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State v. Willis6/30/2003
ont of the bar. She said the victim told her she was looking for the defendant because she needed a ride to Joe B's to get her car. Carpenter said that she saw the defendant's truck leaving the Golden Jukebox parking lot and that the victim said, "There goes my ride." Carpenter said she thought that the defendant's truck was bluish and two-toned and that he headed toward Joe B's when he left. She said she spoke very briefly with the victim after this and then went back into the Golden Jukebox. She said she did not see Brenda Huggins, "Snake" Frazier, or his truck. She said she was in the bar for possibly five or ten minutes, and she did not see the victim when she came outside again. As she went to get into her car, she again saw the defendant's truck leaving the bar and driving toward the direction of Joe B's. She said she was unable to see if anyone was in the passenger seat.
On cross-examination, she testified that she did not see the defendant outside the bar holding the door for other patrons and that she would question it if someone else said they did. Additionally, she said she did not know if the victim came into the bar after she did for the five or ten minutes. She was asked if she recalled her earlier testimony regarding the time she was at the Golden Jukebox and her response to the question, "Could it have been around midnight?" She answered, "I may have been after, but I wasn't for sure." She again said she did not see the victim in the defendant's truck.
She said when she was first questioned in December of 1990, she told the TBI about an incident when Brenda Huggins tried to jump on the victim, about Huggins' temper, and about the night she rode around with Huggins looking for Frazier and the victim.
On redirect, Ms. Carpenter said she was really sure the events she discussed happened very close to the time the bar closed.
The defendant's motion for a judgment of acquittal was denied.
Defense
Peggy Burke, formerly Peggy Shemwell, testified that she dated the defendant from 1991 until, roughly, 1998. She said the defendant gave her two rings, one was a gold band with a cluster of diamonds on top and the other had five diamonds across the top, while they dated. She said he never gave her a black onyx ring with a diamond and gold slash in it nor has she ever possessed such an item nor ever shown such an item to Robin Wheeler.
She testified that everywhere in the Elkton, Kentucky area, there were flyers showing the defendant's picture and offering a reward for information about this case. Additionally, she said she saw a billboard showing the defendant's picture in Clarksville and saw things about the reward on television, in newspapers, and on a banner flying from an airplane.
On cross-examination, she said she was unaware of any reward money. She said that she knew Barbara Williams at the time she worked at the Piggly Wiggly with the defendant's sister and that, as far as she knew, Ms. Williams had no reason to lie.
Robin Wheeler, the defendant's sister, testified that she recalled seeing flyers showing the victim's picture and offering rewards for the arrest and conviction of the person that killed her. She said the flyers had a picture and a description of the victim's black onyx ring. Additionally, she said there were flyers at her brother's apartment complex. She said she never saw her brother possess a ring similar to the one described in the flyers nor did she ever see Peggy Shemwell in possession of a similar ring.
William Welch testified that in the summer of 1990, he drove a gray 1986 Ford pickup truck and knew and worked with the defendant. He said he usually
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