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2 PRELIMINARY HEARING
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI VS. BYRON DELANCE MCBRIDE
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6 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI VS. D'ALLEN TYREEK WASHINGTON

NO. 7259
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8 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI VS. DWAN DIONDRO WAKEFIELD
NO. 7258
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DATE: JUNE 26, 2017
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14 PLACE: MADISON COUNTY JUSTICE COURT

2961 S. LIBERTY STREET
15 CANTON, MISSISSIPPI
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TIME: 9:00 a.m.

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1 APPEARANCES:
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FOR D'ALLEN TYREEK WASHINGTON
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Warren L. Martin, Jr., Esquire
4 Warren L. Martin, P.A.
P. O. Box 1870
5 Jackson, Ms. 39215
attywarrenmartin@gmail.com
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7 FOR BYRON DELANCE MCBRIDE
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8 Scott A. Johnson, Esquire
Capital Defense Counsel/Office of the State
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239 North Lamar Street, Suite 604
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12 FOR DWAN DIONDRO WAKEFIELD
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13 Thomas M. Fortner, Esquire

Lowrey & Fortner, P.A.
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401
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5 Byron DeLance McBride No. 7257:
6 Examination by Ms. Hancock 6
7 Examination by Mr. Johnson 15
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14 Dwan Diondro Wakefield No. 7258:

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19 Hearing Adjourned 96
20 Certificate of Reporter 97
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2 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Thank you all for
3 coming today. Before we get started, just a
4 preliminary matter.
5 I want to say to everyone here that these
6 proceedings today involve, understandably, very
7 emotionally charged issues. However, the
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14 today from the parties, witnesses, and/or the court,
15 you must refrain from comments, outbursts, or other

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19 conduct themselves with the proper decorum these
20 hearings demand, you should leave now. Any behavior
21 that tends to disrupt the orderly administration of
22 justice here today will be removed from the
23 courtroom and possibly subject that person or
24 persons to appropriate actions by the court,
25 including possible contempt and/or sanctions or
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1 other charges.
2 Okay. Second point. For those who may
3 not be familiar with the preliminary hearing
4 process, the fundamental purpose of a preliminary

5 hearing is to determine whether there is probable
6 cause to believe an offense is committed and whether
7 the defendant committed it or participated in it.
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13 Is the State ready to proceed? Excuse me.

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14 The first case will be State of Mississippi versus
15 Byron DeLance McBride, No. 7257.

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16 Is the State ready to proceed?

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17 MS. HANCOCK: Yes, sir, we are.

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18 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Is the defendant

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19 ready to proceed?
20 MR. JOHNSON: Yes, we are, Your
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22 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Call your first
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24 MS. HANCOCK: We would call Trent
25 Weeks.
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1 MR. JOHNSON: Excuse me. Mr. McBride

2 is not in the courtroom.
3 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Get Mr. McBride.
4 Just as another kind of preliminary

5 matter, Mr. Johnson and I happen to attend the same
6 church. But we have not discussed this matter in
7 any way. And the fact that that's the case won't
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8 interfere with any decision that I make. I just
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15 (TRENT WEEKS SWORN UNDER OATH.)

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17 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Ms. Hancock.

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18 E X A M I N A T I O N
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19 EXAMINATION BY MS. HANCOCK:
20 Q. Please state your name.
21 A. Trent Weeks.
22 Q. And how are you employed?
23 A. I'm employed by the Mississippi Bureau of
24 Investigation.
25 Q. Were you employed in that capacity on
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1 May 18th of this year?

2 A. Yes, ma'am, I was.
3 Q. And were you called into action in that
4 capacity?
5 A. Yes, ma'am. In the early morning of
6 Thursday, approximately 2:44 I received a phone call
7 from MBI Lieutenant Troy Travis. He advised me that
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8 Jackson Police Department was requesting to issue an
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9 Amber Alert from the Kroger located on I-55 North in
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11 While en route to the Kroger, I was
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12 notified that the Hinds County Sheriff's Department
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16 A. Yes, ma'am. I did. Approximately 3:30,

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17 3:40 that morning, I arrived to the Kroger on I-55

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18 North.
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19 Q. And what did you do when you arrived
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21 A. When I arrived to the Kroger, I was given
22 information in detail concerning the kidnapping of
23 one Kingston Frazier.
24 While at the Kroger, we also reviewed the
25 video from the parking lot surveillance that showed
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1 the Toyota -- well, at first it showed a silver two

2 door car with what looked like damage to the rear
3 passenger's side arriving first. It's sitting in
4 the parking lot.

5 Later, around 1:13, approximately 1:13,
6 1:15, somewhere in there --
7 Q. Let me stop you, Investigator Weeks.
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9 A. A.m. I'm sorry. That would be in the
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11 Approximately 1:12, 1:13, somewhere in
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12 that time in the morning, a dark colored Toyota four
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13 door Camry pulled into the parking lot at Kroger as

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15 We noticed a female get out of the

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16 vehicle, exit, come into the Kroger. The vehicle

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17 was still -- had its lights on the entire time the

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18 vehicle was sitting there.

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19 At that time, we noticed -- after the
20 female went into the Kroger, a few minutes later, we
21 noticed a male subject get out of the passenger's
22 side of the silver car, walk up to the Toyota Camry,
23 walk past it, turn around and walk back to the
24 silver car, open the passenger's side door, looked
25 like they got something out of it. Walked back to
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1 the Toyota Camry, opened the door, looked inside

2 and/or stepped inside. It was hard to tell because
3 it was dark. Walks back around to the back of the
4 Toyota Camry and gets back in the Toyota Camry and

5 proceeds to drive off.
6 At that time, the silver car proceeded to
7 drive off also and was -- got on the frontage road,
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9 Q. And did you later come to find out who was
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11 A. Yes, ma'am. During the course of the
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13 a.m., the Hinds County Sheriff's Department received

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14 a call, a tip, that a Dwan Wakefield and a D'Allen
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19 Q. Were you further involved in investigation
20 of this matter?
21 A. Yes, ma'am, I was. At approximately
22 nine -- 9 o'clock that morning, 9:11, 9:10,
23 somewhere in there, the Madison County Sheriff's
24 Department received a 911 call in regards to a
25 Toyota Camry being left abandoned on a dead end road
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1 in Gluckstadt. The car in question was that that we

2 had put out on the Amber Alert.
3 A deputy arrived at the scene shortly
4 thereafter. Did not witness anybody around the

5 vehicle at the time but did notice that a young boy
6 was laying deceased in the back passenger rear
7 floorboard of the vehicle, and that child was later
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9 Q. And did you respond to the scene as well?
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12 A. Yes, ma'am. The cause of what -- what
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18 A. Yes, ma'am. We had received information

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19 that they were in the vehicle. And during the time
20 that we was at the scene, the Hinds County Sheriff's
21 Department also received a tip or information that a
22 Byron McBride was also with them during the course
23 of the night.
24 Q. Were these subjects apprehended?
25 A. Yes, ma'am. Later on in the afternoon,
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1 after 3 o'clock that evening, Mr. Wakefield was

2 brought in first, then Mr. Washington, and then
3 later Mr. McBride.
4 Q. And with regard to Mr. Wakefield, you

5 stated he was brought in first?
6 A. Yes, ma'am. He was the -- brought into
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14 the officers indicating that Washington was with him
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19 meet them there, and that was why they were there,
20 and that McBride got out of the vehicle and went and
21 stole the Toyota Camry.
22 Q. Did he indicate any awareness with regard
23 to Mr. McBride's stealing of the Honda Civic?
24 A. Yes, ma'am. He indicated that McBride
25 told him he was going to take the vehicle and go to
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1 Holmes County.
2 So when he left -- when he left the
3 parking lot, they separated that night. And
4 Mr. Wakefield said that McBride contacted him and

5 advised him there was a child in the vehicle and
6 that he was going to off the child, was his
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16 A. On your cell phone, you can send a pin

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19 Q. Now, you stated that all three subjects
20 were apprehended. Who was apprehended next?
21 A. Next was Mr. Washington. He was
22 apprehended. Actually, he came in with counsel.
23 And he refused to give a statement. So...
24 Q. And so Mr. McBride was the final person
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1 A. Yes, ma'am. He was brought in later on

2 that afternoon.
3 Q. And tell us about what happened with
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5 A. Mr. McBride's first statement was that, of
6 course, he wasn't there; he wasn't involved. And
7 then he finally turned around and said that he was
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8 there, and he was with Washington and Wakefield at
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9 the Kroger at the parking lot.
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12 child in the vehicle, but they told him to go ahead
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18 behind him. He got out of the car and walked back

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19 to Wakefield's vehicle. Washington got out and
20 walked to the Toyota and said that that's when
21 Washington shot and killed the child. Then they got
22 back in the vehicle, and he drove it into the dead
23 end road.
24 Later in the interview he stated that
25 he -- he was the one that killed Kingston Frazier.
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1 He stated that he took him down there to the road --

2 dead end road and that he was the one that killed
3 him, and he contacted Washington and Wakefield to
4 come pick him up.

5 Q. Now Mr. McBride, when he was taken into
6 custody, was he Mirandized?
7 A. Yes, ma'am. All three were Mirandized.
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12 Q. Investigator Weeks, are you able to
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14 A. Yes, ma'am. And that's him sitting right
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19 MS. HANCOCK: (Continuing.)
20 Q. You have indicated that Mr. McBride gave a
21 statement, and Mr. Wakefield gave a statement.
22 Through both of their statements, was
23 there -- did they both indicate that Kingston
24 Frazier was in fact killed in Madison County,
25 Mississippi?
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1 A. Yes, ma'am. In both statements, they

2 indicated that Kingston was alive when he left the
3 Kroger in Jackson and that he was killed in Madison
4 County. Both of them gave the statements that he

5 was killed in Madison County.
6 MS. HANCOCK: I'll tender the witness
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8 MR. JOHNSON: Your Honor, I can't see
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14 EXAMINATION BY MR. JOHNSON:
15 Q. Investigator, would you tell me your last

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18 Q. Weeks.
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19 From the video at the Kroger, could you
20 tell who got out of the Honda Civic and went over to
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22 A. You can tell it was a black male with
23 short hair.
24 Q. And if you -- your role with MBI, do you
25 do forensics, or what do you do?
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1 A. The crime lab does forensics.

2 Q. Was the Camry -- was it taken in by the
3 crime lab to be processed for purposes of forensics?
4 A. Yes, sir, it was taken in by the crime

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6 Q. And if you -- if you -- I guess I'm
7 putting it this way. If Mr. McBride had been the
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19 three individuals that would be on the Camry?
20 A. According to --
21 MS. HANCOCK: I'll object. This
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23 JUDGE MCKINLEY: He's got him on
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25 A. According to McBride's statement, he
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1 stated Washington got in the vehicle also, so there

2 would be two.
3 MR. JOHNSON: (Continuing.)
4 Q. Okay. And when was it that Washington got

5 in the vehicle?
6 A. When they came up I-55 to the Nissan plant
7 sometime that night after they left Kroger.
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8 Q. And the purpose for Washington getting in
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17 A. Yes, sir.
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18 Q. And do you know the results of that

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19 testing?
20 A. No, sir. That's all been sent to the
21 crime lab being processed, still under
22 investigation.
23 Q. And you said at one point that the --
24 someone told you that, when the car was originally
25 taken from Kroger, that the three individuals were
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1 aware that Kingston Frazier was in the car?

2 A. When the car was taken from -- they -- in
3 two different statements that were given, one said
4 that they were aware that the child was in the car;
5 the other one did not.
6 Q. And did any of the three reveal the motive
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8 A. Not that I'm aware of, no, sir.
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9 Q. So there was no reference to a chop shop,
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12 Q. Did you -- acting on information you got
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17 A. That night?
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18 MS. HANCOCK: I'll object. This is

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19 beyond the scope of the probable cause hearing.
20 Mr. Johnson is seeking discovery, and that's not the
21 purpose of this hearing. This matter is still under
22 investigation.
23 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Well, we're going to
24 overrule the objection. It's still a probable cause
25 hearing and discoverable -- some discovery that
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2 So we're going to allow the question, and
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4 A. That night there was no other video taken.

6 Q. Okay. Was there some video from that
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8 A. Yes, sir, there was some video.
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18 Q. I believe I have one last question.

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19 When the Honda Civic pulled into the
20 Kroger parking lot, did it stop the first time, or
21 did it leave the parking lot?
22 A. The first time I saw the vehicle, it
23 pulled through where the doors are, where the entry
24 is to the Kroger, went down, turned, and went into
25 the bottom area where there was no other vehicles
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1 and turned facing the door that they just came by,
2 facing that way.
3 Q. And was the Toyota Camry there at that
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5 A. No, sir. Was not there.
6 Q. Did they leave prior to the Toyota Camry
7 getting there, or did they stay until the Toyota
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17 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Anything else?

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19 Your Honor.
20 We ask at this time you find that there is
21 probable cause to believe that Byron DeLance McBride
22 committed the capital murder of Kingston Fraizer and
23 bind him over for the grand jury.
24 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Anything?
25 MR. JOHNSON: No, Your Honor.
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1 JUDGE MCKINLEY: All right. As I

2 said before, this is a probable cause hearing. And
3 the proof did not raise -- does not raise to the
4 level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. I think

5 from the testimony today that there is probable
6 cause to believe that this crime was committed and
7 that the defendant committed it. Therefore, we'll
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2 JUDGE MCKINLEY: All right. This
3 preliminary hearing is on State of Mississippi
4 versus D'Allen Tyreek Washington, Felony No. 7259.

5 Are we ready to proceed?
6 MS. HANCOCK: Yes, sir.
7 MR. MARTIN: Yes, sir, Your Honor.
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8 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Call your witness.
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9 MS. HANCOCK: Call Trent Weeks.
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16 Q. And how are you employed?

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21 Q. And were you called in to action on that
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23 A. Yes, ma'am, I was. I was called at
24 approximately 2:44 a.m. in the morning by MBI
25 Lieutenant Troy Travis.
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1 He informed me that Jackson Police

2 Department was going to issue an Amber Alert from
3 the Kroger located on I-55 North in Jackson.
4 While en route, I was informed that it

5 would be the Hinds County Sheriff's Department
6 issuing the Amber Alert and not JPD.
7 Q. And when you arrived at the Kroger on
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19 Q. And was information received regarding the
20 occupants of that vehicle?
21 A. Yes, ma'am. Hinds County Sheriff's
22 Department received information pertaining to the
23 vehicle, the silver car. The information was that a
24 Dwan Wakefield and a D'Allen Washington were in the
25 vehicle earlier that night.
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1 Q. And was there any further findings with

2 regard to this incident?
3 A. Yes, ma'am. Later on that morning after
4 9 o'clock a.m. that morning, Madison County

5 Sheriff's Department received a 911 call in regards
6 to a vehicle matching the description that was put
7 out by the Amber Alert being left abandoned on a
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12 the vehicle but did locate and find Kingston Frazier
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15 gunshot wounds.
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19 Gluckstadt.
20 During that time also information was
21 recovered -- or received from Hinds County by a
22 third possible person that was with them that night
23 being a Brian McBride. So that information was
24 received during that time also.
25 Q. Are you certain about that first name that
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1 you said?
2 A. First name Byron McBride. Byron.
3 Q. Thank you.
4 A. I'm sorry.
5 Q. Were these -- the three subjects that you
6 mentioned, were they subsequently apprehended?
7 A. Yes, ma'am. Later on that afternoon,
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8 Mr. Wakefield was brought in first. He was given
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11 Next was Mr. Washington was brought in.
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14 brought in. He had his rights read to him, and he
15 also waived his rights and gave a statement.

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18 A. Yes, ma'am, he is.

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19 Q. Would you point him out for us?
20 A. Yes, ma'am. He's the gentleman sitting
21 right there to my right in the red jumpsuit.
22 MS. HANCOCK: Let the record reflect
23 that D'Allen Tyreek Washington has been identified.
24 JUDGE MCKINLEY: So be it.
25 MS. HANCOCK: Thank you.
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2 Q. All right. You stated that Mr. Wakefield
3 was Mirandized, waived his rights and gave a
4 statement.
5 If you could, summarize his statement for
6 the court.
7 A. Yes, ma'am. He -- he gave a statement
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8 that hisself, Washington, and McBride were in the
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9 vehicle that night. They were actually at the
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10 Kroger parking lot there by the Wendy's to sell
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11 marijuana to another individual that was supposed to
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14 waiting, a Toyota Camry arrived. And his statement
15 was that Mr. McBride got out of the vehicle and went
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16 to the car, ended up stealing the car, and they

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18 Q. And did he give any further statement

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19 regarding Kingston Frazier or Mr. McBride?
20 A. Yes, ma'am. He later stated that
21 Mr. McBride had contacted him and asked him to come
22 pick him up in Gluckstadt. Stated that he was going
23 to off the kid and that Mr. Wakefield and
24 Mr. Washington went up there to Gluckstadt to pick
25 him up and take him home.
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1 Q. You stated that Mr. Washington did not

2 give a statement.
3 Mr. McBride, did he give a statement?
4 A. Yes, ma'am. Mr. McBride did give a

5 statement. His statement was that he walked back to
6 the car and told both Washington and Wakefield that
7 there was a child in the vehicle. And they talked
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8 him into taking the car anyway.
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9 And his statement was that he went up to
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10 I-55 close to the Nissan plant and pulled over. He
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11 advised that Mr. Wakefield and Mr. Washington pulled
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12 up behind him. Advised Mr. Washington got out of
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13 the vehicle, and they exchanged seats where he went

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14 to the silver car, and Mr. Washington came to the
15 Toyota Camry.
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16 And his statement was that Mr. Washington

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17 shot and killed Kingston Frazier, and then they

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18 swapped back drivers, and he took the car to the

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19 dead end road and left it there.
20 Later in his statement again he stated
21 that he was the one that shot and killed Mr. -- shot
22 and killed Kingston Frazier. But he -- like I said,
23 he stated that Mr. Washington had done it earlier
24 also.
25 Q. And in all of the statements, is it
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1 correct that Mr. -- excuse me -- that Kingston

2 Frazier was in fact killed in Madison County,
3 Mississippi?
4 A. Yes, ma'am. That is correct. In both

5 statements given, they both gave a statement that
6 Kingston Frazier was killed in Madison County.
7 Q. Mr. Weeks -- excuse me. Investigator
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8 Weeks, you reviewed the Kroger video?
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9 A. Yes, ma'am. That's correct.
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10 Q. If you could, summarize your findings in
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11 that video as it relates to your investigation with
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12 regard -- you did that in a prior hearing, what you
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13 saw with regard to the vehicles.

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14 A. As far as the silver -- the silver car
15 arrived several minutes before the Toyota Camry did.

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16 The silver car pulled over there to the -- close to

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17 the Wendy's and turned around and was facing back

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18 towards the entry into the Kroger.

