State V. Johnson
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Q: What’s his reaction to that?
A: He said that — he asked me did I shoot — did he shoot him. I said it’s a possibility that you shot that man and that man is dead.
Q: All right. What was Ed’s reaction to that? A: He said, I only shot one time.
Q: I’m sorry? A: I said he only shot — fired a shot one time.
Q: What’s your reaction? Did you respond to that? A: I’m like, I think that one shot killed him.
Q: All right. Does Ed have a reaction to that? A: Yes.
Q: What’s he say? A: That he ain’t mean to do it if that’s what happened.
Q: Does Ed seem to be — A: Remorseful?
Q: Anything like that, remorseful, sorrowful, excited, mad, glad or sad? A: He didn’t seem like he was happy.
Q: All right. A: He seemed like he was in a — like what did I do, what did she — kinda’ like what did I get myself into. I didn’t mean for it to happen that way.
{¶50} According to Gale, Coleman, who was seated in the back seat with her children, was “hyper, pumped up.” Gale told Coleman to call and report that someone got shot on East 169th Street. According to Gale, Coleman called the police, but she told the police that she had been raped and that someone could be dead or shot in the East 169th area. However, Detective Smith testified that no calls were received reporting a shooting. {¶51} Gale testified that Johnson drove about five streets away and then stopped to retrieve the gun, which was hidden in the grass. Johnson placed the gun under the hood of the car and drove to Gale and Coleman’s residence.
walked to a gas station to buy a cigar, peroxide, and alcohol to treat his stab wounds. He also threw his bloody clothes into a dumpster at a nearby plaza, which were never recovered. His brother eventually took him to University Hospitals for medical treatment where he gave the nurse false information about his identity and his injuries.
him what had happened so he would not “be affiliated with something he had nothing to do with.” Gale admitted that he was motivated to call the police after he learned that Coleman was being detained by police. {¶54} Gale admitted that when he first met with detectives, he lied that he did not get into the vehicle with Johnson in order to protect himself. Gale also admitted he was not truthful with his uncle, who owned the Jeep. He initially testified that he did not
speak to his uncle until after he was released from the hospital, but then remembered that he spoke to him while walking home from the gas station after getting his medical supplies. Gale testified that he told his uncle to report the Jeep stolen because he could not find the key and it would further distance himself from the crime. {¶55} On cross-examination, Gale initially denied that he spoke with Johnson over the phone that evening. However, after being shown his cell phone records, he admitted that he spoke to Johnson. According to his phone records, Gale called Johnson on the evening of June 11, 2012, at 11:35 p.m. and then in the early morning hours of June 12, 2012, at 12:14 a.m., 12:16 a.m., 12:27 a.m. and 12:48 a.m. Additionally, according to the phone records, Gale called Coleman’s phone multiple times when she was sitting with him in his car at the gas station even though her cell phone was in Howard’s vehicle. {¶56} Dawnteasha Crumedy testified that she knew Coates for 15 to 20 years and he is the father of one of her children. She also stated that she had known Coleman for over 20 years and described her as her best friend. Crumedy testified that she knew Johnson through Coleman, and knew of him as Coleman’s brother, which she accepted as true. She testified that when she spoke to Coleman after Coates’s death, their conversation was not pleasant — they were hollering and screaming at each other. Crumedy also testified that she spoke with Johnson after her conversation with Coleman, and that he wanted to know where both Coleman and Gale were. Johnson also wanted to speak with her, which she agreed to arrange; however, she called the police instead.
{¶57} Denise Novak, Johnson’s fianceé, testified that on the evening of June 11, 2012, Johnson left their house to go out with his friends. She stated she could not reach Johnson through calls or text messages that entire evening and into the early morning of June 12, 2012, which upset her because he was out late and he was using her car, a black Chevy Impala.
June 12, 2012, he picked up Coleman and her children. He kept saying that Coleman was “crazy,” “he was tired of her stuff,” and that he “didn’t want any part of it.” On cross-examination, she stated that Johnson did not pick them up because of Coleman calling; rather, it was when Gale called him and asked him for a ride because he could not find his car key. She further admitted that they “have given [Gale] and [Coleman] rides before because they always need your help to get out of stuff.”
gotten stabbed, was having trouble breathing, and bleeding in her car. But that Johnson never said anything to her about someone being dead. She stated that no examination was done of her vehicle, which Detective Smith confirmed. {¶60} Novak testified that a week later, Johnson’s father called stating that Johnson was on the television regarding the murder of Coates. This was the first time, according to Novak, that Johnson learned that someone had died. Johnson turned himself in a few days later. Yüklə 109,03 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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