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State v. Wilson8/2/2001
the Defendant asked Bolling to leave the victim, but she refused. Alford also heard Christein tell the Defendant that he wanted to go down to Steele's Creek Park to retrieve some marijuana Christein said he had hidden in the woods. Alford told the jury that he knew that Christein's story about the marijuana was not true, since he had been with Christein for two days, and had not heard Christein mention the marijuana. When the victim returned to the car, they left and Alford was taken home to Broad Street Trailer Park. Alford testified that it was approximately 2:30 a.m. when he arrived home.
The victim then took the Defendant and Christein to Steele's Creek Park to retrieve the marijuana Christein had discussed. In a statement provided to Detective Smeltzer of the Bristol Police Department, the Defendant described the subsequent events as follows:
We went to Steele's Creek Park and the girl parked and the three of us guys walked down the paved path and down into the park. We crossed the bridge and started walking on the gravel path. The guy kept questioning Jared as to where the dope was and he kept telling the guy it was just around the next bend. At one point the guy figured that there was no dope and got crazy toward us. He was yelling at us and he started swinging at me. I tried to fight him off and even tried to run away from him. He ran up after me and caught me by the neck of my shirt. We fought for a few seconds and I could not get the guy off me.
Jared just stood there and wouldn't help get the guy off me. The scratches on my left hand and wrist are from him. He scratched me while we were fighting. When I couldn't get him off of me, I pulled my knife out and started jabbing at him. I don't know how many times I cut the guy. When the guy let go of me, I quit stabbing at him. The guy just sort of stood ---- just sort of stood there for a few seconds. I saw a dark spot on his shirt and then the guy just fell down. Jared then walked over to him and turned him over and took the guy's wallet. He then took his foot and kicked the guy over the embankment into the water. I knew about the robbery plan but really was only interested in getting some of the dope. I never took any of the money that Jared got out of the wallet. After this, we ran out of the park. We went past where the girl was parked and back up to the trailer park. Jared kept the wallet with him. When we got there, we went to the trailer that Brandon was staying at . Jared pulled out the wallet. He took out the currency and then started tearing the wallet up. We, Jared and me, walked out behind the trailer to the deck and Jared tried to set the wallet on fire. It would not burn, so he just tossed it in the creek bed. I went over and covered it up with rock. I then went on up to the house and just sat around. My wife kept asking me what was wrong. I just told her I felt sick. I finally went to sleep and then woke up around nine o'clock (9:00 a.m.). I just sat around the trailer. I was scared and figured the police would arrive any minute to get me. Around noon, I went on to work. I know that trying to take the man's money and stabbing him was wrong. I never got any of the money from Jared. I know that after I hurt the man I should have reported it to the police. I was just afraid for what we had done.
Rocky Smith testified that, on the morning of April 5, 1999, he was jogging in Steele's Creek Park when he "noticed what appeared to be blood, red, round circle" on the gravel trail. He looked around to see if "something might have been hurt like maybe a dog or duck." As Smith turned to look over the edge of the bank, he saw the body of a man. Smith testified that the man's body was lying on its back in the wat
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