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19 The Toyota Camry arrived. A black female
20 got out of the vehicle and left the Toyota Camry
21 with the headlights on. The Civic -- correction --
22 the Honda car that was there, a black male got out
23 of the vehicle. Walked up to the car. Looked at
24 it. Turned around and walked back to the silver
25 car. Opened the door. Looked like they got in the
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1 vehicle reaching for something, maybe got something

2 out. Left the silver car. Went back to the Toyota
3 Camry and got in it and drove off. Well, they got
4 in it and looked around, what appeared to be looked

5 around. Walked back around to the back of the car
6 and then walked back and got back in the car and
7 then drove off and left.
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8 Q. Thank you.
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9 Now, your viewing of the Kroger video, is
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10 that consistent with Mr. Wakefield's statement?
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11 A. Yes, ma'am, it is.
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12 Q. Is Mr. McBride going up to the Civic,
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13 walking back to the car, and then going back to it

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14 and driving off in it, is that consistent with the
15 statement of Mr. McBride that all of the three

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16 occupants knew that the child was in the car?

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17 MR. MARTIN: I'm going to object.

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18 Asked and answered, leading, and also speculation.

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19 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Overruled.
20 A. In the statements that we gathered that --
21 in the statements that we gathered from Mr. McBride,
22 when he walked back to the vehicle, his statement
23 was that he told them there was a child in the
24 vehicle, and they advised him to go ahead and take
25 the car anyway. And that's when he said he turned
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1 around and walked back to the car and took the

2 Toyota.
3 MS. HANCOCK: Thank you. I tender
4 the witness.
5 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Mr. Martin, you've
6 made your appearance as counsel?
7 MR. MARTIN: Yes, sir, I have.
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8 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Would you go ahead
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9 and tell the --
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10 MR. MARTIN: Make it for the record?
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11 JUDGE MCKINLEY:
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12 MR. MARTIN: I'm Warren Martin. I am

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13 counsel of record for Mr. Washington. My office is

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15 Mississippi.
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16 May it please the court?

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17 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Thank you, Mr.

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18 Martin. You may proceed.

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20 EXAMINATION BY MR. MARTIN:
21 Q. Investigator Weeks, did your investigation
22 include pulling cell phone records for all three
23 defendants?
24 A. We're in the process of doing that, yes,
25 sir.
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1 Q. So your investigation includes pulling

2 cell phone records for McBride, correct?
3 A. Yes, sir. It included pulling records for
4 all --
5 Q. Just let me finish my question.
6 For McBride, correct?
7 A. Yes, sir.
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8 Q. For Washington, correct?
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9 A. Yes, sir.
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10 Q. And for Wakefield, correct?
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11 A. Yes, sir. la
12 Q. That's part of your investigation; is it
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13 not?
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14 A. Yes, sir.
15 Q. Look at the cell phone records, subpoena

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16 the records to find out what calls were made, what

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17 data is contained on that cell phone, correct?

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18 A. Yes, sir.
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19 Q. Would it surprise you to know that
20 Mr. Washington, my client, doesn't even own a cell
21 phone?
22 A. I'm not aware of that, sir.
23 Q. Your testimony is that you subpoenaed his
24 cell phone records.
25 A. I subpoenaed the cell phone records that I
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1 was given.
2 Q. Which cell phone records were those, which
3 cell phone numbers?
4 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Let him answer the

5 question.
6 A. I don't have that with me.
7 MR. MARTIN: (Continuing.)
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8 Q. Why don't you have it with you?
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9 A. Did not bring that.
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10 Q. You're the lead investigator in this case;
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11 are you not? la
12 A. Yes, sir.
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13 Q. It's your job to come here and to provide

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14 probable cause that a crime was committed and that
15 my client committed that crime; is it not?

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16 A. Yes, sir.
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17 Q. Where are the cell phone numbers and

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18 records?
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19 A. They're in my file.
20 Q. Can you go get your file?
21 A. No, sir, I cannot.
22 Q. Why not?
23 A. It's not here.
24 Q. Where is it?
25 MR. GUEST: Judge, we'd object. This
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1 is getting into the discovery issues. He's asked

2 the question, and he's answered the question. He's
3 now asking the witness to produce records from his
4 file, which is not appropriate in a preliminary

5 hearing.
6 MR. MARTIN: Judge, I'm asking for
7 cell phone -- he said he subpoenaed my client's cell
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8 phone records. I need to know the number and the
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9 cell phone provider. I'm entitled to know.
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10 JUDGE MCKINLEY: And certainly you
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11 get an opportunity to know that as -- if this thing
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12 proceeds.
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13 However, at this time, I'm not as much

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14 concerned about you asking him questions as I am
15 about being argumentative with the witness.

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16 So ask your question, let him answer the

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17 question. If he has the information with him here

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18 today, then so be it. If not, then a simple yes or

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19 no answer to whether he's got records with him today
20 is sufficient as far as I'm concerned.
22 Q. Investigator Weeks, your agency was not
23 the primary agency involved in this investigation,
24 was it?
25 A. Initially, no, sir.
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1 Q. And that would be the Hinds County

2 Sheriff's Department; is that correct?
3 A. Yes, sir.
4 Q. And you actually got involved because

5 Hinds County issued an Amber Alert; is that correct?
6 A. That's how Mississippi Bureau of
7 Investigation got involved. Yes, sir.
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8 Q. What time was the Amber Alert issued; do
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9 you know?
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10 A. The alert itself was issued sometime after
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11 4 o'clock in the morning. la
12 Q. Do you know the exact time it was issued?
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13 A. No, sir, I do not.

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14 Q. Why wouldn't you know that information?
15 A. I've got it, but I don't know it off the

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16 top of my head right now, no, sir.

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17 Q. So you've got the exact time the Amber

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18 Alert was issued, but you don't know it today; is

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19 that right?
20 A. It was four -- 4 o'clock in the morning.
21 Sometime four, 4:07, somewhere in there.
22 Q. You would agree with me that the time the
23 Amber Alert was issued is important; is it not?
24 A. Yes, sir.
25 Q. All right. You said you went to the
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1 Kroger, and you obtained information about the

2 kidnapping; is that correct?
3 A. Yes, sir.
4 Q. Where did you get that information from,

5 aside from the video?
6 A. Hinds County Sheriff's Department.
7 Q. You communicated with Hinds County; is
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8 that correct?
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9 A. Yes, sir. And JPD.
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10 Q. How many deputies were on scene when you
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11 got there? la
12 A. Sir, I don't know. I didn't count them
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13 all.
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14 Q. So, again, you're relying on information
15 you got, again, from Hinds County; is that correct?

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16 A. Yes, sir. I received the information from

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17 Hinds County.
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18 Q. You said that there was a silver two door

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19 vehicle with damage to the passenger's side?
20 A. Rear passenger's side.
21 Q. Rear passenger.
22 What does the damage to the rear
23 passenger's side have anything to do with this
24 investigation?
25 A. It lets you know what kind of vehicle was
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1 involved.
2 Q. Okay. But you're not -- you're not here
3 offering any evidence to support that the damage to
4 the passenger's side was in any way related to this

5 alleged crime; is that correct?
6 A. I'm not aware of that, no, sir.
7 Q. Okay.
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8 A. I can't say it was or wasn't. I can just
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9 tell you what was on the video.
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10 Q. Your testimony from a previous hearing was
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11 that you were able to determine the number of
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12 occupants in that silver vehicle; is that correct?
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13 A. No, sir, I did not say that.

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14 Q. You didn't say that from an earlier
15 hearing?
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16 A. It was from the testimonies that were

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17 given that there were three subjects in the vehicle.

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18 Q. Right. I'm not asking about the

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19 testimony. We're talking now about the video. From
20 your review of the video --
21 A. Yes, sir.
22 Q. -- Kroger video, your testimony from an
23 earlier hearing was you were unable to determine the
24 number of occupants --
25 A. Oh, yes, sir, I was unable to determine
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1 how many were in the vehicle.

2 Q. Okay. All right. And you didn't come to
3 know that information until you got the statement
4 from Mr. McBride; is that correct?

5 A. Until we got the statements from all --
6 well, Mr. McBride and Mr. Wakefield.
7 Q. Okay. All right. How old is Mr. McBride?
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8 A. I believe he's 19, 18, 19 years old.
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9 Q. And was he 18, 19 at the time of the
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10 alleged commission of this crime?
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11 A. Yes, sir, I believe so.
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12 Q. What about Mr. Wakefield? How old was he?
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13 A. Seventeen.
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14 Q. And you got a statement from
15 Mr. Wakefield; is that correct?

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16 A. Correct.
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17 Q. Did he sign a Miranda waiver?

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18 A. Yes, sir. He waived his rights to speak.

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19 Q. Is a 17-year-old capable of waiving?
20 A. Yes, sir.
21 Q. Okay. All right. As I understand it,
22 Wakefield gave you a statement that they all three
23 were in the vehicle there to sell marijuana; is that
24 correct?
25 A. Yes, sir.
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1 Q. At the Kroger parking lot?

2 A. Yes, sir.
3 Q. Did he tell you who actually had
4 possession of the marijuana?

5 MS. HANCOCK: I'm going to object.
6 This is beyond the scope of the probable cause
7 hearing. We're getting into discovery at this
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8 point.
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9 MR. MARTIN: Judge, he's charged with
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10 capital murder.
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11 JUDGE MCKINLEY:
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12 going to give you a little leeway. But, actually,

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13 I'm curious as to where it's going to lead us as far

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14 as the relevancy as to having the marijuana in the
15 car has to do with this case.

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16 MR. MARTIN: Your Honor, he's charged

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18 murder, the commission of a murder while in the

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19 commission of a felony. So they have to show intent
20 of a felony.
21 JUDGE MCKINLEY: That is correct.
22 MR. MARTIN: Yes, sir.
23 JUDGE MCKINLEY: What does that have
24 to do with the marijuana being in the car?
25 MR. MARTIN: Okay.
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1 JUDGE MCKINLEY: The underlying

2 felony is the kidnap.
3 MR. MARTIN: Yes, sir.
4 JUDGE MCKINLEY: If you know the

5 answer, answer.
6 A. What was the question, again, please?
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8 Q. Did Mr. Wakefield, in his statement,
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9 indicate to you which one of the three actually had
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10 possession of the marijuana?
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11 A. I don't know the answer to that question.
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12 Q. All right. And then at some point you
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13 said an African American male exited the silver

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14 Honda; is that correct?
15 A. Yes, sir, I did.

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16 Q. Which position of the vehicle?

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17 A. It was on the passenger's side.

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18 Q. Okay. Passenger's side driver?

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19 Passenger's side front or rear?
20 A. It was a two door vehicle.
21 Q. Okay.
22 A. I couldn't tell you if it was rear or
23 front from the view.
24 Q. Your view of the video couldn't tell you
25 which of the two individuals it was; is that
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1 correct?
2 A. No, sir.
3 Q. All right. And at some point you said
4 that that individual went to the Camry; is that

5 correct?
6 A. Yes, sir.
7 Q. The driver's side door?
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8 A. Walked up past the vehicle, yes, sir. On
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9 the driver's side.
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10 Q. Did that individual open the door?
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11 A. Not at that time.
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12 Q. Just peered in?
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13 A. Well, it appeared to be looked in. Just

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14 walked by and looked.
15 Q. What happened next?

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16 A. The male walked back to the silver car,

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17 opened the door, and then closed the door, and then
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18 walked back to the Toyota Camry.

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19 Q. Okay. And you don't have -- you're not
20 privy to any audio in that recording; is that
21 correct?
22 A. No, sir.
23 Q. Okay. So you don't know what was said
24 between Mr. Wakefield and Mr. McBride; is that
25 correct?
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1 A. Just the statements that we had from them.

2 Q. Okay. At some point he went --
3 Mr. McBride went back to the Honda -- Toyota Camry;
4 is that correct?
5 A. Went to the Toyota Camry, went back to the
6 silver car, and then went back to the Toyota Camry.
7 Q. And drove off?
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8 A. He walked up there, opened the door,
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9 looked inside, from what it looked like -- his body
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10 went inside. Came back out. Walked to the back of
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11 the car. Turned around. Looked at it.
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12 walked back and got back in the car and drove off.
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13 Q. And I know I'm skipping around.

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14 Your earlier testimony was that Hinds
15 County got a tip that Wakefield and Washington were

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16 in a vehicle that night together; is that correct?

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17 A. Yes, sir. That's correct.

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18 Q. Was that an anonymous tip?

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19 A. I guess. I'm not real sure. That was
20 Hinds County that received the information.
21 Q. But you got the information from Hinds
22 County, correct?
23 A. Yes, sir, I got the information from Hinds
24 County that they received a tip.
25 Q. Did you bother to ask whether or not it
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1 was anonymous tip or did an individual leave an

2 identity?
3 A. They left an identity.
4 Q. Who was that person?

5 A. Oh, that was Ms. Honey Ates.
6 Q. Honey Ates?
7 A. Yes, sir.
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8 Q. All right. Who was Honey Ates? Do you
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9 know? Is she related to the Fraizer family? Is she
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10 related to Wakefield, Washington, or McBride?
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11 A. I don't know who she's related to.
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12 haven't spoken to Ms. Ates.

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13 Q. You haven't spoken to her at all?

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14 A. No, sir, I have not spoken to her. Well,
15 I have spoken to her.

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16 Q. You have spoken to her?

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17 A. On the phone, but not in regards to who

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18 she's related to.

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19 Q. Let me remind you, Mr. Weeks, you're under
20 oath.
21 A. Yes, sir, I understand. That's why I'm
22 telling you, I have spoke to her.
23 Q. I just asked you that question, have you
24 spoken to her. And you said you haven't spoken to
25 her at all.
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1 A. Not --
2 JUDGE MCKINLEY: All right. He's
3 answered the question.
4 MR. GUEST: Your Honor --

5 JUDGE MCKINLEY: No need to belabor.
6 He corrected himself when he said that he hadn't
7 spoken to her.
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8 Let's proceed. Move it along.
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10 Q. As I understand it, Wakefield gave you one
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11 statement; is that correct? la
12 A. He gave one statement, yes, sir.
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13 Q. As I understand it, McBride gave you four

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14 different statements; is that correct?
15 A. I don't know how many he gave us.

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16 Q. From a previous hearing, you said the

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17 first statement he gave you was that he was not

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18 involved; is that correct?

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19 A. Yes, sir, that's correct.
20 Q. Second statement you said that he,
21 Washington, and Wakefield were together at Kroger;
22 is that correct?
23 A. Yes, sir.
24 Q. Third statement he gave you was that my
25 client, Washington, shot and killed Kingston
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1 Frazier; is that correct?

2 A. Yes, sir. That was one of the statements,
3 along with the fact that he was with them at Kroger.
4 Q. And the fourth statement he gave you is

5 that he in fact shot and killed the child.
6 A. That would probably be the third one
7 because the second one and the third one go along
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8 with each other. With them being together and then
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9 going to Gluckstadt, his statement was that
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10 Mr. Washington --
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11 Q. Suffice it, no matter what the number is,
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12 all of the statements are inconsistent; are they
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13 not?
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14 A. Some of them are, yes, sir.
15 Q. All of them are inconsistent; are they

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16 not?
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17 A. To a point, yes, sir.

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18 Q. And you are relying on his statements as

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19 the basis to hold my client, bind him over for grand
20 jury action, right?
21 A. That, along with the evidence that's been
22 gathered and collected.
23 Q. What evidence? You told me about cell
24 phone records. What other evidence? Have you got
25 GSR?
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1 A. Yes, sir.
2 Q. What are the GSR results?
3 A. Don't know. That's being processed at the
4 crime lab.
5 Q. You went to his cell or called somebody to
6 go to his cell, and you did a DNA swab of his mouth;
7 is that correct?
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8 A. Yes, sir.
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9 Q. What are the results of that?
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10 A. That's being processed at this time at the
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11 crime lab. la
12 Q. Okay. So just make it plain to me. What
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13 do you have, other than this other guy who gave you
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14 four different inconsistent statements, to bind my
15 client over for grand jury action?

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16 A. I've got the statements, and I've got the

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17 video that they were at the Kroger --

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18 Q. But at the video you said you couldn't

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19 even determine who was in the car, how many
20 occupants were in the car.
21 A. No, sir, I couldn't.
22 Q. So, again, what do you have to bind him
23 over for grand jury action?
24 MS. HANCOCK: I'm going to object,
25 Your Honor. Mr. Martin is being combative
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1 unnecessarily with this witness. He's testified --

2 MR. MARTIN: Judge, I want an answer.
3 I'm entitled to an answer. My client is entitled to
4 an answer.
5 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Mr. Martin, let her
6 finish her objection, then you can respond to it.
7 Ms. Hancock.
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8 MS. HANCOCK: He's being
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9 unnecessarily combative with the witness.
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10 Investigator Weeks has testified as to the entirety
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11 of the evidence that he had, and Mr. Martin is
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12 seeking to narrow that scope.
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13 MR. MARTIN: Judge, I'm not seeking

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14 to narrow anything. My client is here. He's in
15 jail without a bond. His face is on television.

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16 He's charged with capital murder. This is the lead

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18 has to bind this case over.

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19 He says he saw the video. The video
20 doesn't show the number of occupants in the car.
21 He's relying on the statement of a co-defendant.
22 That's four statements that are inconsistent.
23 My question to him is what other evidence
24 does he have to bind this case over for grand jury
25 action.
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1 JUDGE MCKINLEY: All right. This is

2 not a trial on the merits of the case. You'll get a
3 chance to make all of those arguments and all of
4 those -- you have the right to cross-examine the

5 witness at trial.
6 For purposes today we're only looking to
7 see whether there's probable cause to hold these
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8 gentlemen for trial -- Mr. Washington for trial.
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9 As you know, hearsay evidence is
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10 admissible at preliminary hearings. And the
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11 Mississippi rules of evidence don't fully apply at
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12 this level.
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13 So if you want to address the matters of

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14 which he's testified to, you know, as far as
15 statements and all of that is concerned, that's

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16 fine. But you can ask him if he's got the evidence
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18 he doesn't. If he does, he does.

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19 MR. MARTIN: I'll move on, Judge. I
20 think I made a record on it.
21 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Beg your pardon?
22 MR. MARTIN: I'll move on. I think I
23 made a record on it.
25 Q. Your testimony earlier was Wakefield was
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1 brought in first; is that correct?

3 Q. He did not surrender. He was captured by
4 law enforcement; is that correct?

5 A. Yes, sir, that is correct.
6 Q. McBride, he did not surrender. He was
7 captured by law enforcement; is that correct?
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8 A. Correct.
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9 Q. My client was brought in by me; is that
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10 right?
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11 A. Yes, sir. That's correct.
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12 Q. He was actually turned in to Hinds County;
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13 is that correct?
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14 A. Yes, sir.
15 Q. He was arrested in Jackson, correct?

