fishermen had reported finding the victim.

"My client has had no prior convictions, no prior arrests, and is not capable of committing this crime," Hattori said. "(The police and investigators) came with a conclusion first, and worked desperately backwards to that conclusion."

Court documents state that police had stopped Perry shortly before the woman was found as he drove out of the Adelup complex around 4:30 a.m. The officer had been conducting a routine traffic stop and noted that Perry had sand on his face and clothing, and appeared to be intoxicated. Perry told the officer he had been playing volleyball at the beach with friends, court documents state. He later recanted his story and told police that he had fallen asleep on the beach, documents state.

Prosecutor Littlepage told jurors they plan to present an abundance of physical evidence.
"There is some evidence that is already here, and some evidence that is off island but will be here Monday," Littlepage said.

Littlepage told jurors that Navy personnel will testify that Perry broke curfew the night the alleged incident occurred.

The trial is scheduled to continue next week in Judge Steven Unpingco's courtroom.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Before ANYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW
DOYLE WOULD come across women that would offer themselves to him, and question his pns size. They would challenge him to do them in weird ways. I don't believe Doyle is NOT guilty.

Anonymous said...

Doyle DID NOT DO IT.....
DOYLE IS A JOKER, FUN, PERSON.....HE CAME ACROSS WOMEN LIKE THAT....JUST TO MESS WITH HIM...HE WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.....

Anonymous said...

This case was based off of circumstantial evidence. An assault couldve taken place after an argument, but the motive for rape was NOT proven. Why would Doyle rape this girl on Guam? He had plenty of friends and asian girls who liked him including this one. Not only that, authorities knew exactly what command he was at and knew his full name. Why would he rape someone who knows so much about him on such a small island? There were no character witnesses and from what I heard after I left, no one from the Navy came to his side. He was basically left on his own. Doyle is not the person this case made him to be. I believe this old prostitute made up the story just to get him in trouble. Also, how does an individual get a life sentence for a sexual assault case?