Perry v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Lonnie Perry was convicted of two counts of rape and one count of incest.

The evidence showed that Perry was an abusive father and husband who terrorized his family through physical violence, false accusations, and psychological intimidation. One evening he called his common-law wife into their bedroom and falsely accused her of giving drugs to their sixteen-year-old daughter. He claimed that he found a zip-lock bag and some cotton in the daughter’s bedroom. He demanded that she strip and examined each item of clothing as she removed it. He then searched her body for…