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16 A. Yes, sir. He turned himself in.

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17 Q. He was arrested in Jackson, correct?

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18 A. Yes, sir.
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19 Q. And I transported him, along with escorts
20 from Hinds County Sheriff's Department, to you-all
21 at the Gluckstadt exit; is that correct?
22 A. I don't know. I wasn't there when he came
23 in. I don't know who brought him in. I was told
24 you did, but I didn't witness that, no, sir.
25 Q. Did you see the victim when you went to
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1 the scene?
3 Q. All right. And did you notice -- in the
4 earlier hearing she asked you about the cause of

5 death.
6 Do you remember that question?
7 A. Yes, sir.
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8 Q. I think you said it appeared to be
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9 gunshot.
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10 A. Yes, sir.
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11 Q. Did you notice any stippling on the body?
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12 A. I didn't look that well.
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13 Q. Do you know what stippling is?

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14 A. Yes, sir.
15 Q. What would stippling indicate?

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16 A. The body -- oh, the stippling is going to

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17 be like close gunshot residue.

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18 Q. Close gunshot residue?

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19 A. Yes, sir.
20 Q. Did you see any on the victim?
21 A. I didn't look that close at him, no sir.
22 Q. Why not?
23 A. I didn't walk up in there and look at him.
24 Q. Did you examine his fingernails?
25 A. No, sir, I did not.
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1 Q. And examining his fingernails would

2 indicate what to you?
3 A. Nothing to me.
4 Q. Okay. It wouldn't indicate any sort of

5 struggle?
6 A. It could, yes, sir. I didn't -- I didn't
7 walk up there and look at him. That was part of the
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8 crime scene analysis.
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9 MR. GUEST: We object to relevancy.
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10 I think the officer has testified as to the evidence
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11 that he has. Then there is pending evidence at the
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12 state crime laboratory that is being tested. There
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13 are cell phone records being gathered. And the

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14 officer has testified as to everything that he has
15 at this point.
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16 And I believe now we're running afar from

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17 the purpose of this preliminary hearing.

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18 JUDGE MCKINLEY: I tend to agree with

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19 the DA.
20 MR. MARTIN: Judge, I've got two more
21 questions as it relates to the video and I'm done.
22 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Finish your
23 questions, then.
25 Q. Investigator Weeks, you saw a video that
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1 was attained from the Shell gas station?

2 A. Yes, sir.
3 Q. In Hinds County; is that correct?

5 Q. And it showed my client, along with
6 Mr. Wakefield, talking to a former coach; is that
7 correct?
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8 A. I don't know who they were talking to, no,
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9 sir.
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10 Q. Two individuals, black males, speaking to
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11 a third black male; is that correct?
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12 A. That showed up, yes, sir. They did speak
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13 to somebody else that was there.

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14 Q. And you also saw a video from a Wendy's
15 restaurant; is that correct?

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16 A. Yes, sir.
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17 Q. You didn't mention that during the first

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18 hearing, did you?

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19 A. No, sir, I did not.
20 Q. But you did see a video of my client with
21 Mr. Wakefield at a Wendy's restaurant?
22 A. No, sir, I did not see that. I saw video
23 from a Wendy's showing a silver two door car going
24 by it.
25 Q. Okay.
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1 A. That's all I saw.

2 Q. What time was that?
3 A. I do not recall.
4 Q. Do you recall a time of the video from the

5 Shell gas station?
6 A. No, sir, I do not recall.
7 Q. Suffice it, would it have been
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8 contemporaneous around 1 o'clock that night, that
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9 morning?
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10 A. It was probably sometime after one, yes,
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11 sir. la
12 Q. After one?
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13 A. Yes, sir.
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14 Q. In Hinds County?
15 A. Yes, sir.
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16 MR. MARTIN: Thank you, Judge. No

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17 further questions.
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18 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Thank you,

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19 Mr. Martin.
22 Q. Agent Weeks, Mr. Martin asked you if you
23 were relying solely on Mr. McBride's statements.
24 I believe you testified earlier that
25 Mr. Wakefield gave a statement as well; is that
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1 correct?
2 A. Yes, ma'am. That is correct.
3 Q. And what was the substance, again, of
4 Mr. Wakefield's statement, just very briefly?

5 A. His statement was that Mr. Washington,
6 Mr. McBride were with him at the time at the Kroger
7 and that Mr. Washington was with him when they went
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8 to Gluckstadt.
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9 Q. And you were asked about various evidence,
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10 DNA evidence, GSR, cell phone records, things of
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11 that nature. And you indicated it is at the crime
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12 lab, and you have subpoenas out; is that correct?
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13 A. Yes, ma'am. All of that has been

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14 subpoenaed at the crime lab, and it's being examined
15 and still under investigation at this time.

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16 Q. And do you have other search warrants and

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17 subpoenas outstanding?
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18 A. Yes, ma'am, we do. It is still an ongoing

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19 investigation, so there is still more to be done.
20 MS. HANCOCK: That's all we have,
21 Your Honor.
22 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Mr. Martin, anything
23 you want to ask him in lieu --
24 MR. MARTIN: No, sir, Your Honor.
25 MS. HANCOCK: Based upon that, Your
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1 Honor, we ask that you find that there is probable

2 cause to believe that D'Allen Tyreek Washington
3 committed the offense of capital murder and bind him
4 over for grand jury.

5 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Anything,
6 Mr. Martin?
7 MR. MARTIN: Judge, I would object.
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8 I know probably what the court is going to do. In
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9 light of the testimony of the officer, I don't see
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10 the court binding this defendant over for grand jury
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11 action without more. la
12 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Thank you.
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13 All right. Based on the evidence

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14 presented today, I find that there is probable cause
15 to bind this matter over to the grand jury for

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16 further action. Thank you.

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17 We'll take a short recess.

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2 JUDGE MCKINLEY: All right. The
3 final preliminary hearing today is the State of
4 Mississippi versus Dwan Diondro Wakefield, Felony

5 No. 7258.
6 Are you ready to proceed?
7 MS. HANCOCK: Yes, sir.
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8 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Mr. Fortner, will
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9 you make your appearance? I don't think you've been
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10 before us before.
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11 MR. FORTNER:
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12 My name is Tom Fortner. I, along with Valerie Moss,

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13 are representing Dwan Wakefield in this matter.

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14 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Thank you. And you
15 submitted your appearance to the court?

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16 MR. FORTNER: We have.

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17 JUDGE MCKINLEY: All right. You may

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18 proceed.
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19 MS. HANCOCK: Call Trent Weeks.
20 (TRENT WEEKS SWORN UNDER OATH.)
21 JUDGE MCKINLEY: You may proceed.
25 A. Trent Weeks.
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1 Q. How are you employed?

2 A. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.

6 Q. And were you activated on that date in
7 that capacity?
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8 A. Yes, ma'am. I received a phone call early
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9 that morning, approximately 2:44, somewhere in that
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10 area, from MBI Lieutenant Troy Travis that Jackson
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11 Police Department was wanting to issue an Amber
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12 Alert at the Kroger on I-55 North.
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13 While en route to that location, I was

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14 notified that it was going to be the Hinds County
15 Sheriff's Department wanting to issue the Amber

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16 Alert.
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17 Q. And did you respond to that Kroger on 55

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18 in Jackson?
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19 A. Yes, ma'am, I did.
20 Q. What, if anything, did you do when you
21 arrived?
22 A. When I arrived, I received information
23 from Hinds County officers in regards to Kingston
24 Frazier being kidnapped there in the parking lot of
25 Kroger.
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1 Also we reviewed the video from the

2 parking lot there at the Kroger. The video showed
3 a -- well, first it showed a silver two door car
4 with what looked like damage to the rear passenger's

5 side pull in and go and park in the parking lot
6 close to the Wendy's side.
7 A few minutes later a dark Toyota Camry
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8 pulled into the parking lot. A black female got out
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9 of the vehicle, left the headlights on the vehicle
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10 and entered the Kroger.
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11 Shortly thereafter appeared a black male.
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12 Got out of the passenger's side of the silver car.
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13 Walked up to the Toyota Camry. Walked by it.

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14 Turned around. Walked back to the silver car.
15 Opened the passenger's side door, retrieved

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16 something out of the vehicle. Walked back to the

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17 Toyota Camry, opened the door, looked inside, and

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18 walked -- then walked back around behind the Toyota

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19 Camry and looked at it. Then got back in the Toyota
20 and drove off. And as they drove off, the silver
21 car drove off also.
22 Q. Did you do anything else while you were at
23 the Kroger on 55?
24 A. Yes, ma'am. We -- the Hinds County
25 sheriff's office received information. Well,
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1 actually, before that, we had put out the

2 information on the silver car to the media to be put
3 out to the public that that vehicle was of interest
4 in the kidnapping of Kingston Frazier.

5 Thereafter, approximately after 8 o'clock
6 in the morning, Hinds County Sheriff's Department
7 received the information about the silver car and
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8 that the subjects that were in it was one Dwan
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9 Wakefield and D'Allen Washington.
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10 Q. Now, the person that was identified as
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11 Dwan Diondro Wakefield, is he present in the
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12 courtroom?
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13 A. Yes, ma'am, he is.

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14 Q. Could you point him out to us?
15 A. Yes, ma'am. He is sitting to my right in

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16 a red jumpsuit.
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17 MS. HANCOCK: If we could have the

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18 record reflect that he has pointed out the defendant

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19 on my left.
20 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Let the record
21 reflect.
23 Q. And what, if anything, happened next?
24 A. After that, Madison County Sheriff's
25 Department received a 911 call about a vehicle
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1 matching the description of the one that was put out

2 with the Amber Alert of the Toyota being left
3 abandoned on a dead end road here in Gluckstadt in
4 Madison County. Appeared to be nobody around the

5 vehicle.
6 Madison County Sheriff's Department sent a
7 deputy there. The deputy arrived. Didn't see
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8 anybody around the vehicle but did notice a black
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9 male, young boy, in the back passenger's side
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10 floorboard that had been -- appeared to have been
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11 shot and killed. And he was later identified as
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12 Kingston Frazier.
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13 Q. And did you respond to the scene in

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14 Gluckstadt in Madison County, Mississippi?
15 A. Yes, ma'am, I did.

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16 Q. And what you just described with regard to

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17 Kingston Frazier's death, is that consistent with

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18 your observations?
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19 A. Yes, ma'am, it was.
20 Also while we were there, we received
21 information that a Byron McBride was also with
22 Washington and Wakefield during the course of the
23 night.
24 Q. And were the three subjects that you've
25 mentioned as having been involved in this incident,
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1 were they subsequently apprehended?

2 A. Yes, ma'am. They were. Later on in the
3 afternoon, the first person that was apprehended was
4 Mr. Dwan Wakefield. The second person was

5 Mr. Washington. And the third was Mr. McBride.
6 Q. And was Mr. Wakefield Mirandized and
7 waived his rights and did he give a statement?
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8 A. Yes, ma'am. He came in, and he did have
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9 his rights read to him. He waived his rights to
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10 speak with the officer at the time and gave a
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11 statement. la
12 And during that statement, Mr. Wakefield
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13 stated that hisself, Mr. Washington, and Mr. McBride

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14 were at the Kroger. That Mr. McBride exited the
15 vehicle and went to the Toyota Camry and then came

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16 back to the car. His statement was he retrieved

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17 some items that belonged to him and told him he was

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18 taking the car and going to Holmes County. And he

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19 went back and got in the vehicle and left. And
20 Mr. Wakefield and Washington left shortly -- right
21 there with him.
22 Q. Did Mr. Wakefield provide any information
23 with regard to how Mr. McBride traveled from
24 Gluckstadt to any other destination?
25 A. No, ma'am. He -- his statement was that
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1 hisself and Mr. Washington left and went to meet the

2 subject they were meeting to sell the weed to there
3 at the Kroger. They went and met him at another
4 location, at another Wendy's off Hanging Moss.

5 And he received phone calls from
6 Mr. McBride stating that he was going to off the kid
7 and wanted him to come pick him up in Gluckstadt.
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8 And Mr. Wakefield and Mr. Washington went up there
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9 and picked him up.
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10 Q. And this is all according to
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11 Mr. Wakefield's statement? la
12 A. That was his statement.
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13 Q. And in previous testimony you stated that

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14 Mr. McBride also gave a statement; is that correct?
15 A. That's correct.
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16 Q. If you could summarize it.

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17 A. Mr. McBride gave a statement that when he

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18 left -- when he got out of the silver vehicle and

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19 walked to the Toyota Camry and then came back to the
20 silver car, that he told Washington and Wakefield
21 that there was a child in the vehicle. And his
22 statement was that they told him to go ahead and
23 take the car. They said, "You got this. You can do
24 this." So he took the vehicle.
25 His statement also says that Mr. Wakefield
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1 and Mr. Washington was behind him at Gluckstadt up

2 close to the Nissan plant, that they pulled over on
3 the shoulder of the interstate. His statement was
4 Mr. Washington swapped vehicles with him.

5 Mr. Washington got in the silver car. He got in the
6 Toyota and that his statement was Mr. Washington
7 shot and killed Kingston Frazier there. And then he
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8 got back in the silver car and drove it to the dead
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9 end, and Mr. Wakefield drove him back home.
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10 Q. Now, in all of the statements, is it true
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11 that Kingston Frazier was killed in Madison County,
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12 Mississippi?
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13 A. Yes, ma'am. That is correct. In both

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14 statements that were given, Kingston Frazier was
15 alive when they left Jackson, Hinds County, and

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16 entered Madison. He was alive and was killed here

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17 in Madison County.
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18 Q. And is that also consistent with the

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19 evidence that you've gathered thus far?
20 A. Yes, ma'am.
21 MS. HANCOCK: I tender the witness.
22 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Mr. Fortner.
23 MR. FORTNER: Thank you, Your Honor.
25 EXAMINATION BY MR. FORTNER:
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1 Q. Investigator Weeks, Mr. Wakefield was the

2 first of the three defendants in this case to be
3 picked up; is that correct?

5 Q. And he's the first one that you attempted
6 to interview; is that correct?
7 A. I did not interview him, no, sir.
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8 Q. Who did?
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9 A. Agent Clark.
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10 Q. Okay. And did Agent Clark make an audio
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11 recording or video recording of that interview?
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12 A. Yes, sir, there was an audio recording.
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13 Q. And has a transcript been made of that

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14 audio recording?
15 A. Not at this time. It is still under

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16 investigation.
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17 Q. Have you listened to the audio recording?

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18 A. I've listened to some of it, yes, sir.

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19 Q. How much of it have you listened to?
20 A. I've listened to a good bit of it.
21 Q. Mr. Wakefield, after turning himself in,
22 was cooperative. What was the name of the officer
23 that interviewed Mr. Wakefield?
24 A. Agent Clark.
25 Q. What is his first name?
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1 A. Rusty.
2 Q. Rusty Clark.
3 Was Dwan Wakefield -- did he participate
4 in that interview? Did he give information?

5 A. Yes, sir, he did.
6 Q. He made a statement?
7 A. Yes, sir, he did make a statement.
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8 Q. And was it Dwan Wakefield who told Agent
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9 Clark, Investigator Clark, that they were going to
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10 the Kroger -- the Wendy's -- the Kroger on I-55 so
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11 that Mr. Wakefield could sell a $10 bag of grass to
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12 someone else?
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13 A. Yes, sir, he did.

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14 Q. And did he give you the name of that
15 person in the statement?

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16 A. Yes, sir.
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17 Q. And tell you how to contact that person?

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18 A. I don't think he gave us a contact, but he

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19 did give us his name.
20 Q. Have you had contact with that person?
21 A. Yes, sir, I've had contact with him.
22 Q. Does that person verify what Mr. Wakefield
23 said?
24 A. Yes, sir. He did verify what he said,
25 that he was supposed to meet him to sell weed.
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1 Q. And did that person verify that they had

2 gone to two different Kroger stores and that's why
3 he wasn't at the I-55 Kroger to buy the $10 worth of
4 weed?
5 A. Yes, sir.
6 Q. Is that correct?
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8 Q. And does that person also verify
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9 Mr. Wakefield's statement that they left the
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10 Kroger -- at least he and Washington left the Kroger
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11 and went to a Wendy's on Northside Drive to meet
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12 with this person to sell him the weed?
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13 A. Yes, sir.
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14 Q. We're talking about a $10 -- a dime bag of
15 weed, right?
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16 A. Yes, sir.
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17 Q. Okay. Now, and Mr. Wakefield readily

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18 admitted all of that to Agent Clark; is that

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19 correct?
20 A. That is correct.
21 Q. And that's part of his statement?
22 A. Yes, sir.
23 Q. All right. Now, in Mr. Wakefield's
24 statement to Detective Clark, did Wakefield tell
25 Detective Clark at any time in the Kroger parking
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1 lot that he had become aware that there was a child

2 in the back seat of that Toyota Camry? Did
3 Wakefield ever tell Clark that?
4 A. No, sir. He didn't tell him that.

5 Q. And what did Wakefield tell you McBride
6 did when he came back to the silver car?
7 The silver car is the car that
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8 Mr. Wakefield was in, correct?
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10 Q. That's what we believe?
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11 A. Yes, sir. That is correct.
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12 Q. And Mr. Wakefield admits that, correct?
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13 A. Yes, sir.
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14 Q. And I think that was a Honda Civic, right?
15 A. Yes, sir.
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16 Q. What did he tell you that McBride told him

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17 and Washington when he came back to the Honda Civic

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18 parked there in the parking lot?

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19 A. I believe he said he just got his
20 belongings and left, said that -- his statement was
21 that McBride told him that was his girl, I believe
22 is what he said, girl or girlfriend.
23 Q. Okay.
24 A. And he was taking the car and going to
25 Holmes County.
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1 Q. And was McBride from Holmes County?

2 A. He's from Pickens, yes, sir.
3 Q. Okay. So Wakefield, in his statement,
4 says that McBride told him and Washington that

5 McBride was taking the car and going to Holmes
6 County?
7 A. Yes, sir.
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8 Q. Okay. In the video -- and I'm just going
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9 to have to trust -- you've seen the video, correct,
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10 of the parking lot of the Kroger?
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11 A. Yes, sir, correct.
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12 Q. How long was the silver car, the Honda
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13 Civic, parked in the parking lot at rest before

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14 McBride got out of the car?
15 A. I couldn't tell you right now. I would

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16 have to look at the video myself and time it.

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17 Q. Was it a few seconds, at least, or a

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18 minute? Or best guess.

