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State v. Crenshaw4/6/2005
Street from the north." As he stood to look, he too heard a "bang" and saw a white car come to a stop at the curb in front of Tommy's Place Bar and another car stopped nearby. Mr. Brock dialed 911, but then saw a police officer pull up at the scene "within a minute" of the crash.
Joseph Garland was at Tommy's Place Bar when the collision occurred and testified that he went to the scene within 30 seconds of hearing the crash. He looked inside the white car and saw two adult males in the front seats and a female in the back. Mr. Garland watched as the male passenger (later identified as Dauman) exited from the white car's sunroof and ran from the scene. He stated that, between the time of the crash and the time that he got to the scene, there was not time for the two men to switch places. The driver eventually got out of the car, stood there for a couple of minutes and then lay down on the ground until emergency vehicles took him and the female passenger away from the scene.
Shreveport police officer T.W. Adgate testified that, at the time of the crash, he had just pulled into an alley behind Tommy's Place Bar. He heard the crash and immediately drove to the street in front of the bar. As Officer Adgate approached the white car, he confirmed that a man (later identified as Dauman) climbed out the sunroof and ran off. He stated that Defendant was in the driver's seat and that there was not enough time for the passenger and the driver to switch places. Officer Adgate further added that Defendant continued to ask worriedly about his car, but showed no remorse about the car he had hit, even after being told that two people in it had been killed.
Once Dauman returned to the scene, he was questioned and he admitted he had been the passenger. He said he had been drinking with Defendant at Central Station, where the latter had become obnoxious and was asked to leave. Dauman also testified that, when the trio left the bar, Defendant "started driving like a maniac" in excess of 70 m.p.h. He stated that Defendant drove into another vehicle and that, after the collision, he ran from the car because he feared an explosion.
Christina Purvis testified that she was at Central Station on the night in question. She stated that Defendant arrived and spent the next few hours drinking, to the point that he "didn't need to be driving." She stated that he was drinking with his girlfriend, Bonnie Lee ("Lee"), and with Dauman.
Jennifer Clark, a bartender at Central Station on the night of this incident, testified that Defendant started drinking vodka and soda between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. Ms. Clark identified two different glasses, the smaller of which was used to make well drinks and a larger 16-oz. glass which was used for a concoction called a "Mind Eraser." Defendant shared several Mind Erasers with patrons. Ms. Clark cut Defendant off when he fell out of his chair from apparent intoxication. Further, a Central Station security videotape showed that, when Defendant left the bar, he was in the driver's seat of his vehicle.
Troy Burton was also at Central Station that night. He tried to disable Defendant's car to keep him from driving. He corroborated that Defendant became intoxicated, fell off his barstool and was cut off from any other alcoholic consumption by the bartender.
Lee also testified about the events of that evening and stated that Dauman is taller than Defendant, has darker hair and pointed out that there is a 60-pound difference between the two. Lee stated that she and Defendant shared four or five Mind Erasers that night and that she could not remember driving away from the bar or being in the wreck.
Kevin Batts, a forensic
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