Christopher A. Keels Airman Basic U.S. Airforce Convicted Sex Offender Indecent Liberties With A Child

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Name: Darryl W. Jones

Case: U.S. v. Jones No. 97-0027 Crim. App. No. 31646

Date Of Conviction: 1994

Plea: Not Guilty

Charges: Rape and Sodomy Of Child

Military Branch: U.S.A.F.

Listed In National Sex Offenders Registry? NO

During the spring of 1994, appellant was tried by a general court-martial composed of members at McClellan Air Force Base, California.

Contrary to his pleas, he was found guilty of attempted rape, attempted carnal knowledge, sodomy, committing indecent acts upon a female under 16, and obstruction of justice, in violation of Articles 80, 125, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 880, 925, and 934, respectively. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for 5 years, total forfeitures, and reduction to E-1. The convening authority approved this sentence on April 24, 1995. The Court of Criminal Appeals set aside the finding of guilty to the attempted-carnal-knowledge charge on multiplicity grounds, reassessed the sentence, and affirmed the adjudged sentence on July 29, 1996.

The victim in this case, KD, was a 14-year-old female who had spent many years in treatment for psychological problems and in various homes for troubled children. She testified that on 19 September 1993, she and a friend, RND, left their group home without permission. At the time KD was using a prescription antidepressant medicine, Elavil. KD had experienced flashbacks in the past of her father attacking her, and she experienced one of those flashbacks that day.

While KD and RND were walking, the appellant (a married, 30-year-old), who was in a vehicle with another individual named Bill, whistled and motioned for them to come to his car. He asked KD and RND their names and ages, and KD told him she was 14. The appellant offered KD and RND a ride to the park where they were headed, and they accepted. They stopped at a liquor store, and after the appellant asked them what they drank, the appellant bought Olde English 800, a type of beer. While at the park, the appellant started kissing KD, and after letting him kiss her once, KD told him that she "didn’t want to" because she had a boyfriend. The appellant then asked, "Well, can’t you make any room for me?" and KD said, "No . . . because I love my boyfriend." KD drank a couple of cans of beer and they left the park and dropped off Bill and then RND.

KD remained with the appellant because he allowed her to drive behind the wheel instead of just shifting the gears of the car from the passenger seat, as she had been doing. The appellant stopped to purchase cigarettes, and KD smoked one. The appellant then picked up a friend named "Juan," and the three individuals proceeded to the appellant’s dormitory dayroom on McClellan Air Force Base (AFB). Two other males were present in the dayroom.

KD and the appellant drank a liquor-based drink called a "Cisco," which made KD feel sick and "wasted," like she was "passing out." The appellant left to make a phone call in Juan’s dormitory room, and when he finished, motioned for KD to come to the room. They went to the bedroom, and the appellant turned off the lights and Jones sexually assaulted her.

KD stated that she was not able to stop him from going in because, "I guess you’d say he’s stronger than me." KD testified that when she attempted to make a phone call, the appellant slammed the receiver of the phone down so she was unable to make a call. The appellant then drove her to a parking lot across the street away from her group home and dropped her off. When she arrived at the door of the group home she passed out because she "was really drunk."