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19 A. Maybe a couple of minutes they were
20 sitting there.
21 Q. And I think you said that when the Honda
22 Civic parked, it parked facing the front doors of
23 the Kroger; is that correct?
24 A. Yes, sir, it was parked facing --
25 Q. But further back?
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1 A. Yes, sir. It was off close to the Wendy's

2 side.
3 Q. Okay. Were there other cars parked next
4 to the Kroger between the Honda and the Kroger?

5 A. No, sir, I don't recall any vehicles being
6 in between.
7 Q. But you do recall seeing the Toyota Camry
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8 pull up; is that correct?
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9 A. Yes, sir.
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10 Q. But that car had already pulled up before
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11 the Honda got there, or vice versa?
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13 A. The silver car got there before the Toyota

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14 Camry got there.
15 Q. So the silver car is sitting there parked

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16 waiting, at least according to this other unnamed

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17 witness, to sell a $10 bag of grass to this other

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18 person?
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19 A. Or Wakefield to sell marijuana to that
20 person. Yes, sir.
21 Q. Okay.
22 A. Now, I don't know exactly how much
23 marijuana it was.
24 Q. Okay. Okay. So then the Toyota Camry
25 pulls up, and a woman gets out of the Toyota Camry
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1 and goes inside the Kroger, correct?

2 A. Correct.
3 Q. All right. Did you ever see anyone other
4 than McBride get out of the -- out of the silver

5 car, the Honda Civic?
6 A. I can't testify it was McBride that got
7 out based on the video. I could tell that a male
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8 subject, black male subject, got out of the
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9 passenger's side of the silver car.
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10 Q. And after he got out of the passenger's
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11 side, he walked over to the Toyota or walked past
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12 the Toyota?
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13 A. He walked to the Toyota but walked past it

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14 to the front and turned around and walked back.
15 Q. Were there any other cars in the video at

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16 all other than those two?

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17 A. Were there any other vehicles by the

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18 Toyota?
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19 Q. Yes.
20 A. Yes, sir.
21 Q. And were they parked?
22 A. Yes, sir, they were.
23 Q. How many, best guess?
24 A. I couldn't tell you. I would have to go
25 back and look at the video and write them down.
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1 Q. So the subject that got out of the Honda

2 went and looked at the Toyota and did what? I mean,
3 what did they do?
4 A. He turned around and walked back to the

5 silver car.
6 Q. Did he walk around the Toyota?
7 A. No, sir. He walked by the driver's side,
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8 turned around -- you know how those parking lots
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9 have got those posts?
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10 Q. Right.
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11 A. He walked to the post, turned around, and
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12 walked back by it.
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13 Q. And then exactly what did he do?

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14 A. He walked back to the silver car. Opened
15 the passenger's side door.

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16 Q. Okay. And did he get in the car?

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17 A. It didn't look like it, no, sir. Looked

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18 like he leaned in, or something. It looked like he

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19 leaned in. It didn't look like he got in it.
20 Q. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt
21 you.
22 A. No, sir. That's fine.
23 Q. Did he get anything out of the silver car?
24 Did you notice anything in his hands when he got out
25 of the silver car?
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1 A. No, sir, I didn't notice anything. I

2 couldn't tell on the video.
3 Q. Did either of the other occupants in the
4 silver car -- assuming there were two people in the

5 silver car at that point, did either of them come
6 out of the car, or was it just that one person?
7 A. Just that one person.
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8 Q. Was it the same person that got out of the
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9 car in the first place that went back, got something
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10 out of the car, and then back to the Toyota? Was
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11 that all the same person? la
12 A. It appeared to be, yes, sir, same
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13 clothing.
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14 Q. And according to your investigation, that
15 appears to have been Mr. McBride; is that correct?

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16 A. According to the investigation, yes, sir.

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17 Q. And according to Mr. Wakefield's

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18 statement, it was Mr. McBride; is that correct?

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20 Q. And then what did McBride do when he went
21 back to the Toyota Camry the second time?
22 A. He walked up to the driver's side, opened
23 the door, looked like he leaned in.
24 Q. When he opened the door, did you notice
25 whether the interior light of the Camry came on or
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1 not?
2 A. No, sir, I could not tell.
3 Q. Can't tell?
4 A. No, sir, I could not tell.

5 Q. Okay. He leaned in?
6 A. Yes, sir.
7 Q. The driver's door?
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8 A. Yes, sir. Driver's side door. And then
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9 he got back out. Walked to the back of the vehicle
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10 and looked at the vehicle. And then he walked back
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11 and got in the driver's side, backed out, and drove
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12 off.
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13 Q. Okay. Was there any -- after McBride --

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14 assuming that was McBride, after McBride got out of
15 the -- got whatever he got from the Honda and went

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16 back to the Toyota, is there any indication in the

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17 video that there was any communication between

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18 McBride and Mr. Wakefield or Mr. Washington sitting

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19 in the Honda?
20 A. Viewing the video --
21 Q. Yes, sir.
22 A. -- does it look like there was any
23 communication?
24 Q. Any communication when McBride went back
25 and got in the Toyota and drove away?
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1 A. Not that I could see, no, sir.

2 Q. Did it look like he turned and yelled
3 anything at the people in the Honda, or anything
4 like that?
5 A. I don't know if he would have or not
6 because the way the video is you can't see.
7 Q. You can't tell?
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8 A. No, sir.
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9 Q. Okay. So which car left the parking lot
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10 first?
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11 A. I would have to review that video again
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12 and see. I don't recall.
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13 Q. Okay. Now, are you aware, in the course

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14 of your investigation, that when Wakefield drove the
15 Honda Civic out of the parking lot of the Kroger

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16 that he eventually went to a Wendy's on Northside

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17 Drive?
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18 A. His statement, yes, sir.

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19 Q. Okay. And there is some video, I think
20 you mentioned, from a Wendy's on Northside Drive
21 that shows a view of that Honda Civic, possibly the
22 same car?
23 A. Yes, sir, from what I could tell on the
24 video from Wendy's. It's the only one I've seen.
25 Q. Right.
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1 A. Now, I'm not saying there is not another

2 one there. But this is the only one I've seen that
3 shows what appears to be a silver two door car going
4 by the Wendy's.
5 Q. And we're not talking about the Wendy's
6 next to I-55 Kroger. We are talking about a
7 different Wendy's; is that right?
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9 Q. That's the Wendy's on Northside Drive
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10 towards Hanging Moss?
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12 Q. Okay. And did your -- the buyer of the
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13 marijuana tell you anything about meeting

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14 Mr. Wakefield and/or Mr. Washington at the Wendy's
15 on Northside Drive?
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16 A. Yes, sir. He told me that he met

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17 Mr. Wakefield at the Wendy's to purchase the

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18 marijuana.
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19 Q. And did he buy some marijuana from
20 Mr. Wakefield at that time?
21 A. That's what he said, yes, sir.
22 Q. That's what this other person has told
23 you?
24 A. Yes, sir.
25 Q. Do you have any reason to disbelieve him?
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1 Was he involved in this case other than that --

2 A. No, sir --
3 Q. -- in any other way?
4 A. -- I have no reason to not believe him.

5 Q. Okay. He seems to have been forthcoming
6 with you?
7 A. Yes, sir, very much so.
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8 Q. Okay. So that occurred possibly --
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9 assuming that occurred, it occurred at the Wendy's
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10 on Northside Drive; is that right?
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12 Q. That's after Mr. McBride has already
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13 gotten in the Toyota Camry at Kroger I-55 and driven

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14 away with the child in the back seat of the car; is
15 that correct?
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16 A. Yes, sir.
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17 Q. Or at least that's the idea.

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18 A. That's what the evidence says, yes, sir.

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19 Q. And Mr. Wakefield has told you all of
20 that?
21 A. Yes, sir. He did.
22 Q. But in his statement, Mr. Wakefield never
23 told you that McBride said anything at that time
24 about a child being in the car?
25 A. He -- his statement was that McBride had
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1 called him to come get him at Gluckstadt, and that's

2 when he was told there was a child in the car,
3 according to his statement.
4 Q. But that happened sometime later; is that

5 correct?
6 A. After he got in the vehicle, yes, sir.
7 Q. And that happened after Mr. Wakefield had
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8 sold the marijuana to this other person at the
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9 Wendy's; is that correct?
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10 A. I don't know the exact times on that. No,
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11 sir. la
12 Q. I understand.
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13 A. Yes, sir.
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14 Q. But Mr. Wakefield told you that McBride
15 called him while they were at the Shell station on

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16 Hanging Moss; did he not?

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18 Q. That's part of his statement?

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20 Q. Which would have happened after he had
21 stopped and sold $10 worth of marijuana at the
22 Wendy's on Northside Drive?
23 A. Correct.
24 Q. So, according to Mr. Wakefield's
25 statement, Mr. Wakefield and Mr. Washington were in
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1 the Honda Civic at a Wendy's on Northside Drive

2 selling $10 worth of marijuana to somebody that
3 you've talked to, correct?

5 Q. And that Mr. Wakefield provided you the
6 information to find; is that correct?
7 A. He provided the name, yes, sir.
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8 Q. Right.
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9 And then they had left there and gone to a
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10 Shell station on Hanging Moss Drive?
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11 A. Correct. la
12 Q. Before Mr. McBride ever called him and
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13 told him anything about a kid in the car?

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14 A. Again, I don't know that for sure. I'd
15 have to --
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16 Q. But that's what Mr. Wakefield is telling

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17 you?
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18 A. That's what Mr. Wakefield said.

Ja
19 Q. So did Mr. Wakefield tell you when McBride
20 first contacted him or Washington after stealing the
21 Toyota Camry?
22 A. I don't recall. I'd have to listen to the
23 video -- listen to the audio again.
24 Q. Do you think that that -- he might have
25 told you that McBride called him while they were at
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1 the Shell station, he and Washington were at the

2 Shell station on Hanging Moss?
3 A. Are you asking me do I know or is it my
4 speculation?
5 Q. Is that your best guess that that's when
6 he said that call came?
7 A. Yes, sir, I -- yes.
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8 Q. Did Mr. Wakefield tell you that he spoke
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9 to another individual, a third person, at the Shell
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10 station on Hanging Moss?
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11 A. That might be in there.
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12 that.
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13 Q. Okay.
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14 A. Like I said, I did not interview him, so.
15 Q. All right. Do you know if Agent Clark has

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16 talked to an older man that recognized and stood and

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17 talked to Mr. Wakefield at the Shell station on

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18 Hanging Moss?
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19 A. If he has, he has not told me about that.
20 Q. You don't know about that?
21 A. No, sir.
22 Q. Okay. What did the -- did you look at the
23 video from the Shell station at Hanging Moss?
24 A. Yes, sir, I did look at the video.
25 Q. Does it show my client in the video?
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1 A. Yes, sir, it does.

2 Q. Can you recognize him?
3 A. Yes, sir.
4 Q. Was he talking to anybody or doing

5 anything?
6 A. There was somebody that showed up that he
7 was talking to, but I did not know who that was.
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8 Q. And you haven't had a chance to ask him
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9 about it. Or you haven't talked to my client?
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10 A. No, sir, I have not spoke with your
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11 client, other than -- la
12 Q. And you're not sure if he indicates that
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13 in his audio statement or not?

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14 A. No, sir. I'm not aware of that.
15 Q. So what does Mr. Wakefield tell you or

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16 tell Agent Clark occurred when McBride contacted he

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17 and Washington after McBride has stolen the car?

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18 What is it that McBride was supposed to have told

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19 them, according to Wakefield? Do you know?
20 A. All I know is Mr. Wakefield told us that
21 McBride had contacted him, said that he had ran out
22 of gas in Gluckstadt, sent him a drop pin of his
23 location and asked for him to come pick him up in
24 Gluckstadt.
25 I do know Mr. Wakefield did tell Agent
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1 Clark that he deleted all of his text messages that

2 night that he had with Mr. McBride.
3 Q. Have you taken possession or has the
4 department taken possession or any law enforcement

5 officer or agency taken possession of
6 Mr. Wakefield's telephone or telephones from that
7 night?
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8 A. Yes, sir.
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9 Q. Okay. So you've got the phones, correct?
a.
10 A. Yes, sir. They're being analyzed and --
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11 Q. You sent them to see if you can get back
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12 the deleted messages and all that kind of stuff,
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13 correct?
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14 A. Yes, sir. It's still being processed.
15 Q. It is going to take a while?

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16 A. Yes, sir. I don't know. I don't do it.

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17 Q. You haven't seen any of that?

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18 A. No, sir, I haven't looked through all of

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19 that yet.
20 Q. Okay. So, according to McBride's first
21 statement, McBride wasn't there, didn't do anything,
22 had nothing to do with any of this, correct? That's
23 McBride's first statement.
24 A. Repeat the question, please.
25 Q. According to McBride's first statement,
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1 McBride wasn't there, didn't steal the car, didn't

2 have anything to do with the death of this child?
3 A. Correct.
4 Q. Doesn't know anything about it, correct?

5 A. Correct.
6 Q. According to McBride's second statement,
7 the Honda Civic driven by Mr. Wakefield followed
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8 McBride out of the parking lot of the I-55, up I-55
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9 to the side of the road of I-55 in front of the
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10 Nissan plant where McBride got out of the car, got
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11 into the Honda Civic. Washington got out of the
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12 Honda Civic, went and got in the Camry and shot to
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13 death the child. And then Washington got back in

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14 the Honda Civic, and McBride got back in the Toyota
15 Camry and drove away.

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16 That's his second statement, correct?

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17 A. Yes, sir. That's his second statement.

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18 Q. And then the Civic followed the Camry

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19 until he ditched the Camry and then took him back?
20 A. Yes, sir.
21 Q. And took him to where?
22 A. Took him home.
23 Q. That's what McBride says in his second
24 statement?
25 A. Yes, sir.
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1 Q. And the third statement McBride says he is

2 in fact the one that shot and killed the child?
3 A. Yes, sir.
4 Q. And in McBride's third statement, did he

5 go back through all of those other details, or did
6 he just simply say, "Okay, I'm really the one that
7 shot and killed the child"?
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8 A. I don't recall. I will have to review
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9 that again to make sure.
a.
10 Q. You didn't take McBride's statement?
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11 A. No, sir, I did not take his statement.
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12 Q. That's Agent Clark also?
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13 A. Yes, sir.
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14 Q. Okay. So the second statement McBride
15 gave, according to what you've said, is impossible;

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16 is that correct? In other words, let me -- let me

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17 put it this way.

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18 If -- if McBride's second statement is

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19 that the Honda Civic followed the Camry out of the
20 parking lot of I-55, straight up I-55, parked on the
21 side of the road, then the video from the Wendy's at
22 Northside Drive, the testimony of the other person
23 who bought some marijuana from my client, and the
24 video at the Shell station on Hanging Moss Road
25 would make McBride's second statement not credible.
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1 Would that be fair to say?

2 A. Again, I would have to look at all of the
3 times on there to see. I couldn't tell you.
4 Q. Okay. I guess the question is: Is my

5 client -- was he arrested and charged and is being
6 held without bond because he is suspected of
7 participating in the shooting of this child prior to
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8 this child being shot, that he's somehow an
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9 accomplice before the fact? Or do you know?
a.
10 A. He -- I'm sorry. You're going to have to
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11 repeat that question. He's being charged for --
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12 Q. McBride is the -- the credibility of
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13 McBride is what gives any reason to charging

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14 Wakefield as an accomplice before the fact.
15 Would that be a fair thing to say?

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16 A. Until all of the evidence has been

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17 reviewed --
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18 Q. Right.
Ja
19 A. -- yes, sir, his statement on his
20 involvement.
21 Q. His statement on his involvement in what?
22 A. On --
23 Q. You mean McBride?
24 A. Yes, sir, McBride's statement.
25 Q. So, really, it's McBride statement. I
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1 mean, I understand that my client and Washington

2 went to Gluckstadt and picked up McBride after
3 McBride had shot and killed the child. I understand
4 that. But that would make them possibly accessories

5 after the fact.
6 What is it that points the finger at
7 Wakefield to make him an accomplice before the --
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8 the theft of this vehicle and the killing of this
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9 child?
a.
10 A. The statement that McBride gave that he
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11 was going to off the kid to Wakefield.
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12 Q. And did Wakefield say that in his
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13 statement?
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14 A. No, sir. Wakefield didn't. McBride said
15 it in his statement, that he was going to off the

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16 kid. And that's what he told Wakefield. And

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17 Wakefield's statement was, "Just take the kid and

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18 drop him off somewhere."

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19 Q. So Wakefield -- on that telephone
20 conversation with McBride, when Wakefield admits
21 that McBride called him sometime after leaving the
22 Kroger, assuming that it was while he was at the
23 Shell station, Wakefield, Wakefield's statement is
24 that he told McBride, "Don't do that. Just drop the
25 kid off somewhere"?
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1 A. His statement was to drop the child off

2 somewhere. But McBride told him he was going to off
3 the kid and wanted Wakefield to come pick him up in
4 Gluckstadt. And Wakefield went and picked him up in

5 Gluckstadt and took him home.
6 Q. Fairly important. Did Wakefield tell
7 McBride, "Don't do that. Just drop the kid off
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8 somewhere. We'll come get you"?
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9 A. According to his statement, he told him to
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10 drop the kid off. In his statement.
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11 Q. Okay. la
12 A. But he didn't say anything about coming
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13 and pick him up.

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14 Q. But eventually he did go up there and pick
15 him up, correct?

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16 A. Yes, sir. He stated that McBride asked

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17 him to come pick him up, up there in Gluckstadt.

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18 Q. Was that a second phone call from McBride

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19 or all in the same phone call?
20 A. I don't know. I don't know.
21 Q. Okay. So other than McBride -- if we
22 believe McBride, then Wakefield may have been an
23 accessory before the fact. But you have got to
24 believe McBride -- at least based on what you've got
25 so far.
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1 MR. GUEST: Objection. Speculation,

2 Your Honor.
3 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Overruled.
4 MR. FORTNER: (Continuing.)

5 Q. You've got to believe McBride to believe
6 that, his second statement.
7 A. Along with what evidence we're still
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8 gathering and collecting, yes, sir.
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9 Q. And we just don't have all of that
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10 evidence.
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11 A. Not at this time.la No, sir.
12 Q. Any indication, Investigator Weeks, that

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13 my client -- my client is 17 years old; is that

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14 right?
15 A. Correct.
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16 Q. Any indication that he's been in any

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17 criminal trouble in his past, that you know of?

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18 A. I believe there's some juvenile records

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19 that is being obtained.
20 Q. Okay.
21 A. I believe. I could be mistaken.
22 Q. All right. Anything in the adult system?
23 Has he ever been charged with a felony, that you
24 know of?
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1 Q. He lives here in Jackson? Or he lives in

2 Jackson; is that correct?
3 A. He lives -- yes, sir, in Ridgeland.
4 Q. Okay. Goes to school in Ridgeland?

5 A. Yes, sir.
6 Q. High school student in Ridgeland?
7 A. Yes, sir.
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8 Q. Plays football in Ridgeland?
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9 A. That's what he said.
a.
10 Q. Okay. Do you have any reason to believe
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11 that he would flee this area if a reasonable bond
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12 was set on him? Any reason that you know of?
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13 A. I couldn't answer that.

