MATHIAS, Judge.
Maurice Knight ("Knight") was convicted in Grant Superior Court of Class D felony invasion of privacy and four counts of Class D felony intimidation and sentenced to an aggregate term of six years. Knight appeals and presents six issues for our review, which we consolidate and restate as whether the State presented evidence sufficient to support Knight's convictions.
We affirm.
At the time relevant to this appeal, Knight was in a romantic relationship with Deanna Foreman ("Deanna") and lived with Deanna in Swayzee, Indiana. On April 25, 2014, Deanna obtained a protective order against Knight. The order was taken to Knight at Deanna's home that evening by Grant County Sheriff's Deputy Kristin Sprunger. Knight, however, refused to accept the order and refused to sign it. Deputy Sprunger told Knight that he had to leave the property pursuant to the protective order, and she transported Knight in her patrol car to his parents' home in Marion, Indiana.
On May 18, 2014, Deanna called the Sheriff's Department and stated that Knight had threatened her and was on his way to her home. Deputy Matt Ogden responded to the call and found Deanna in a state of fear. Deanna showed Deputy Ogden her iPhone, which contained messages she had received that day from someone saved in the phone as "Maurice." Specifically, the messages were from 12:51 a.m. "Today," i.e., May 18, and included a statement that Knight was "ON MI WAY." Ex. Vol., State's Ex. 7 (spelling and capitalization in original). Despite his claim to be on his way, Knight did not come to Deanna's home that night.
On May 20, 2014, Deputy Sprunger responded to a call at Deanna's home after Deanna had again called the Sheriff's Department. This time, Deanna thought that Knight had been to her home. While Deputy Sprunger was there, Deanna received a call on her iPhone. Knight's picture and name showed up on the phone. At Deputy Sprunger's request, Deanna answered the phone and handed it to her. Deputy Sprunger then heard Knight say, "Police, bitch, really police." Tr. p. 87. He also stated that he could not believe that Deanna had "shamed" him and his family. Id. He then told Deanna that she was "gonna get it." Id.
On May 22, 2014, Knight was arrested for violating the protective order and charged with two counts of Class D felony invasion of privacy. While in jail, Knight telephoned Deanna several times. Because Knight was in jail, the calls were recorded. On June 10, 2014, Knight called Deanna from jail and told her that she had no "motherf**king choice" but to be with him. Ex. Vol. State's Ex. 6.
On July 8, 2014, the State amended the charging information to add twenty-nine counts of Class D felony invasion of
The court sentenced Knight on November 12, 2014, to concurrent terms of three years on the invasion of privacy convictions and concurrent terms of three years on the intimidation convictions and ordered the two groups of concurrent sentences to be served consecutively, for an aggregate term of six years. Knight now appeals.
Knight claims that the State failed to present evidence sufficient to support his convictions. In reviewing such a claim, our standard of review is well settled: we neither reweigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of the witnesses, and we consider only the evidence most favorable to the verdict and the reasonable inferences that can be drawn from this evidence. Fuentes v. State, 10 N.E.3d 68, 75 (Ind.Ct.App.2014), trans. denied. We will not disturb the jury's verdict if substantial evidence of probative value supports it. Id. As an appellate court, we respect the jury's exclusive province to weigh conflicting evidence. Id.
Knight claims the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for invasion of privacy by violating the protective order on either May 18 or May 20, 2014.
Knight notes that Deputy Ogden testified that no dates were on the text messages he saw on Deanna's phone and that Deanna could not recall at trial what date the text messages were sent. Knight overlooks, however, that Detective Ogden testified that the text messages he saw on Deanna's phone indicated that they had been sent "today," i.e., May 18, 2014. The phone also indicated that the texts had been sent from "Maurice," which is Knight's first name. Although it is possible
The same is true with regard to Knight's argument regarding the events on May 20, 2014.
Knight also claims the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for Class D felony intimidation. Again, he does not argue that the conduct on the phone calls did not constitute intimidation; he simply argues that evidence was insufficient to establish that he was the one who placed the telephone calls from jail threatening Deanna. Although Knight refers to evidence that the jail logs indicate that another inmate placed the telephone calls, evidence from which the trial court could reasonably conclude that Knight was the one who actually spoke to Deanna was ample.
Diane Foreman, Deanna's mother, testified that she recognized the voices on the recorded jail telephone calls as belonging to Deanna and Knight. Deputy Sprunger also testified that the voice on the recorded jail telephone calls belonged to Knight. Furthermore, Deanna referred to the person speaking to her on the phone as "Maurice," which is Knight's first name. From this, the trial court could reasonably conclude that it was Knight who placed the threatening telephone calls to Deanna while he was in jail.
Knight's citation to Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188, 93 S.Ct. 375, 34 L.Ed.2d 401 (1972), is unavailing. First, that case is about the admissibility of an in-court visual identification of a defendant by an eyewitness after an impermissibly suggestive pre-trial show-up identification. Knight does not challenge the admissibility of the audio tapes or the in-court identifications; he challenges their sufficiency to support his convictions. Moreover, in Neil, the court held that, under the totality of the circumstances of that case, no substantial likelihood existed of misidentification and that the in-court identification testimony was properly before the jury. Id. at 201, 93 S.Ct. 375.
The same is true here. Diane Foreman testified that her daughter had dated Knight for over five years and that she had spoken to him during this time. Based on this, she testified that she was familiar with the sound of his voice. She then identified the voice in the recorded calls as Knight's. Deputy Sprunger was
The State presented evidence sufficient to support Knight's convictions for Class D felony invasion of privacy and Class D felony intimidation. Knight's arguments on appeal are little more than a request that we consider the evidence in a light most favorable to him, reweigh the evidence, and come to a conclusion opposite that reached by the trial court as the trier of fact. This is beyond our prerogative as an appellate court.
Affirmed.
MAY, J., and ROBB, J., concur.