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October 2003 - Not Strange At All

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

From William A. Agnew, Jr. of Lufkin, this excerpt from ?a non-death penalty capital appeal? before Judge Paul White (159th Judicial District in Angelina County). Charles Meyers was cross-examining a witness named David Yount when this exchange took place.

Q. And I believe you testified that they asked if we knew where to find Ben Franklin?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. Who asked?

A. Daniel did.

Q. Okay. Daniel did the talking?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. Daniel was interested in finding Ben Franklin?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. To what purpose?

A. To whop him.

Q. Why?

A. Something about he had jumped on one of Daniel?s supposed cousins ? cousins. I mean, I don?t know. I don?t ? he never said her name, that I remember.

Q. Did you find that kind of strange, somebody you don?t know coming by your house and asking for directions to find the guy he wants to beat up?

A. In Trinity County, I don?t find that strange at all.

Q. I think you?ve come up with the best line of the trial, sir.

Full post as published by Say What! on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).