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14 Q. Okay. His father works for a bonding
15 company; is that correct? Or do you know that?

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16 A. I don't know, no, sir.

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17 Q. He has family in this area, Ridgeland and

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18 Jackson?
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19 A. I guess. I don't know where all his
20 family is from.
21 Q. So you don't have any opinion one way or
22 the other about bond in this case?
23 A. No, sir, I don't.
24 MR. FORTNER: Okay. That's all of
25 the questions I have, Your Honor. Thank you.
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1 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Anything else?

2 MS. HANCOCK: Yes, sir. Just
3 briefly.
6 Q. Investigator Weeks, with regard to
7 Mr. Wakefield's statement, what did he say with
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8 regard to his conversation with Mr. McBride
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9 regarding the child --
a.
10 A. His statement?
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11 Q. -- Kingston Frazier?
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12 A. When -- his statement was that Mr. McBride
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13 had contacted him and told him there was a child in

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14 the vehicle. And his statement was that he had told
15 Mr. McBride to drop the child off somewhere, just

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16 drop him off and leave the child to be picked up.

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17 Q. And what was that statement in response

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18 to? What had Mr. McBride said to him to cause him

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19 to say that?
20 A. Mr. McBride's statement was he was going
21 to off the child, he was going to off the kid. That
22 was Mr. McBride's statement.
23 Mr. Wakefield's statement was that he
24 called and told him there was a child in the
25 vehicle. And his statement was he told him to just
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1 drop the child off. But Mr. McBride's statement was

2 he called and told him he was going to off the kid
3 and wanted him to come pick him up in Gluckstadt.
4 Q. And so in Mr. Wakefield's statement he

5 stated that he knew there was a child in the
6 vehicle --
7 A. Yes, ma'am.
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8 Q. -- with Mr. McBride?
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9 A. With Mr. McBride that was in that Toyota
a.
10 Camry.
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11 Q. Before he went and picked up Mr. McBride?
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12 A. Yes, ma'am. He knew that.
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13 Q. To your knowledge, after -- upon learning

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14 that there was a child in the car, did Mr. Wakefield
15 do anything to secure the release of Kingston

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16 Frazier?
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17 A. Are you asking did he contact law

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18 enforcement and let us know --

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19 Q. Yes, sir.
20 A. -- that there was a child? No. There are
21 no records of that, no, ma'am. We had no phone
22 calls.
23 Q. Did he indicate that he had taken any
24 steps such as that in his statement?
25 A. No, ma'am.
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1 MS. HANCOCK: I'll tender.

2 JUDGE MCKINLEY: I have one question.
3 Were there -- if my memory serves me
4 correctly, at some point in the Kroger parking lot

5 it's somebody's statement that they said that
6 Mr. Wakefield knew the child was in the car in the
7 Kroger parking lot, something about going back and
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8 forth between cars.
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9 BY THE WITNESS: Mr. McBride made
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10 that statement. When he went back to the car, to
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11 the silver car after walking up there and looking at
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12 the Toyota, when he opened the door, in his
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13 statement that's when he told Mr. Wakefield and

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14 Washington that there was a child in the vehicle.
15 And his statement was that they told him,

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16 "Man, you've got this. You're right there at it.

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17 Go ahead and take it." That was Mr. McBride's.

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18 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Any questions based

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19 upon the question that I asked?
20 MS. HANCOCK: No, sir.
21 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Is that it,
22 Ms. Hancock?
23 MS. HANCOCK: I don't have anything
24 further, Your Honor. At this time the State
25 requests that you find that we've presented
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1 sufficient evidence that you find probable cause to

2 believe that the offense of capital murder was
3 committed by Dwan Diondro Wakefield and bind him
4 over for the grand jury.

5 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Mr. Fortner.
6 MR. FORTNER: Judge, yeah. We're
7 going to ask you not to do that. If you do do that,
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8 then we're going to ask you to set a reasonable bond
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9 on my client right now.
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10 Here's what the problem with the case is
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11 from our point of view at this stage.
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12 stage, if you bind Mr. Wakefield over to the grand

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13 jury or if you hold him without bond -- I mean, I

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14 don't have any problem with them continuing their
15 investigation. And I think that they have a duty to

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16 do that, should do that, and get back all of these

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17 forensic results, and so forth, that they're trying

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18 to get back.
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19 But the bottom line at this point is
20 Mr. Wakefield has given them certainly a sufficient
21 amount of information to basically prove that
22 McBride's statement, his second statement in which
23 he actually admits taking the car and driving up to
24 Gluckstadt, he's given them sufficient information
25 to disprove what McBride is saying happened.
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1 I mean, it's obvious that Wakefield and

2 Washington left the -- went to the Kroger in the
3 first place to sell a dime bag of weed. They left
4 there and went to a Wendy's on Northside Drive to

5 sell the dime bag of weed, and eventually they ended
6 up at the Shell station on Hanging Moss Road.
7 And while they're doing that, McBride is
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8 gone. McBride is in the vehicle, the Toyota Camry,
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9 that he has stolen with the child in the back seat
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10 and driven up I-55. The only indication at that
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11 moment, at this point in all of this investigation,
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12 that would prove that Wakefield, Dwan Wakefield,
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13 knew that there was a child in that car is McBride's

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14 second statement where he says, "I said there was a
15 kid in the car when I came back to the Honda Civic

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16 at the I-55 Kroger."

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17 Okay. There is no reason to believe that.

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18 There's no reason to believe that my client, Dwan

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19 Wakefield, suggested or told or agreed with or
20 helped or assisted Mr. McBride in killing this
21 child.
22 I don't think anybody in this courtroom
23 doubts that it is McBride that killed the child. I
24 think everybody knows that. I think all of the
25 investigators know that. I don't think you're going
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1 to find any of my client's -- I don't think the

2 investigation is going to show anything different
3 than that.
4 But the fact of the matter is the issue is

5 going to be whether or not my client encouraged
6 McBride to steal the car in the Kroger parking lot
7 with the kid in the back -- knowing that there was a
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8 child in the back of it and then suggested to him on
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9 the telephone later on to kill the child or do
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10 something crazy like that.
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11 Okay. That's what this is going to boil
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12 down to. And at this point there is no evidence, no
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13 credible evidence, of that, of either of those two

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14 things.
15 Because of that, I'm not saying that their

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16 investigation is complete, but it is not complete

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17 enough, at least in this country, to keep someone

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18 locked up in jail without bond, especially someone

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19 who doesn't pose -- whose past in no way indicates
20 that he poses a risk of flight or a risk of threat
21 to the community.
22 There is simply no -- not enough evidence
23 to convince -- we would argue, urging the court not
24 to be convinced that our client participated before
25 the fact in this killing. That's simply not what
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1 the evidence shows at this point.

2 And for that reason, we would either ask
3 the court to not bind him over to the grand jury or,
4 if you do -- and I don't doubt that you will because

5 the case does need to have a complete and thorough
6 investigation -- then we're asking you to consider
7 setting a reasonable bond that will ensure his
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8 presence in court under whatever conditions you want
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9 to. If you want to put him on electronic
a.
10 monitoring, GPS monitoring, house arrest, certainly
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11 I can understand the court doing that until it gets
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12 more information from this investigation.
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13 But there is not a sufficient basis to

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14 hold him without bond at this time.
15 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Any response,

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16 Ms. Hancock?
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17 MS. HANCOCK: Yes, sir. While we

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18 certainly hope that you will find that there is

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19 sufficient probable cause to bind him over, with
20 regard to Mr. Fortner's argument with regard to his
21 bail, by his own statement alone he is an accessory
22 to this crime before and after the fact in him
23 knowing that Mr. McBride was going to take the car,
24 and after the fact he knew that there was a child in
25 the car. He went and picked up Mr. McBride at the
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1 scene knowing this.

2 And he -- this is under Section 29, as I
3 argued before. He's 17, so he's subject to life in
4 prison. And so, given that, he is a flight risk and

5 should not be allowed to be given a bond at this
6 time. He should continue to be held.
7 And there is sufficient evidence to find
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8 that he will be found guilty at the trial given
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9 that. And that is just setting aside Mr. McBride's
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10 statements, which should be also held into account
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11 at this time. la
12 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Any response for the
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13 court?
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14 MR. FORTNER: No. It would be
15 repetitious, Your Honor. There is simply no reason

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16 to believe he is a flight risk at all. In fact,

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17 he's the one who participated in helping them

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18 investigate this case.

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19 JUDGE MCKINLEY: All right.
20 Mr. Fortner makes some good points if this were a
21 trial in the matter on the merits. But it is still
22 just a probable cause hearing, and I think there is
23 sufficient evidence based upon testimony given today
24 that the case should be bound over to the grand jury
25 to await further action.
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1 With regard to the bond question, I still

2 find that the proof is evident and/or the
3 presumption great that to release the defendant
4 would pose a special danger to others and/or the

5 community and that I can't think of any condition or
6 combination of conditions that will reasonably
7 assume the appearance of defendant as required.
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8 You certainly, Mr. Fortner -- after I sign
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9 the order, Circuit Court of Madison County then will
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10 have jurisdiction, and you can make your application
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11 for a reduction in bond at that time and probably
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12 have a much more detailed and involved bond hearing.
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Byron DeLance McBride - D'Allen Tyreek Washington Preliminary Hearing
Dwan Diondro Wakefield
39:13 40:13;49:8;57:11; 63:5 belongings (1)

$ afternoon (4) 59:4,10;71:12 attend (1) 66:20
10:25;13:2;25:7; appears (2) 6:5 best (3)
$10 (6) 60:3 71:15;74:3 audio (7) 67:18;69:23;78:5
64:11;65:3,14; again (12) application (1) 40:20;63:10,12,14, beyond (4)
68:17;76:21;77:2 15:16;27:20;35:14, 96:10 17;77:23;79:13 5:10;18:19;21:4;
15;39:6;45:22;53:3; apply (1) await (1) 38:6
A 73:11;77:14,23;82:9; 47:11 95:25 bind (13)
83:2 apprehended (8) aware (10) 20:23;21:8;44:19;
abandoned (3) agency (3) 10:24;12:20,20,22, 18:1,4,8,11;31:22; 45:14,22;46:18,24;
9:25;24:7;59:3 33:22,23;80:5 25;25:6;60:1,3 36:6;66:1;73:13; 54:3,15;91:3,12;94:3,
able (2) Agent (10) appropriate (2) 79:14;86:25 19
14:12;36:11 52:22;63:9,10,24; 4:24;33:4 awareness (1) binding (1)
accessories (1) 64:8;65:18;78:15; approximately (10) 11:22 54:10
84:4 79:16,25;82:12 7:6,16;8:5,11;9:12, away (3) bit (2)
accessory (2) agree (2) 21;22:24;56:9;58:5; 72:25;75:14;81:15 15:10;63:20
85:23;94:21 34:22;50:18 96:18 black (9)
accomplice (3) agreed (1) area (4) B 15:22;28:19,22;
83:9,14;84:7 92:19 19:25;56:10;87:11, 51:10,11;57:8,11;
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According (16) ahead (5) 17 back (74) 59:8;69:8
16:20,25;17:10; 13:12;29:24;30:8; argue (1) 8:23,25;9:3,3,4; body (3)
61:22;90:17 93:23 10:6;13:11,18,22; 41:9;49:11,16
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61:10;68:16;71:14,
16,17;76:3,24;79:19; Alert (14) argued (1) 21:13;24:13;27:5,18; boil (1)
80:20,25;81:6;82:15; 7:9,13;10:2;23:2,6; 95:3 28:17,24;29:2,5,5,6, 93:11
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85:9 24:7;34:5,8,10,18,23; argument (1) 6,13,13,22;30:1; bond (13)
account (1) 56:12,16;59:2 94:20 40:16,18;41:3,5,6,10, 46:15;83:6;87:11,
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95:10 alive (3) argumentative (1) 10,12,12;57:14,16, 22;91:8,13;93:18;
acting (1) 15:2;62:15,16 33:15
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18:12 alleged (2) arguments (1) 61:19;62:8,9;66:2,6, 12
action (9) 36:5;37:10 47:3 17;67:25;69:14,25; bonding (1)
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7:3;22:21;44:20; allow (1) around (25) 70:4,12,14;71:9,10, 87:14
45:15,23;46:25; 19:2 8:5,23;9:3;10:4; 21;72:9,9,10,16,24; both (8)
allowed (1) 13:7;24:8,11;28:17, 75:14;80:11;81:13, 14:22,23;15:1,4;
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54:11,16;95:25
actions (1) 95:5 24;29:4,5,5;30:1; 14,19;82:5;90:7,10; 27:6;28:4,5;62:13
4:24 alone (1) 41:11,13;52:8;57:14, 91:16,18;92:9,15; bother (1)
activated (1) 94:21 18;59:4,8;69:14; 93:7,8 41:25
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56:6 along (8) 70:4,6,8,11 backed (1) bottom (2)

Actually (10) 43:8;44:3,7,21; arrest (1) 72:11 19:25;91:19
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12:22;16:16;26:9; 48:19;51:5;55:12; 94:10 bag (5) bought (1)

34:4;38:3,12;39:9; 86:7 arrested (4) 64:11;65:14;68:17; 82:23
48:12;58:1;91:23 Amber (13) 18:13;48:15,17; 92:3,5 bound (1)
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address (1) 7:9,13;10:2;23:2,6; 83:5 bail (1) 95:24

47:13 24:7;34:5,8,17,23; arrived (14) 94:21 boy (2)
56:11,15;59:2 7:17,19,21;10:3; Based (6) 10:5;59:9
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adjourn (1)
21:13 American (1) 11:15;20:8;23:7,9; 53:25;54:13;69:7; break (1)
adjourned (2) 39:13 26:14;28:15,19; 85:24;90:18;95:23 15:9
96:16,17 amount (1) 56:21,22;59:7 basically (1) Brian (1)
administration (1) 91:21 arriving (1) 91:21 24:23
4:21 analysis (1) 8:3 basis (2) briefly (2)
admissible (1) 50:8 aside (2) 44:19;94:13 53:4;88:3
47:10 analyzed (1) 35:5;95:9 become (1) bring (1)
admits (3) 80:10 assisted (1) 66:1 32:9
66:12;84:20;91:23 and/or (6) 92:20 Beg (1) brought (11)
admitted (1) 4:14,25;9:2;74:14; assume (1) 47:21 11:2,5,6;13:1;25:8,
65:18 96:2,4 96:7 behavior (2) 11,12,14;48:1,9,23
adult (1) anonymous (2) assuming (4) 4:16,20 Bureau (4)
86:22 41:18;42:1 71:4;72:14;75:9; behind (4) 6:23;22:17;34:6;
advised (6) answered (3) 84:22 13:18;27:12;57:18; 56:2
7:7;12:5;13:17; 29:18;33:2;43:3 Ates (4) 62:1 buy (2)
27:11,12;29:24 appearance (4) 42:5,6,8,12 belabor (1) 65:3;74:19
afar (1) 30:6;55:9,15;96:7 attained (1) 43:5 buyer (1)
50:16 appeared (9) 51:1 belonged (1) 74:12
African (1) 10:13;24:14;29:4; attempted (1) 60:17 Byron (7)
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5:15;10:22;14:13; 66:6,7,7,24;67:5,12, 81:7,11,12,14,18; conditions (2) 14;60:18;62:11,15,

20:21;25:2,2;59:21 14;68:10,11,13,15; 82:19;92:15 94:8;96:6 17;66:25;67:1,6;96:9
69:5,9;70:5,14,16,23, Clark (14) conduct (3) couple (1)
C 25;71:4,5,6,9,10; 63:9,10,24;64:2,9, 4:11,17,19 67:19
73:9,22;74:3;75:14, 9;65:18,24,25;66:3; conducted (1) course (5)
Call (16) 24;76:2;77:13;79:17; 78:15;79:16;80:1; 4:9 9:11;10:22;13:6;
5:22,24;7:6,15; 81:1,10;89:14;90:6, 82:12 consider (1) 59:22;73:13
9:14,24;22:8,9;24:5, 10,11;91:23;92:13, client (22) 94:6 court (14)
9;55:19;56:8;58:25; 15;93:6;94:23,25 31:20;32:15;43:25; consistent (4) 4:14,24;14:13;
78:6;85:18,19 cars (3) 44:19;45:15;46:3,14; 29:10,14;59:17; 26:6;30:16;54:8,10;
called (11) 68:3;69:15;90:8 48:9;51:5,20;78:25; 62:18 55:15;93:23;94:3,8,
7:3;22:21,23;45:5; case (14) 79:9,11;82:23;83:5; contact (5) 11;95:13;96:9
76:1,15;77:12,25; 5:14;6:7;32:10; 84:1;86:13,13;91:9; 64:17,18,20,21; courtroom (5)
84:21;88:24;89:2 38:15;46:18,24;47:2; 92:18;93:5,24 89:17 4:23;6:2;25:17;
calls (4) 63:2;75:1;87:22; client's (2) contacted (7) 58:12;92:22
16:22;31:16;61:5; 91:10;94:5;95:18,24 33:7;93:1 12:4;14:3;26:21; crazy (1)
89:22 cause (19) close (9) 77:20;79:16,21; 93:10
came (17) 5:6,10;10:11,12; 13:15;27:10;28:16; 88:13 credibility (1)
9:16;12:11,22; 18:19,24;20:21;21:2, 49:17,18,21;57:6; contained (1) 83:12
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13:11;17:6;20:1; 6;32:14;38:6;47:7; 62:2;68:1 31:17 credible (2)
27:14;41:10;48:22; 49:4;54:2,14;88:18; closed (1) contemporaneous (1) 82:25;93:13
60:8,15;61:19;66:6, 91:1;94:19;95:22 40:17 52:8 crime (16)
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17;71:25;78:6;92:15 cell (19) clothing (1) contempt (1) 16:1,3,4;17:21;
Camry (47) 12:16;30:22;31:2, 71:13 4:25 21:6;32:14,15;36:5;
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8:13,22;9:1,4,4,25; 15,17,20,24,25;32:2, coach (1) continue (1) 37:10;45:4,11;50:8,
11:21;15:21;16:2,11, 3,17;33:7,7,9;44:23; 51:6 95:6 12;53:11,14;94:22
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19;20:3,6,8;26:14; 45:5,6;50:13;53:10 co-defendant (1) Continuing (14) criminal (2)
27:15;28:15,19,20; certain (1) 46:21
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29:3;40:4,18;41:3,5, 24:25 collected (1) 17;26:1;32:7;33:21; cross (1)
6;57:7,13,17,19; certainly (5) 44:22 39:7;43:9;47:24; 16:24
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60:15;61:19;66:2; 33:10;91:20;94:10, collecting (1) 50:24;58:22;86:4; cross-examine (1)
68:7,14,24,25;71:21, 18;96:8 86:8 91:14 47:4
25;75:13;77:21; chance (2) colored (1) conversation (2) curious (1)
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81:12,15,18,19; 47:3;79:8 8:12 84:20;88:8 38:13

