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State v. Willis6/30/2003
a lime green shirt, and a blue knit shirt. He said they did not find any of these clothing items.
Additionally, Detective Green testified they found a "Torx" screwdriver in a tool box in the defendant's utility room. He said they also conducted a consent search of the defendant's father's home in Elkton, Kentucky, where they found a lime green shirt with some writing on it in the defendant's bedroom. He said the samples collected were sent to the TBI and, ultimately, to the FBI in Washington.
Detective Green testified that he, along with Detective Bennett, interviewed the defendant on September 13, 1990, at the Clarksville Police Department. He said the defendant told him he knew the victim for a few months through her boyfriend, Dwayne Clawson. He said the defendant told him that on the evening in question, he started out at the home of Harold McCarver, a friend from the Clarksville Fire Department, watched football on television, met a few girls at McCarver's, drank a little, and then went to the Golden Cue and then the Golden Jukebox, where he saw the victim. He said the defendant then told him he bought a few drinks for the victim and Cecilia Delacey, then took them to a different bar, Joe B's, where the defendant left the girls, went home to change clothes, went back to Joe B's for about 45 minutes, and then wound up back at the Golden Jukebox. Detective Green said the defendant told him he saw the victim when he went back to the Golden Jukebox, witnessed a fight, then later went home around 2:30 in the morning.
On cross-examination, Detective Green testified that when he went to interview the defendant at Greenfield Construction on September 13, 1990, the defendant was polite and was wearing a sleeveless shirt that did not reveal any scratches. He said he did not see any blood while looking at the defendant's truck. He said the manager at Greenfield Trucking told him that the defendant usually washed his truck every day. He said that the victim's lifestyle, that she ran with a pretty rough crowd, made the investigation difficult. He said some of her associates were into drug activity and reluctant to give information to the police.
Detective Green said his investigation revealed that "Snake" Frazier was a source of drugs for the victim and that he (Frazier) had a live-in girlfriend, Brenda Huggins. Additionally, Detective Green said the victim's family was very involved in the investigation, including them picking up some pieces of evidence. He said that the victim's family talking to potential witnesses could create some problems, but he did not have any concerns about it. He said that a family member acting as an interrogator could motivate witnesses to be sympathetic. He said he was concerned that the family could interfere with the investigation. He said he felt some of the witnesses were embellishing what they were telling him.
Detective Green admitted that during his investigation of the defendant on September 13, 1990, the defendant did not tell him that he was with Harold McCarver all night on the night in question and that he never used McCarver as an alibi.
On redirect-examination, Detective Green said there was no actual interference from the family, despite his concerns.
Don Bennett, who was a Detective Sergeant with the Robertson County Sheriff's office in September of 1990, testified that he recovered a T-15-sized Torx screwdriver as part of a search of the defendant's apartment. On cross-examination, he testified that the defendant was taken to the hospital for hair and pubic hair samples, but he did not recall anything else being recovered during the search.
Ronnie Perry, a detective with Ro
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