 |
 |
to fill out a simple form to connect to DUI Lawyers in your area.
|
|
|
|
|
State v. Hawkins11/4/2005
lant's arrival, Garrett noticed that the appellant was wearing only shorts, and his face was peppered with tiny specks of blood. Garrett asked the appellant what had happened, and he responded with a blank look on his face which scared Garrett. Garrett believed that something was wrong with the appellant, possibly that he was intoxicated. Garrett left the appellant alone to shower and sleep.
Garrett found the appellant the next morning sleeping on the carpet beside Garrett's daughter's bed in which he was supposed to sleep. The room had been "wrecked." When the appellant woke, he did not recall how he had gotten to Garrett's house. Garrett noticed that the appellant had scratches on his legs near his ankle. The appellant said that he had been scratched while working on the Gentrys' trailer. The appellant asked Garrett where his shorts were. Garrett did not know, and they searched unsuccessfully for the appellant's missing shorts. The appellant left shortly thereafter. Garrett later found the appellant's shorts hidden in a closet next to the bathroom. She noticed that the shorts were stained with tiny specks of blood. She said she initially put the shorts with her dirty clothes, but " fter she heard the news Monday," she put the shorts in a plastic bag and hid them in a chest in her bedroom. The appellant called Garrett several times over the next few days, inquiring about the shorts. Garrett lied to the appellant and told him that she did not have them.
On April 23, 2002, Garrett put the shorts in a duffel bag and took the bag to the house of her sister, Ruby Shores, in Bristol. While at Shores' house, Garrett called the appellant and told him that she would bring him the shorts. However, Garret and Shores put the shorts in a trunk at a neighbor's house instead.
Garrett and the appellant had several conversations that day regarding the location of the shorts. Garrett repeatedly asked the appellant why he wanted the shorts if he had not done anything wrong. The appellant eventually became angry, sarcastically telling her that he had killed the victim because he was bored.
At some point, Garrett and Shores left Shores' house and drove to Booher's residence. Upon arriving there, they learned that the appellant had been arrested. Garrett and Shores then retrieved the duffel bag containing the appellant's shorts, and Garrett placed the bag containing the shorts in Shores' vehicle. Garrett acknowledged that she took a guitar belonging to the victim's family to the sheriff's office after the appellant was arrested.
Ruby Shores, the appellant's sister, testified that on April 24, 2002, Garrett came to her house in Bristol. Garrett was panicky, and she had with her a duffel bag. Shores and Garrett put the bag in a trunk at a neighbor's house. While Garrett was talking with the appellant on the telephone, Shores and Garrett drove to Booher's house where they learned the appellant was being arrested. They then retrieved the duffle bag, placing it in Shores' vehicle before going to speak with police. Police detectives accompanied Shores to her vehicle, which was located at her house, to confiscate the duffel bag.
Detective Bobby Russell testified that on April 24, 2002, he met with Judy Garrett and Ruby Shores. Subsequently, Detective Russell went to Shores' house where he collected from the back of Shores' vehicle a duffel bag containing a pair of denim shorts.
Sergeant Jeff Parker with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department testified that at 9:05 a.m. on April 21, 2002, he was dispatched to 3593 Devault Bridge Road. At that location, he found the deceased victim lying on plywood outside a truck camper. A large puddle of blood surrounde
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Tennessee DUI Attorneys
DUI Lawyers
|
| |
to fill out a simple form to connect to DUI Lawyers in your area.
|
|