82:19;89:10;92:8 charged (8) combative (2) convince (1) custody (2)
can (17) 4:7;38:9,16,17; 45:25;46:9 93:23 14:6;17:15
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4:11,18;12:16; 46:16;83:5,11;86:23 combination (1) convinced (1)

15:10,11,22;19:3,15; charges (1) 96:6 93:24 D
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32:20;36:8;46:6; 5:1 coming (2) cooperative (1)

47:16;61:23;79:2; charging (1) 4:3;85:12 63:22 DA (1)
80:11;94:11;96:10 83:13 comments (1) corrected (1) 50:19
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capable (1) child (43) 4:15 43:6 D'Allen (7)

37:19 10:7;12:5,6;13:12, commission (3) correction (1) 9:14;22:4;23:24;
capacity (5) 21;18:4;27:7;29:16, 37:10;38:18,19 28:21 25:16,23;54:2;58:9
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6:25;7:4;22:18; 23;44:5;61:21;66:1; committed (9) correctly (1) damage (6)

56:3,7 75:14,24;76:2;81:2, 5:6,7;20:22;21:6,7; 90:4 8:2;23:14;35:19,
capital (6) 13;82:2,7;83:7,8; 32:14,15;54:3;91:3 counsel (4) 22;36:3;57:4
20:22;38:10,17; 84:3,9;85:1;88:9,13, communicated (1) 12:22;25:12;30:6, danger (1)
46:16;54:3;91:2 15,16,21,24;89:1,5, 35:7 13 96:4
captured (2) 14,20;90:6,14;92:9, communication (3) count (1) dark (3)
48:3,7 13,21,23;93:8,9; 72:17,23,24 35:12 8:12;9:3;57:7
car (97) 94:24 community (2) country (1) data (1)
8:2,22,24;9:6;10:1; chop (1) 93:21;96:5 93:17 31:17
12:13;13:18;17:24; 18:9 company (1) County (48) date (2)
18:1,2,4,7;23:14,23; church (1) 87:15 7:12;9:13,23; 22:22;56:6
26:16,16;27:6,8,14, 6:6 complete (3) 10:20;11:7;12:1; dead (7)
18;28:14,16,22,23, Circuit (1) 93:16,16;94:5 14:24;15:4,5;23:5, 9:25;13:22;14:2;
25;29:2,5,6,13,16,25; 96:9 concerned (3) 21;24:4,10,17,18,21; 24:8;27:19;59:3;62:8
30:1;38:15,24;40:16; Civic (21) 33:14,20;47:15 28:2,6;34:1,5;35:6,7, death (5)
41:6,11,12;45:19,20; 11:23;15:20;19:19; concerning (1) 15,17;41:15,20,22, 10:11;49:5;59:17;
46:20;51:23;57:3,12, 20:12;28:21;29:12; 7:22 24;48:12,20;51:3; 81:2,13
14,21;58:2,7;60:16, 66:14,17;67:13,22; condition (1) 52:14;56:14,23; deceased (2)
18;61:20,23;62:5,8; 69:5;73:15,21;77:1; 96:5 57:24;58:6,24;59:4,6, 10:6;24:13
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decision (1) 91:25 earlier (8) 16;50:10,11;53:9,10; feel (1)

6:8 disrupt (3) 23:25;27:23;36:14, 54:13;62:19;75:18; 4:18
decorum (1) 4:12,13,21 23;41:14;47:25;49:4; 83:16;86:7,10;91:1; Felony (6)
4:19 ditched (1) 52:24 93:12,13,22;94:1; 22:4;38:19,20;
defendant (9) 81:19 early (2) 95:7,23 39:2;55:4;86:23
5:7,18;14:18;21:7, DNA (2) 7:5;56:8 evident (1) female (4)
8;54:10;58:18;96:3,7 45:6;53:10 Edgewood (1) 96:2 8:15,20;28:19;57:8
defendants (4) done (3) 30:14 exact (3) few (4)
16:11,16;30:23; 27:23;50:21;53:19 either (5) 34:12,17;76:10 8:20;21:13;57:7;
63:2 door (25) 9:10;71:3,5;93:13; exactly (2) 67:17
DeLance (3) 8:2,13,24;9:1;20:1; 94:2 68:22;70:13 file (3)
5:15;14:13;20:21 23:14;28:25;35:18; electronic (1) EXAMINATION (8) 32:19,20;33:4
deleted (2) 39:20;40:7,10,17,17; 94:9 6:19;15:14;22:13; final (2)
80:1,12 41:8;51:23;57:3,15, else (5) 30:20;52:21;55:23; 12:24;55:3
demand (1) 17;70:15;71:23,24; 20:17;51:13;57:22; 62:25;88:5 finally (1)
4:20 72:7,8;74:3;90:12 64:12;88:1 examine (1) 13:7
Department (19) doors (2) emotionally (1) 49:24 find (13)
7:8,12;9:13,24; 19:23;67:22 4:7 examined (1) 9:9;20:20;24:12;
10:21;11:7;23:2,5, doubt (3) employed (7) 53:14 31:16;54:1,14;77:6;
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22;24:5;34:2;35:6; 5:10;21:4;94:4 6:22,23,25;22:16, examining (1) 90:25;91:1;93:1;
48:20;56:11,15;58:6, doubts (1) 18;56:1,3 50:1 94:18;95:7;96:2
25;59:6;80:4 92:23 en (3) exchanged (1) findings (2)
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depicted (1) down (5) 7:11;23:4;56:13 27:13 24:1;28:10
19:12 14:1;19:24;21:9; encouraged (1) Excuse (5) fine (2)
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deputies (1) 69:25;93:12 93:5 5:13;6:1;17:13; 47:16;70:22
35:10 drive (14) end (7) 28:1,7 finger (1)
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deputy (4) 9:5,7;30:14;65:11; 9:25;13:23;14:2; excused (1) 84:6
10:3;24:10;59:7,7 73:17,20;74:9,15; 24:8;27:19;59:3;62:9
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described (2) 75:10;76:22;77:1,10; ended (2) exists (1) 49:24;50:1
9:10;59:16 82:22;92:4 26:16;92:5 5:11 fingerprints (4)
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description (2) driven (3) enforcement (4) exit (2) 16:10,11,18,18
24:6;59:1 75:13;81:7;92:10 48:4,7;80:4;89:18 8:16;48:21 finish (3)
destination (1) driver (1) enough (2) exited (2) 31:5;46:6;50:22
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60:24 39:18 93:17,22 39:13;60:14 first (28)

detail (1) drivers (1) ensure (1) explain (1) 5:14,22;8:1,3;11:2,
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detailed (2) driver's (7) entered (2) 24:25;25:2,8;43:17;

23:10;96:12 40:7,9;70:7;71:22; 57:10;62:16 F 48:1;51:17;57:3;
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details (1) 72:7,8,11 entire (1) 60:3;63:2,5,25;

82:5 driving (2) 8:17 face (1) 68:12;71:9;73:10;
Detective (2) 29:14;91:23 entirety (1) 46:15 77:20;80:20,23,25;
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65:24,25 drop (12) 46:10 facing (5) 92:3

determine (6) 12:8,15,17;79:22; entitled (4) 20:1,2;28:17; flee (1)
5:5,9;36:11,23,25; 84:18,24;85:1,7,10; 33:9;46:3,3,17 67:22,24 87:11
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45:19 88:15,16;89:1 entry (2) fact (15) flight (3)

determined (1) drove (15) 19:23;28:18 6:7;14:24;28:2; 93:20;95:4,16
23:14 13:22;26:17;29:3, escorts (1) 44:3,5;82:2;83:9,14; floorboard (3)
different (7) 7;41:7,12;57:20,20, 48:19 84:5;85:23;93:4,25; 10:7;24:13;59:10
16:8;18:3;43:14; 21;62:8,9;72:11,25; especially (1) 94:22,24;95:16 follow (1)
45:14;65:2;74:7;93:2 73:14;81:15 93:18 fair (2) 16:8
dime (3) During (8) even (2) 83:1,15 followed (3)
65:14;92:3,5 9:11;10:19,22; 31:20;45:19 Fairly (1) 81:7,18;82:19
Diondro (3) 24:20,24;51:17; evening (1) 85:6 football (1)
55:4;58:11;91:3 59:22;60:12 11:1 familiar (1) 87:8
disbelieve (1) duty (1) eventually (3) 5:3 forensic (1)
74:25 91:15 73:16;85:14;92:5 family (3) 91:17
discoverable (1) Dwan (12) everybody (2) 42:9;87:17,20 forensics (3)
18:25 9:14;23:24;55:4, 21:14;92:24 far (7) 15:25;16:1,3
discovery (4) 13;58:8,11;60:4; everyone (1) 23:10;28:14;33:20; former (1)
18:20,25;33:1;38:7 64:3,8;91:3;92:12,18 4:5 38:13;47:14;62:19; 51:6
discussed (1) evidence (27) 85:25 forth (2)
6:6 E 36:3;44:21,23,24; father (1) 90:8;91:17
disprove (1) 46:11,17,23;47:9,11, 87:14 forthcoming (1)
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75:5 gentlemen (1) 5:17,24;6:10,12,17, hold (4) includes (1)

Fortner (15) 47:8 19;14:17,19;15:6; 44:19;47:7;91:13; 31:1
55:8,11,12,16; gets (3) 16:21;18:18;20:18; 94:14 including (1)
62:22,23,25;86:4; 9:4;68:25;94:11 21:16;22:6,9,11,13; Holmes (5) 4:25
87:24;91:5,6;95:14, girl (2) 25:22,25;26:1;30:3; 12:1;60:18;66:25; inconsistent (4)
20;96:8,13 66:21,22 38:5;45:24;46:7,8; 67:1,5 44:12,15;45:14;
Fortner's (1) girlfriend (1) 52:21;53:20,25;55:7, home (4) 46:22
94:20 66:22 19,23;58:17,22; 26:25;62:9;81:22; indicate (7)
found (1) given (15) 62:21;88:2,5;90:1,20, 85:5 11:22;14:23;39:9;
95:8 7:21;11:8;18:3; 22,23;94:16,17 Honda (27) 49:15;50:2,4;89:23
four (6) 23:9;25:8;28:5;32:1; hands (1) 11:23;15:20;19:19; indicated (4)
8:12;34:20,21; 36:17;62:14;91:20, 70:24 20:11;28:22;39:14; 11:24;14:20;15:2;
43:13;45:14;46:22 24;95:4,5,8,23 Hanging (11) 41:3;66:14,17;67:12, 53:11
fourth (1) gives (1) 19:11;61:4;74:10; 21;68:4,11;69:5; indicates (2)
44:4 83:13 76:16;77:10;78:2,10, 70:1;72:15,19;73:3, 79:12;93:19
Fraizer (4) glasses (1) 18,23;82:24;92:6 15,21;77:1;81:7,11, indicating (1)
16:17;17:13;20:22; 14:15 happen (1) 12,14;82:19;92:15 11:14
42:9 Gluckstadt (24) 6:5 Honey (3) indication (4)
Frazier (25) 10:1;12:9,11;24:8, happened (7) 42:5,6,8 72:16;86:12,16;
m
7:23;9:18;10:8; 19;26:22,24;44:9; 13:3;40:15;58:23; Honor (20) 92:10
13:25;14:24;16:10; 48:21;53:8;59:3,14; 76:4,7,20;91:25 5:21;15:8;16:22; individual (6)
17:9;18:1;23:11,16; 60:24;61:7;62:1; happens (1) 19:16;20:19,25; 11:18;26:11;40:4,
co
24:12;26:19;27:17, 76:1;79:22,24;84:2; 19:1 21:10;22:7;38:16; 10;42:1;78:9
22;28:2,6;44:1; 85:4,5,17;89:3;91:24 hard (1) 43:4;45:25;53:21,24; individuals (6)
a.
56:24;58:4;59:12; goes (2) 9:2 54:1;55:11;62:23; 16:19;17:25;18:13;
62:7,11,14;88:11; 69:1;87:4 head (1) 86:2;87:25;90:24; 20:11;39:25;51:10
y
89:16 good (3) 34:16 95:15 information (32)
Frazier's (1) 63:20;95:20;96:15 headlights (2)
la hope (1) 7:22;10:18,21;
59:17 GPS (1) 28:21;57:9 94:18 18:12;23:10,17,19,
front (5) 94:10 hear (1) house (1) 22,23;24:20,23;
ba
39:19,23;67:22; grand (13) 4:13 94:10 33:17;34:14;35:1,4,
69:14;81:9 20:23;21:8;44:19; hearing (24) 14,16;37:3;41:20,21,
frontage (1) 45:15,23;46:24;54:4, 4:8;5:3,5,9;18:19, I 23;56:22;57:25;58:2,
am
9:7 10,15;91:4,12;94:3; 21,25;21:2,13;22:3; 7;59:21;60:22;64:4;

fully (1) 95:24 28:12;33:5;36:10,15, I-55 (19) 77:6;91:21,24;94:12
47:11 grass (2) 23;38:7;43:16;49:4; 7:9,17;13:15;17:6; informed (2)
nj
fundamental (1) 64:11;68:17 50:17;51:18;55:3; 23:3,8;27:10;56:12; 23:1,4

5:4 great (1) 95:22;96:12,17 64:10;65:3;74:6; Initially (1)
so
further (9) 96:3 hearings (3) 75:13;81:8,8,9;82:20, 33:25

9:19;20:15;24:1; GSR (3) 4:13,20;47:10 20;92:10,16 inside (6)
26:18;52:17;54:16; 44:25;45:2;53:10 hearsay (1) idea (1) 9:1,2;41:9,10;
ck
67:25;90:24;95:25 guess (7) 47:9 75:17 57:17;69:1

16:6;41:19;67:18; held (4) identified (6) instead (1)
G 69:23;78:5;83:4; 5:11;83:6;95:6,10 10:8;14:18;19:7; 7:13
Ja
87:19 helped (1) 25:23;58:10;59:11 intent (1)

gas (5) GUEST (4) 92:20 identify (3) 38:19
12:10;19:10;51:1; 32:25;43:4;50:9; helping (1) 14:13;20:11,13 interest (1)
52:5;79:22 86:1 95:17 identities (1) 58:3
gathered (5) guilty (1) Here's (1) 20:12 interfere (2)
29:20,21;44:22; 95:8 91:10 identity (2) 4:16;6:8
50:13;62:19 gunshot (5) High (1) 42:2,3 interior (1)
gathering (1) 17:15;24:15;49:9, 87:6 important (3) 71:25
86:8 17,18 himself (3) 4:8;34:23;85:6 interrupt (1)
gave (27) gunshots (1) 43:6;48:16;63:21 impossible (1) 70:20
11:13;14:9,10,20, 10:13 Hinds (25) 82:15 interstate (2)
21;15:4;17:11;25:15; guy (1) 7:12;9:13;10:20; incident (2) 13:16;62:3
26:3,7;28:5;37:22; 45:13 23:5,21;24:21;34:1, 24:2;59:25 interview (6)
43:10,12,13,15,17, 5;35:6,7,15,17;41:14, incidental (1) 13:24;63:6,7,11;
24;44:4;45:13;52:25; H 20,21,23;48:12,20; 19:1 64:4;78:14
60:10;61:14,17; 51:3;52:14;56:14,23; include (1) interviewed (1)
64:18;82:15;84:10 hair (1) 57:24;58:6;62:15 30:22 63:23
gentleman (1) 15:23 hisself (3) included (1) into (17)
25:20 HANCOCK (42) 26:8;60:13;61:1 31:3 7:3;8:13,16,20;
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17:14;19:19,24;27:8; 15:11;16:23;18:23; 22;28:1,6;43:25; 42:1;88:16 7:25;8:4,13;12:3;
28:18;33:1;38:7; 20:17,24;21:1,12; 56:23;58:4;59:12,17; leaving (1) 13:9;18:16;19:20,21;
57:8;81:11;95:10 22:2,8,11;25:24; 62:7,11,14;88:11; 84:21 23:13;26:10;38:1;
investigate (1) 29:19;30:5,8,11,17; 89:15 leeway (1) 56:24;57:2,5,8;66:1,
95:18 32:4,25;33:6,10;38:9, knew (6) 38:12 18;67:10,13;73:9,15;
Investigation (25) 11,21,23;39:1,4;43:2, 29:16;89:5,12; left (27) 81:8;82:20;90:4,7;
6:24;9:12,19; 5;46:2,5,13;47:1,19, 90:6;92:13;94:24 9:8,25;12:2,2;15:2; 93:6
17:22;18:22;28:11; 21;50:18,20,22; knowing (3) 17:7;24:7;27:19; lots (1)
30:21;31:1,12;33:23; 52:16,18;53:22;54:5, 93:7;94:23;95:1 28:20;29:2,7;42:3; 70:8
34:7;35:24;53:15,19; 7,12;55:2,8,14,17,21; knowledge (1) 57:9;58:19;59:2;
56:2;63:16;71:14,16; 58:20;62:22;86:3; 89:13 60:19,20;61:1,18; M
73:14;91:15;92:11; 88:1;90:2,18,21;91:5, knows (1) 62:15;65:9,10;66:20;
93:2,16;94:6,12 6;94:15;95:12,19; 92:24 73:9;77:9;92:2,3 ma'am (51)
Investigations (1) 96:14,15 Kroger (62) lets (1) 7:2,5,16;9:11,21;
22:17 jumpsuit (3) 7:9,11,17,21,24; 35:25 10:10,12,18,25;11:6,
Investigator (15) 14:15;25:21;58:16 8:13,16,20;11:16,17; level (2) 13,24;13:1;14:7,10,
8:7;14:12;15:15; jurisdiction (1) 13:9;15:3,19;17:7, 21:4;47:12 14;15:1;22:20,23;
20:16;28:7;30:21; 96:10 25;18:15;19:20,24; lieu (1) 23:21;24:3,18;25:7,
m
32:10;33:22;46:10, jury (13) 23:3,7,9,13;26:10; 53:23 18,20;26:7,20;27:4;
17;50:25;63:1;64:9; 20:23;21:8;44:20; 28:8,18;29:9;35:1; Lieutenant (3) 28:4,9;29:11;53:2,13,
86:12;88:6 45:15,23;46:24;54:4, 36:22;38:1;43:21; 7:7;22:25;56:10 18;56:5,8,19;57:24;
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investigators (2) 10,15;91:4,13;94:3; 44:3;45:17;53:6; life (1) 58:13,15;59:15,19;
11:10;92:25 95:24 56:12,17,25;57:2,10, 95:3 60:2,8,25;62:13,20;
a.
involve (1) justice (1) 23;60:14;61:3;64:10, light (2) 89:7,12,21,25
4:6 4:22 10;65:2,3,10,10,25; 54:9;71:25 Madison (19)
y
involved (12) juvenile (1) 67:10,23;68:4,4; lights (1) 9:23;11:7;14:24;
9:18,19;13:6; 86:18 69:1;73:15;74:6;
la 8:17 15:3,5;24:4,10,16,18;
23:15;33:23;34:4,7; 75:13;84:22;90:4,7; line (1) 28:2,6;58:24;59:4,6,
36:1;43:18;59:25; K 92:2,16;93:6 91:19 14;62:11,16,17;96:9
ba
75:1;96:12 listen (2) makes (1)
involvement (2) keep (1) L 77:22,23 95:20
83:20,21 93:17 listened (4) male (10)
am
issue (5) kid (15) lab (8) 63:17,18,19,20 8:21;15:22;28:22;

