Opinion ID: 3062088
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Second-Count Incident

Text: The second incident began in late September 2010, when a man brought two people to the home of Judy Moore to use the internet. They were introduced to her as “Jay and Jeannie,” id. at 176, and they ended up staying with Ms. Moore for several days. During the course of their stay, Ms. Moore learned that “Jay” was “Jimmy Maxwell,” id., and overheard a conversation in which Jeannie Maxwell was “trying -4- to get his bike out of impound,” id. at 179. The day after the Maxwells left, a federal agent came to Ms. Moore’s home looking for Mr. Maxwell. A few days later, the Maxwells came back to Ms. Moore’s home. She sent a text message to the federal agent to inform him that the Maxwells had returned. He told her “to invite them in and keep them there.” Id. at 181. Mr. Maxwell observed a rifle in a bedroom and offered to buy it from Ms. Moore. “[H]e said they were [living] in a rural environment, and he said something about needing that for protection[.]” Id. at 182. Ms. Moore told him that she couldn’t sell him the rifle because it was on loan from a neighbor. But Mr. Maxwell took the rifle anyway and told her “that he would make it right someday, and they had to go.” Id. at 191. Ms. Moore and the neighbor who had loaned her the rifle reported it as stolen. The deputy sheriff who took the report obtained the serial number of the weapon from the neighbor. When the neighbor testified at trial, he did not recognize the weapon because the stock had been cut down and sanded. He said the serial number on the rifle shown to him at trial matched the serial number of the rifle he loaned to Ms. Moore. The supervisor in charge of fugitive warrants for the Tulsa, Oklahoma police department, Sergeant Thomas Sherman, received information on November 3, 2010, that Mr. Maxwell was staying at a motel in West Tulsa. He met other law enforcement personnel at the motel and learned that Mr. Maxwell had just left. They followed the vehicle in which they believed Mr. Maxwell was riding to a fast-food -5- restaurant, where the occupants went inside and picked up some food. After the group drove away from the establishment, law enforcement followed. Soon the occupants noticed they were being followed and executed a maneuver through a parking lot to test their suspicion. At that point, the officers decided to initiate a stop. Sergeant Sherman testified that once the stop was made, “[t]he rear passenger door opened, and an individual [swung] around to the left, [and] put his feet out the door.” Id. at 203. Sergeant Sherman recognized the individual as Mr. Maxwell, who “[t]ook a drink, turned and looked at us. We both indicated that he was under arrest and were yelling at him to get on the ground. And he turned to his right and ran[.]” Id. at 212. The officers gave chase. They quickly apprehended Mr. Maxwell and returned with him to the vehicle. At trial, Mary Jo Cravatt testified that she had asked a friend, Dylan Perry, to drive her to the motel where her ex-husband, Mr. Maxwell, was staying. She told Mr. Perry that she was taking money to Mr. Maxwell. When they got to the motel, Mr. Maxwell and his wife Jeannie Maxwell got into Mr. Perry’s vehicle with Mr. Perry and Ms. Cravatt. Ms. Cravatt testified that Ms. Maxwell had a purse and backpack, and Mr. Maxwell was carrying his Chihuahua. She described the trip to the fast-food restaurant and Mr. Maxwell getting out of the vehicle and running from the police. -6- In a statement given to law enforcement shortly after the incident, Ms. Cravatt wrote: “Jeannie said, oh, no, what about the gun?,” id. at 230, and Mr. Perry said “What gun?,” id. at 239. But at trial, she changed her story and said she could not remember whether it was Mr. Perry or Ms. Maxwell who mentioned the weapon. According to Ms. Cravatt, she gave the police misleading information to protect Mr. Perry, who was a convicted felon on probation and was not supposed to have a firearm. Ms. Cravatt testified that Ms. Maxwell threw something wrapped in a sheet or blanket in a yard near where the vehicle had been stopped. Dylan Perry also testified at trial. He said that when he agreed to give Ms. Cravatt a ride to the motel, he did not know anything about Mr. Maxwell, including that he was a fugitive. He said that while the police were chasing down Mr. Maxwell, Ms. Maxwell threw a jacket from the vehicle, and “when the police found it, there was a gun in it.” Id. at 238. She threw the jacket “[a]bout 20 feet from the car . . . [in] a yard.” Id. at 239. Mr. Perry denied knowing that the Maxwells were in possession of a firearm or any discussion among the passengers about what to do with it. Stephen Brenneman, an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), testified that another officer noticed a red plaid blanket lying in the yard next to the vehicle. Agent Brenneman “[l]ooked inside the blanket, and [] saw a Marlin Glenfield Model 60 .22 caliber rifle wrapped up in this red plaid blanket.” Id. at 252. He emptied the ammunition and took some photographs. At trial, Agent -7- Brenneman identified the rifle as bearing serial number 25270045—the same serial number of the rifle Mr. Maxwell took from Judy Moore’s house. Another ATF agent, Eric Booker, testified about a telephone call that Mr. Maxwell made to his wife from jail on the evening of November 3, 2010. The recording of the call was played for the jury. On the recording, Mr. Maxwell asked, “What did they do about that deal . . . in the car?” Aplee. Br. add. 1 (audio CD), at 13:29-37. Ms. Maxwell responded, “You mean that gun that Mary Jo made me throw across the yard?” Id. at 13:41-46. Mr. Maxwell stated, “Oh yeah.” Id. at 13:47-48. Ms. Maxwell explained, “They winded up finding it.” Id. 13:49-51. Mr. Maxwell responded, “Well, I already told em it . . .” Id. at 13:52-54. Before Mr. Maxwell completed his statement, Ms. Maxwell stated, “I was thinking to throw it out to get rid of it for you . . . I threw it as far as I could, and they didn’t see it for the longest time. I’m sorry I didn’t do good enough.” 14:14-14:34. Mr. Maxwell responded, “Oh hey, don’t you worry about it. Hell, I should have took it with me.” Id. at 14:36-42.