testimony Day 5

I am having internet problems this morning. I'm having to post this with my blackberry. So far two people have testified. Another police officer and a woman who says she bought cocaine from Jamal woods.

Kemeyttya(sp) Summers took the stand to say that she met up with Jamal Woods in the hours after the shooting to purchase cocaine from him.

Currently Norman Rogers is on the stand. He was with Jamal Woods, when police arrested Woods in the early morning hours of December 18, 2006. Rogers asked to hear his taped interview with police. So the jury has been sent out of the courtroom.

Jury is now back. Norman Rogers is testifying again. He says Jamal Woods told him that he had shot some people that night. At that point, he says he told Woods to not tell him anymore.

They are playing more of Rogers recorded interview with police. The jury has left again.

Norman Rogers has finished his testimony.

Investigator David Owens has been called back to the stand. No doubt to clear up some of the testimony of Normal Rogers for the prosecution.

Court is in recess until 1pm.

Bobby Berryhill, Madison County Coroner, took the stand for all of five minutes. He testified that he pronounced Tank Beavers dead at the scene on the night of the shooting.

Court is in recess until 2pm, while the prosecution awaits another witness.

Dr. Adel Shaker is on the stand. He works for the Alabama Department of Forensic Science. He performed autopsies on the victims. He first performed an autopsy on Tank Beavers on the morning of December 18, 2006.

The jury is about to look at pictures taken of Tank Beavers autopsy.

Shaker says Beavers was shot in the corner of his right eye. The bullet exited from the back of his head, traveled across the bar area of TGI Fridays and hit Tim Reliford in the face.

Shaker is now speaking about the autopsy performed on Thurston Turner. It was performed on December 27, 2006. Turner died at Huntsville Hospital.

The bullet that killed Thurston Turner entered near his mouth and exited his back. That bullet lead to brain death.

Tank Beavers blood alcohol level was .10 at the time of his death.

Court is in recess until Monday morning.