7:8;23:2;56:11,15; 12:14;26:23;61:6; 16:1,3,5;17:21; little (2) 39:13;40:16;51:11;
93:4 77:13;84:11,16,17, 45:4,11;53:12,14 15:10;38:12 57:11;59:9;69:7,8
nj
issued (6) 25;85:3,7,10;88:21; laboratory (1) lives (3) males (1)

34:5,8,10,12,18,23 89:2;92:15;93:7 50:12 87:1,1,3 51:10
so
issues (2) kidnap (1) last (2) locate (1) man (2)
4:7;33:1 39:2 15:15;19:18 24:12 78:16;90:16
issuing (2) kidnapped (1) Later (19) located (4) manner (1)
ck
7:13;23:6 56:24 8:5,20;9:9;10:7,25; 7:9;12:9;23:3; 4:10

items (1) kidnapping (6) 11:3;13:1,24;19:7; 30:14 many (7)
60:17 7:22;9:18;23:10, 24:3;25:7,13;26:20; location (5) 20:11,13;35:10;
Ja
16;35:2;58:4 27:20;57:7;59:11; 12:18;24:16;56:13; 37:1;43:15;45:19;

J kill (2) 60:2;76:4;93:9 61:4;79:23 69:23
17:9;93:9 law (4) locked (1) map (1)
Jackson (15) killed (25) 48:4,7;80:4;89:17 93:18 12:17
7:8,10,13;15:3; 10:13;12:14;13:21, laying (1) long (1) marijuana (15)
23:1,3;30:14;48:15, 25;14:2,24;15:3,5; 10:6 67:12 26:11;37:23;38:4,
17;56:10,18;62:15; 16:9,17;27:17,21,22; lead (3) Look (14) 14,24;39:10;68:19,
87:1,2,18 28:2,6;43:25;44:5; 32:10;38:13;46:16 31:15;49:12,21,23; 23;74:13,18,19;76:8,
jail (2) 59:11;62:7,11,16; leading (1) 50:7;67:16;69:25; 21;77:2;82:23
46:15;93:18 82:2,7;84:3;92:23 29:18 70:17,19;72:22;73:2; MARTIN (36)
job (1) killing (3) leaned (4) 78:22,24;83:2 22:7;29:17;30:5,7,
32:13 84:8;92:20;93:25 70:18,19;71:23; looked (21) 10,12,12,18,20;32:7;
JOHNSON (13) kind (3) 72:5 8:2,24;9:1;28:23, 33:6,21;38:9,16,22,
5:20;6:1,5;15:8,14; 6:4;35:25;80:12 learning (1) 25;29:4,4;40:13,14; 25;39:3,7;43:9;
17:3;18:20;19:5,15, Kingston (29) 89:13 41:9,9,11;57:4,17,19; 45:25;46:2,5,11,13;
17;20:15,25;21:10 7:23;9:18;10:8; least (6) 70:2,17,18;71:23; 47:19,22,24;50:20,
JPD (2) 13:25;14:23;15:2; 65:10;67:17;68:16; 72:10;80:18 24;52:16,19,22;
23:6;35:9 16:9,17;17:9;18:1; 75:17;85:24;93:17 looking (2) 53:22,24;54:6,7
JUDGE (67) 20:22;23:11,16; leave (5) 47:6;90:11 matching (2)
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matter (11) 96:15 motive (1) numbers (2) ongoing (1)
4:4,13;6:5,6;9:20; mean (7) 18:6 32:3,17 53:18
18:21;44:11;54:15; 15:9;70:2,20; mouth (1) only (6)
55:13;93:4;95:21 83:23;84:1;91:13; 45:6 O 16:10,18;47:6;
matters (1) 92:1 Move (3) 73:24;74:2;92:10
47:13 means (1) 43:8;47:19,22 OATH (4) open (2)
may (11) 4:11 much (5) 6:15;22:10;42:20; 8:24;40:10
5:2;7:1;21:9,10; media (3) 33:13;63:19;68:22; 55:20 opened (10)
22:19;30:16,18; 9:17;23:18;58:2 75:7;96:12 object (9) 9:1;28:25;40:17;
55:17,21;56:4;85:22 meet (4) murder (7) 6:13;16:21;18:18; 41:8;57:15,17;70:14;
maybe (2) 11:19;61:1;64:25; 20:22;38:10,18,18; 29:17;32:25;38:5; 71:22,24;90:12
29:1;67:19 65:11 46:16;54:3;91:2 45:24;50:9;54:7 opening (1)
MBI (4) meeting (3) must (2) objection (4) 6:9
7:7;15:24;22:24; 26:12;61:2;74:13 4:9,15 6:10;18:24;46:6; opinion (1)
56:10 memory (1) myself (1) 86:1 87:21
McBride (126) 90:3 67:16 observations (1) opportunity (1)
5:15;6:1,3;10:22; mention (1) 59:18 33:11
11:3,15,20,24;12:4,8, 51:17 N obtained (2) order (1)
m
13,24;13:4;14:5,8,13, mentioned (4) 35:1;86:19 96:9
20;16:7,9,16;17:10, 10:15;25:6;59:25; name (12) obvious (2) orderly (3)
14;20:21;24:23;25:2, 73:20 6:20;15:16;22:14; 10:11;92:1 4:10,16,21
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13;26:8,15,19,21; merits (2) 24:25;25:2;55:12,24; occupants (7) originally (1)
27:3,4;29:12,15,21; 47:2;95:21 63:22,25;64:14,19; 23:20;29:16;36:12, 17:24
a.
31:2,6;37:4,6,7; messages (2) 77:7 24;45:20;46:20;71:3others (1)
40:24;41:3;42:10; 80:1,12 narrow (2) occurred (4) 96:4
y
43:13;48:6;53:6; met (2) 46:12,14 75:8,9,9;79:16 otherwise (1)
59:21;60:5,13,14,23; 61:3;74:16 nature (2)
la o'clock (8) 4:12
61:6,14,17;66:5,16, might (3) 5:8;53:11 9:12,22;11:1;24:4; out (54)
21;67:1,4,5,14;69:4, 4:12;77:24;78:11 need (3) 34:11,20;52:8;58:5 8:15,21,25;9:9,16,
ba
6;71:15,18,20;72:13, minute (1) 33:8;43:5;94:5 off (34) 17;10:2;11:20;12:10;
14,14,18,24;75:12, 67:18 next (7) 9:5,7;12:6;19:10; 13:18,19;15:20;
23,25;76:14;77:12, minutes (5) 12:20,21;25:11; 21:17;26:17,23;29:3, 23:18;24:7;25:19;
am
19,25;79:16,17,18, 8:20;21:14;28:15; 40:15;58:23;68:3; 7,14;34:15;41:7,12; 26:15;27:12;28:20,

21;80:2,21;81:1,8,10, 57:7;67:19 74:6 57:20,20,21;61:4,6; 22;29:2;31:16;41:10;
14,23;82:1,14;83:12, Miranda (3) night (16) 68:1;72:12;84:11,15, 53:12;57:8,12,16;
nj
13,23,25;84:2,3,10, 11:8;25:9;37:17 10:23;12:3;17:7; 18,25;85:1,2,7,10; 58:1,3,14,18;59:1;

14,20,21,24;85:2,7, Mirandized (4) 18:15,17;19:4,7; 88:15,16,21,21;89:1, 61:18;67:14;68:25;
so
16,18,21,22,24;86:5; 14:6,7;26:3;60:6 23:25;24:22;26:9,17; 2 69:4,4,7,8,10;70:1,

88:8,12,15,18;89:8,9, Mississippi (14) 41:16;52:8;59:23; offense (3) 23,24;71:6,8,10;72:9,
11;90:9;91:25;92:7, 5:14;6:23;14:25; 80:2,7 5:6;54:3;91:2 11,14;73:15;79:21;
ck
8,20,23;93:6;94:23, 22:3,17;24:17;28:3; nine (1) offering (1) 81:8,10,11;82:19

25 30:15;34:6;47:11; 9:22 36:3 outbursts (1)
McBride's (20) 55:4;56:2;59:14; Nissan (5) office (2) 4:15
Ja
11:23;13:5;16:25; 62:12 13:15;17:6;27:10; 30:13;57:25 outstanding (1)

52:23;80:20,23,25; mistaken (1) 62:2;81:10 officer (6) 53:17
81:6;82:4,10,18,25; 86:21 nobody (2) 50:10,14;54:9; over (23)
83:24;88:20,22;89:1; moment (2) 24:8;59:4 60:10;63:22;80:5 13:16;15:10,11,20;
90:17;91:22;92:13; 19:16;92:11 North (4) officers (3) 20:23;21:8;27:10;
95:9 monitoring (2) 7:9,18;23:3;56:12 11:12,14;56:23 28:16;44:19;45:15,
MCKINLEY (56) 94:10,10 Northside (10) old (4) 23;46:18,24;54:4,10,
4:2;5:18,22;6:3,17; more (6) 65:11;73:16,20; 37:7,8,12;86:13 15;62:2;69:11;91:4,
15:11;16:23;18:23; 23:10;50:20;53:19; 74:9,15;75:10;76:22; older (1) 12;94:3,19;95:24
20:17,24;21:1,12; 54:11;94:12;96:12 77:1;82:22;92:4 78:16 overrule (2)
22:2,8,11;25:24; morning (14) notice (7) one (36) 16:24;18:24
29:19;30:5,8,11,17; 7:5,17;8:10,12; 10:5;49:3,11;59:8; 7:23;13:25;14:2; Overruled (2)
32:4;33:10;38:11,21, 9:12,22;22:24;24:3, 70:24;71:1,24 16:8,9,17;17:23;18:3, 29:19;86:3
23;39:1,4;43:2,5; 4;34:11,20;52:9; noticed (3) 5;19:18;21:15;23:11;own (2)
46:5;47:1,21;50:18, 56:9;58:6 8:15,19,21 27:21;38:11;39:9; 31:20;94:21
22;52:18;53:22;54:5, Moss (12) notified (2) 43:10,12;44:2,6,7,7;
12;55:2,8,14,17,21; 19:11;55:12;61:4; 7:12;56:14 52:10,12;58:8;59:1; P
58:20;62:22;86:3; 74:10;76:16;77:10; number (5) 63:5;71:6,7;73:24;
88:1;90:2,18,21; 78:2,10,18,23;82:24; 33:8;36:11,24; 74:2,2;82:2,6;87:21; pardon (1)
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47:21 42:17;44:24;50:13; posts (1) provide (2) 83:13;87:10,12;

park (1) 53:10;56:8;61:5; 70:9 32:13;60:22 92:17,18;94:2;95:15
57:5 85:18,19;89:21 potential (1) provided (2) reasonable (5)
parked (9) phones (1) 9:17 77:5,7 5:10;21:4;87:11;
66:18;67:13,22,22, 80:9 preliminary (11) provider (1) 91:8;94:7
24;68:3,15;69:21; pick (11) 4:4,8;5:3,4,9;6:4; 33:9 reasonably (1)
82:20 12:10;14:4;26:22, 22:3;33:4;47:10; public (2) 96:6
parking (27) 24;61:7;79:23;85:3, 50:17;55:3 23:18;58:3 recall (9)
7:25;8:4,13;12:3; 13,14,17;89:3 presence (1) pull (2) 52:3,4,6;68:5,7;
13:9;18:15;19:20,21; picked (8) 94:8 57:5;68:8 73:12;77:22;78:11;
23:13;26:10;38:1; 12:12;61:9;63:3; present (2) pulled (11) 82:8
56:24;57:2,5,8; 84:2;85:4;88:16; 25:17;58:11 8:13;13:16,17; received (21)
65:25;66:18;67:10, 89:11;94:25 presented (2) 19:19,23;27:10,11; 7:6;9:13,24;10:15,
13;70:8;73:9,15; Pickens (1) 54:14;90:25 28:16;57:8;62:2; 18,21;23:19,22;24:5,
81:8;82:20;90:4,7; 67:2 presumption (1) 68:10 21,24;35:16;41:20,
93:6 pin (4) 96:3 pulling (3) 24;56:8,22;57:25;
part (4) 12:8,15,16;79:22 previous (3) 30:22;31:1,3 58:7,25;59:20;61:5
31:12;50:7;65:21; place (2) 36:10;43:16;61:13 pulls (1) recess (1)
76:18 71:9;92:3 primary (1) 68:25 54:17
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participate (1) places (1) 33:23 purchase (1) recognize (1)
64:3 21:15 prior (3) 74:17 79:2
participated (3) plain (1) 20:6;28:12;83:7 purpose (5) recognized (1)
co
5:7;93:24;95:17 45:12 prison (1) 5:4,8;17:8;18:21; 78:16
participating (1) plant (5) 95:4 50:17 record (9)
a.
83:7 13:15;17:6;27:10; privy (1) purposes (2) 14:17;21:17;25:22;
parties (1) 62:2;81:10 40:20 16:3;47:6 30:10,13;47:20,23;
y
4:14 Plays (1) probable (15) put (9) 58:18,20
passenger (2) 87:8 5:5,10;18:19,24;
la 9:16;10:2;23:18; recording (6)
10:6;35:21 Please (7) 20:21;21:2,5;32:14; 24:6;58:1,2;59:1; 40:20;63:11,11,12,
passenger's (19) 6:20;15:16;22:14; 38:6;47:7;54:1,14; 82:17;94:9 14,17
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8:3,21,24;23:15; 30:16;39:6;55:24; 91:1;94:19;95:22 putting (1) records (17)
24:14;35:19,20,23; 80:24 probably (4) 16:7 30:22;31:2,3,15,16,
36:4;39:17,18,19; pm (1) 44:6;52:10;54:8; 24,25;32:2,18;33:3,8,
am
57:4,12,15;59:9;69:9, 8:8 96:11 Q 19;44:24;50:13;

10;70:15 point (17) problem (2) 53:10;86:18;89:21
past (6) 5:2;17:23;25:19; 91:10,14 quite (1) recovered (1)
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8:23;40:8;69:11, 38:8;39:12;40:3; proceed (9) 16:13 24:21

13;86:17;93:19 41:2;44:17;50:15; 5:13,16,19;22:5; red (3)
so
peered (1) 58:14;71:5;90:4; 30:18;43:8;55:6,18, R 14:15;25:21;58:16

40:12 91:11,19;92:11; 21 redirect (1)
pending (1) 93:12;94:1 proceeded (1) raise (2) 20:18
ck
50:11 pointed (1) 9:6 21:3,3 reduction (1)

people (3) 58:18 proceeding (1) ran (2) 96:11
20:14;71:4;73:3 points (2) 6:11 12:10;79:21 reference (1)
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performed (1) 84:6;95:20 proceedings (2) reaching (1) 18:9

17:16 Police (4) 4:6,17 29:1 reflect (4)
person (25) 7:8,14;23:1;56:11 proceeds (2) read (4) 14:17;25:22;58:18,
4:23;5:11;12:24; pose (2) 9:5;33:12 11:8;25:9,14;60:9 21
24:22;42:4;58:10; 93:19;96:4 process (4) readily (1) refrain (1)
60:3,4;64:15,17,20, poses (1) 4:9;5:4;19:1;30:24 65:17 4:15
22;65:1,8,12;68:18, 93:20 processed (5) ready (5) refused (2)
20;71:6,7,8,11;74:22; position (1) 16:3;17:21;45:3, 5:13,16,19;22:5; 12:23;25:12
76:8;78:9;82:22 39:16 10;80:14 55:6 regard (12)
persons (1) possession (6) produce (1) real (1) 11:4,22;24:2;
4:24 38:4,17;39:10; 33:3 41:19 28:12,13;59:16;
pertaining (1) 80:3,4,5 proof (4) really (2) 60:23;88:6,8;94:20,
23:22 possible (2) 5:10;21:3,4;96:2 82:6;83:25 20;96:1
phase (1) 4:25;24:22 proper (1) rear (10) regarding (3)
4:8 possibly (4) 4:19 8:2;10:6;23:15; 23:19;26:19;88:9
phone (24) 4:23;73:21;75:8; protocol (1) 24:14;35:20,21,22; regards (4)
7:6;12:16;30:22; 84:4 15:9 39:19,22;57:4 9:24;24:5;42:17;
31:2,15,17,21,24,25; post (1) prove (2) reason (10) 56:23
32:2,3,17;33:7,8,9; 70:11 91:21;92:12 11:17;74:25;75:4; related (5)
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36:4;42:9,10,11,18 48:10;49:3;54:13; 18,25;85:18;86:6; 62:7;81:12;82:2,7; 52:10;76:4;84:21

relates (2) 55:2,17;58:15;60:20; 91:22;92:14 83:8;84:3 somewhere (10)
28:11;50:21 65:15,23;66:14; seconds (1) shoulder (1) 8:6,11;9:23;34:21;
release (2) 67:15;69:3;70:10; 67:17 62:3 56:9;84:18,25;85:2,
89:15;96:3 73:25;74:7;75:10; Section (1) show (4) 8;88:15
released (1) 77:8;78:15;83:18; 95:2 38:19;46:20;78:25; sorry (4)
23:17 86:14,22;90:16;91:9;secure (1) 93:2 8:9;25:4;70:20;
relevancy (2) 95:19 89:15 showed (7) 83:10
38:14;50:9 rights (11) seeing (1) 7:25;8:1;51:5,12; sort (1)
relying (4) 11:8;14:8;25:9,10, 68:7 57:2,3;79:6 50:4
35:14;44:18;46:21; 14,15;26:3;37:18; seeking (3) showing (1) speak (4)
52:23 60:7,9,9 18:20;46:12,13 51:23 11:9;37:18;51:12;
remember (1) risk (4) seems (1) shows (3) 60:10
49:6 93:20,20;95:4,16 75:5 73:21;74:3;94:1 speaking (1)
remind (1) road (13) seized (1) side (30) 51:10
42:19 9:7,25;13:23;14:1, 18:14 8:3,22,24;13:16; special (1)
removed (1) 2;19:11;24:8;27:19; sell (11) 23:15;24:14;35:19, 96:4
4:22 59:3;81:9;82:21,24; 11:18;26:10;37:23; 20,23;36:4;39:17,18, speculation (4)
Repeat (3) 92:6 61:2;64:11,25;65:12; 19;40:7,9;57:5,6,12, 16:22;29:18;78:4;
m
16:13;80:24;83:11 role (1) 68:17,19;92:3,5 15;59:9;68:2;69:9, 86:1
repetitious (1) 15:24 selling (1) 11;70:7,15;71:22; spoke (3)
95:15 route (3) 77:2 72:8,11;81:9;82:21 42:22;78:8;79:10
co
representing (1) 7:11;23:4;56:13 send (1) sign (2) spoken (8)
55:13 rules (1) 12:16 37:17;96:8 42:12,13,14,15,16,
a.
requesting (1) 47:11 sent (5) silver (45) 24,24;43:7
7:8 running (1) 12:8;17:20;59:6; 8:1,22,24;9:6,15; stage (2)
y
requests (1) 50:16 79:22;80:11 10:17;23:14,23; 91:11,12
90:25 Rusty (2) separated (1)
la 27:14;28:14,14,16, stand (1)
required (1) 64:1,2 12:3 24;29:2;35:18;36:12; 15:12
96:7 serves (1) 39:13;40:16;41:6; started (1)
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residue (3) S 90:3 51:23;57:3,12,14,20; 4:3
17:15;49:17,18 set (2) 58:2,7;61:18,20;62:5, State (11)
respond (6) same (6) 87:12;91:8 8;66:6,7;67:12; 5:13,14,16;6:12,
am
7:15;10:9,10;46:6; 6:5;71:8,11,12; setting (2) 68:13,15;69:4,9;70:5, 20;22:3,14;50:12;

