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State v. Adams3/31/2000
covered approximately ninety (90) percent use of her arm. As an adult, the defendant testified that she has been arrested on three (3) additional charges of DUI, one of which was dismissed, one of which she was found not guilty, and one of which she is presently serving. On her third arrest for DUI, the defendant stated that she was treated at the Buffalo Valley, Inc., Alcohol Treatment Center. The defendant testified that she went to Parthenon Pavilion twice to help with her drinking and depression. The defendant stated that she saw a psychiatrist in Hendersonville, Tennessee, while dealing with her problems with her ex- boyfriend. The defendant described her relationship with her ex- boyfriend as being very controlling. Although they dated for seven (7) years, she did not know that he was married but estranged from his wife. The defendant stated that she was taking medication for her depression but was persuaded by her ex-boyfriend to stop taking the medication. Since her incarceration at Corrections Corporation of America, the defendant has resumed taking her medication. She stated that since she has been in jail, she realizes that she must select her friends more carefully and that drinking is not the solution. In fact, the defendant stated that if she had been incarcerated upon her first arrest, she would not have re-offended.
As to the aggravated assault charge, the defendant testified that she had the ex-boyfriend arrested for stalking and violation of the protective orders. The situation was so volatile that she had to quit her job as a van driver for a day care center. The defendant stated that the ex-boyfriend beat her badly once at a gas station. The defendant testified that she was in the parking lot of a restaurant when she saw her ex-boyfriend. While inside the restaurant, her hair was grabbed from behind. Thinking that it was the ex-boyfriend, she turned and hit the assailant with a glass. She stated that she pled guilty to aggravated assault and was given three (3) years probation. She stated that arrest warrants for violation of probation were pending as a result of the theft charge.
As to the theft charge, the defendant testified that she was incarcerated at Corrections Corporation of America in Davidson County for her third DUI when she met Marcia Baldwin. After the defendant was released from incarceration, Ms. Baldwin called her on New Year's Eve, and they went shopping at the Cool Springs Galleria. After Ms. Baldwin ran out of money, she asked the defendant to put two (2) sweatshirts in her bag and leave the store without paying for them. The defendant stated that she knew what she was doing, and she took the bag out of the store. She was stopped. Prior to the incident, the defendant and Ms. Baldwin had several drinks at Ruby Tuesday's in the Mall. The defendant testified that she was due to be released from the Davidson County DUI charge on May 1, 1999, and her violation of probation was set for May 6, 1999. The defendant stated that she intends to return to school and has two (2) jobs awaiting her release.
When asked in cross-examination why the defendant did not give her true name, the defendant testified that her name is Shannon Suzette Adams, although she told the arresting officer her name was Susan Lee Adams. She stated that she was embarrassed to give her true name and did not want her name to appear in the paper. When asked for her date of birth, the defendant stated that it was August 2, 1972. However, she gave the arresting officer the date of August 4, 1972. Later in her testimony, the defendant testified that her true date of birth is August 22, 1972. When questioned as to why her address at arrest was 1112 Lenox Gables, Atlanta, Georgia, the defendant
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