56:17;59:13 73:22;85:19 94:7;95:9 14,23,25;71:4,5;74:3; 55:3,24;90:24
responded (1) sanctions (1) Seventeen (1) 90:11 stated (15)
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24:11 4:25 37:13 simple (1) 11:5;12:19;13:24;

response (3) saw (7) several (1) 33:18 14:1;17:1;26:2,20,
so
88:17;94:15;95:12 19:22;28:13;46:19; 28:15 simply (4) 22;27:1,20,23;60:13;

rest (1) 50:25;51:14,22;52:1 Shell (13) 82:6;93:22,25; 61:13;85:16;89:5
67:13 saying (3) 19:10;51:1;52:5; 95:15 statement (122)
ck
restaurant (2) 74:1;91:25;93:15 76:15;77:10;78:1,2,9, sitting (9) 11:11,13;12:7,23;

51:15,21 scene (11) 17,23;82:24;84:23; 8:3,18;14:14; 13:5,10,14;14:9,21,
results (4) 10:3,9,10,20; 92:6 25:20;26:13;58:15; 21;16:25;17:10;
Ja
17:18;45:2,9;91:17 24:11;26:17;35:10; sheriff (1) 67:20;68:15;72:18 25:10,13,15;26:4,5,7,

retrieved (2) 49:1;50:8;59:13;95:1 24:10 skipping (1) 14,18;27:2,3,5,5,9,16,
57:15;60:16 school (2) Sheriff's (16) 41:13 20;28:5;29:10,15,22;
reveal (1) 87:4,6 7:12;9:13,23; sold (2) 37:3,14,22;39:8;
18:6 scoot (2) 10:20;11:7;23:5,21; 76:8,21 43:11,12,17,20,24;
review (3) 15:10,11 24:5;34:2;35:6; solely (1) 44:4,9;46:21;52:25;
36:20;73:11;82:8 scope (3) 48:20;56:15;57:25; 52:23 53:4,5;60:7,11,12,16,
reviewed (5) 18:19;38:6;46:12 58:6,24;59:6 somebody (4) 25;61:11,12,14,17,
7:24;23:12;28:8; search (1) shooting (1) 45:5;51:13;77:2; 22,25;62:3,6;64:6,7,
57:1;83:17 53:16 83:7 79:6 15;65:9,21,24;66:20;
Ridgeland (5) seat (4) shop (1) somebody's (1) 67:3;71:18;73:18;
87:3,4,6,8,17 24:13;66:2;75:14; 18:9 90:5 75:22,25;76:3,18,25;
right (47) 92:9 short (2) somehow (1) 79:13;80:21,23,25;
11:9;14:14;16:24; seats (1) 15:23;54:17 83:8 81:6,16,17,24;82:1,4,
21:1;22:2;24:18; 27:13 shortly (3) someone (4) 10,11,14,18,25;
25:21,21;26:2;34:16, Second (17) 10:3;57:11;60:20 17:24;64:12;93:17, 83:19,21,24,25;
19,25;36:18;37:2,7, 5:2;21:15;43:20; shot (13) 18 84:10,13,15,17,23;
21;39:12;40:3;42:8; 44:7;60:4;71:21; 13:21;27:17,21,21; sometime (6) 85:1,9,10;86:6;88:7,
43:2;44:20;47:1,4; 81:6,16,17,23;82:14, 43:25;44:5;59:11; 17:7;34:10,21; 10,12,14,17,20,22,23,
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25;89:1,4,24;90:5,10, 10:24;12:19;25:5; television (1) 54:14;55:3;95:23 trying (1)

13,15;91:22,22; 36:17;58:8;59:24 46:15 together (3) 91:17
92:14;94:21 submitted (1) telling (2) 41:16;43:21;44:8 turn (1)
statements (23) 55:15 42:22;77:16 told (39) 8:23
14:22;15:1,4; subpoena (1) tend (1) 11:25;12:13;13:11, turned (15)
16:15;18:3;27:25; 31:15 50:18 12;17:24;27:6;29:23; 13:7;19:24;20:1;
28:5;29:20,21;37:5; subpoenaed (4) tender (4) 44:23;48:23;60:17; 28:17,24;29:25;
41:1;43:14;44:2,12, 31:23,25;33:7; 15:6;30:3;62:21; 61:20,22;64:8;66:16, 41:11;48:12,16;
18;45:14,16;46:22; 53:14 90:1 21;67:4;74:16,22; 57:14;69:14;70:4,8,
47:15;52:23;62:10, subpoenas (2) tends (1) 75:19,23;76:2,14; 11;73:2
14;95:10 53:12,17 4:21 77:13,25;78:19; turning (1)
stating (1) subsequently (3) Terrace (1) 79:18,20;84:16,24; 63:21
61:6 11:11;25:6;60:1 30:14 85:2,9;88:13,14,24, two (17)
station (13) substance (1) tested (1) 25;89:2;90:13,15; 8:1;16:15;17:2;
19:10;51:1;52:5; 53:3 50:12 92:19 18:3;23:14;35:18;
76:15;77:10;78:1,2, Suffice (2) testified (6) Tom (1) 39:20,25;50:20;
10,17,23;82:24; 44:11;52:7 46:1,10;47:14; 55:12 51:10,23;57:3;65:2;
84:23;92:6 sufficient (8) 50:10,14;52:24 took (8) 69:16;71:4;74:3;
stay (1) 33:20;91:1,20,24; testify (1) 14:1;27:18;30:1; 93:13
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20:7 94:13,19;95:7,23 69:6 61:24;81:19,21,22; Tyreek (4)
steal (2) suggested (2) testimonies (1) 85:5 22:4;25:16,23;54:2
81:1;93:6 92:19;93:8 36:16 top (1)
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stealing (3) summarize (3) testimony (11) 34:16 U
11:23;26:16;77:20 26:5;28:10;61:16 21:5;31:23;36:10, towards (2)
a.
step (1) support (1) 19,22;41:14;47:25; 28:18;74:10 unable (2)
21:9 36:3 54:9;61:13;82:22; Toyota (53) 36:23,25
y
stepped (1) supposed (4) 95:23 8:1,12,22;9:1,4,4, UNDER (10)
9:2 11:18;26:11;64:25; testing (2)
la 25;11:21;13:20;20:3, 6:15;17:21;18:21;
steps (1) 79:18 17:15,19 6,7;26:14;27:15; 22:10;42:19;53:15;
89:24 sure (4) theft (1) 28:15,19,20;29:2; 55:20;63:15;94:8;
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still (12) 41:19;77:14;79:12; 84:8 30:2;40:18;41:3,5,6; 95:2
8:17;17:21;18:21, 82:9 thereafter (3) 57:7,13,17,18,19; underlying (1)
24;53:15,18,19; surprise (1) 10:4;57:11;58:5 59:2;60:15;61:19; 39:1
am
63:15;80:14;86:7; 31:19 Therefore (1) 62:6;66:2;68:7,13,24, understandably (1)

95:21;96:1 surrender (2) 21:7 25;69:11,12,13,18; 4:6
stippling (4) 48:3,6 third (9) 70:2,6;71:10,21; unnamed (1)
nj
49:11,13,15,16 surveillance (2) 24:22;43:24;44:6, 72:16,25;75:13; 68:16

stole (1) 7:25;20:10 7;51:11;60:5;78:9; 77:21;81:14;89:9; unnecessarily (2)
so
11:21 suspected (1) 82:1,4 90:12;92:8 46:1,9

stolen (2) 83:6 thorough (1) transcript (1) up (52)
79:17;92:9 swab (1) 94:5 63:13 8:22;12:10,12;
ck
stood (1) 45:6 threat (1) transported (1) 13:10,15;14:4;15:12;

78:16 swapped (2) 93:20 48:19 17:6;26:16,22,24,25;
stop (2) 27:18;62:4 three (16) traveled (1) 27:9,12;28:23;29:12;
Ja
8:7;19:20 switch (1) 12:19;14:7;16:11, 60:23 40:8;41:8;49:23;

stopped (1) 21:14 16,19;17:25;18:6,13; traveling (1) 50:7;51:12;57:13;
76:21 SWORN (3) 25:5;29:15;30:22; 13:15 61:7,8,9;62:1;63:3;
stores (1) 6:15;22:10;55:20 36:17;37:22;39:9; Travis (3) 68:8,10,25;71:22;
65:2 system (1) 59:24;63:2 7:7;22:25;56:10 79:6,23;81:8;82:20;
stories (1) 86:22 Thursday (1) Trent (9) 84:2;85:3,4,13,14,15,
16:8 7:6 5:24;6:15,21;22:9, 17,17;88:16;89:3,11;
straight (1) T thus (1) 10,15;55:19,20,25 90:11;91:23;92:6,10;
82:20 62:19 trial (7) 93:18;94:25
struggle (1) talked (5) times (2) 5:11;47:2,5,8,8; upon (5)
50:5 27:7;77:3;78:16, 76:10;83:3 95:8,21 10:14;53:25;89:13;
student (1) 17;79:9 tip (7) trouble (1) 90:19;95:23
87:6 talking (8) 9:14,16;10:21; 86:17 urging (1)
stuff (1) 36:19;51:6,8; 41:15,18,24;42:1 Troy (3) 93:23
80:12 65:14;74:5,6;79:4,7 tips (1) 7:7;22:25;56:10
subject (7) telephone (3) 10:16 true (1) V
4:23;8:21;61:2; 80:6;84:19;93:9 today (13) 62:10
69:8,8;70:1;95:3 telephones (1) 4:3,6,8,14,22;21:5; trust (1) Valerie (1)
subjects (6) 80:6 33:18,19;34:18;47:6; 67:9 55:12
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various (1) waived (7) 27:1,6,11,12,14,16,

53:9 11:9;25:9,15;26:3; 23;30:13;31:8,20; Y 5
vehicle (67) 37:18;60:7,9 41:15;42:10;43:21,
8:16,16,18;9:15, waiver (1) 25;44:10;47:8;53:5, year (3) 55 (2)
17;10:5,7,17,19; 37:17 7;54:2;58:9;59:22; 7:1;22:19;56:4 56:17;57:23
11:20,25;12:5;13:11, waiving (1) 60:5,13,20;61:1,8,20; years (2)
12,19,22;17:1,5,9; 37:19 62:1,4,5,6;65:10; 37:8;86:13 7
19:22;20:14;23:20, Wakefield (107) 66:17;67:4;72:18; yelled (1)
23,25;24:6,9,12;26:9, 9:14;10:16;11:1,4; 74:14;76:25;77:20; 73:2 7257 (1)
15;27:7,13;28:20,23; 12:4,11,13;13:8,17; 78:1;79:17;81:11,13; you-all (1) 5:15
29:1,22,24;35:19,25; 14:3,21;17:14;19:13; 84:1;90:14;92:2 48:20 7258 (1)
36:12,17;37:1,23; 23:24;25:8;26:2,23; way (10) young (2) 55:5
39:16,20;40:8;41:16; 27:6,11;31:10;37:6, 6:7;10:13;16:7; 10:5;59:9 7259 (1)
57:9,9,16;58:3,25; 12,15,22;39:8;40:24; 20:2;36:4;73:6;75:3; 22:4
59:5,8;60:15,19; 41:15;42:10;43:10, 82:17;87:21;93:19 1
61:18,21,24;72:9,10; 21;47:25;51:6,21; weed (8) 8
76:6;84:8;88:14,25; 52:25;55:4,13;58:9, 11:18;61:2;64:25; 1 (1)
89:6;90:14;92:8 11;59:22;60:4,6,12, 65:4,12,15;92:3,5 52:8 8 (2)
vehicles (6) 20,22;61:8,20,25; Weeks (24) 1:12 (1) 9:12;58:5
m
9:10;19:25;28:13; 62:9;63:1,21,23;64:3, 5:25;6:15,21;8:7; 8:11
62:4;68:5;69:17 8,11,22;65:17,24; 14:12;15:17,18;22:9, 1:13 (3) 9
verbal (2) 66:3,5,8,12;67:3; 10,15;28:7,8;30:21;
co
8:5,5,11
4:11;11:13 68:19;72:18;73:14; 33:22;42:19;46:10; 1:15 (1) 9 (2)
verify (4) 74:14,17,20;75:19, 50:25;52:22;55:19, 8:6 9:22;24:4
a.
64:22,24;65:1,8 22;76:7,14,25;77:5, 20,25;63:1;86:12; 11:22 (1) 9:10 (1)
versa (1) 16,18,19;78:8,17; 88:6 96:18 9:22
y
68:11 79:15,19,20,25;81:7; Wendy's (25) 17 (2) 9:11 (1)
versus (3) 83:14;84:7,11,12,14, 26:10;28:17;51:14,
la 86:13;95:3 9:22
5:14;22:4;55:4 16,19,20,23;85:3,4,6, 21,23;57:6;61:4; 17-year-old (1) 911 (3)
vice (1) 22;89:14;90:6,13; 64:10;65:11;68:1; 37:19
ba
9:24;24:5;58:25
68:11 91:3,12,20;92:1,12, 73:16,20,24;74:4,5,7, 18 (2)
victim (2) 12,19 9,14,17;75:9;76:9,22; 37:8,9
48:25;49:20 Wakefield's (14) 77:1;82:21;92:4
am
18th (3)
video (49) 13:19;29:10;53:4; WHEREUPON (1) 7:1;22:19;56:4
7:25;15:19;19:4,6, 61:11;65:9,23;71:17; 96:17 19 (3)
8,12;20:10;23:13; 76:24;80:6;84:17,23; whole (1) 37:8,8,9
nj
28:8,11;29:9;35:5; 88:7,23;89:4 20:9

36:9,19,20,22;39:24; walk (6) whose (1) 2
so
45:17,18;46:19,19; 8:22,23,23;49:23; 93:19

50:21,25;51:14,20, 50:7;70:6 without (6) 2:44 (3)
22;52:4;57:1,2; Walked (37) 46:15;54:11;83:6; 7:6;22:24;56:9
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6 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI VS. D'ALLEN TYREEK WASHINGTON

14 PLACE: MADISON COUNTY JUSTICE COURT

TIME: 9:00 a.m.

7 FOR BYRON DELANCE MCBRIDE

13 Thomas M. Fortner, Esquire

14 525 Corinne Street

6 Examination by Ms. Hancock 6

7 Examination by Mr. Johnson 15

12 Examination by Ms. Hancock 52

14 Dwan Diondro Wakefield No. 7258:

15 Examination by Ms. Hancock 55

16 Examination by Mr. Fortner 62

17 Examination by Ms. Hancock 88

3 coming today. Before we get started, just a

6 proceedings today involve, understandably, very

7 emotionally charged issues. However, the

13 disrupt these hearings. So no matter what you hear

14 today from the parties, witnesses, and/or the court,

15 you must refrain from comments, outbursts, or other

16 behavior that will interfere with the orderly

17 conduct of these proceedings.

18 If anyone here does not feel they can

19 conduct themselves with the proper decorum these

20 hearings demand, you should leave now. Any behavior

21 that tends to disrupt the orderly administration of

22 justice here today will be removed from the

23 courtroom and possibly subject that person or

24 persons to appropriate actions by the court,

25 including possible contempt and/or sanctions or

3 not be familiar with the preliminary hearing

4 process, the fundamental purpose of a preliminary

6 cause to believe an offense is committed and whether

7 the defendant committed it or participated in it.

13 Is the State ready to proceed? Excuse me.

14 The first case will be State of Mississippi versus

15 Byron DeLance McBride, No. 7257.

16 Is the State ready to proceed?

17 MS. HANCOCK: Yes, sir, we are.

18 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Is the defendant

20 MR. JOHNSON: Yes, we are, Your

22 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Call your first

24 MS. HANCOCK: We would call Trent

1 MR. JOHNSON: Excuse me. Mr. McBride

3 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Get Mr. McBride.

4 Just as another kind of preliminary

6 church. But we have not discussed this matter in

15 (TRENT WEEKS SWORN UNDER OATH.)

17 JUDGE MCKINLEY: Ms. Hancock.

19 EXAMINATION BY MS. HANCOCK:

20 Q. Please state your name.

22 Q. And how are you employed?

23 A. I'm employed by the Mississippi Bureau of

25 Q. Were you employed in that capacity on

1 May 18th of this year?

3 Q. And were you called into action in that

6 Thursday, approximately 2:44 I received a phone call

7 from MBI Lieutenant Troy Travis. He advised me that

13 would be issuing the Amber Alert instead of Jackson

15 Q. And did you respond to that call?

16 A. Yes, ma'am. I did. Approximately 3:30,

17 3:40 that morning, I arrived to the Kroger on I-55

19 Q. And what did you do when you arrived

21 A. When I arrived to the Kroger, I was given

22 information in detail concerning the kidnapping of

23 one Kingston Frazier.