Opinion ID: 1093284
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Robert Harris

Text: At the time of trial in March, 1986, Robert was 21. He testified Younger returned to his house about fifteen minutes after everybody had left, and told him George had got to fighting down in the subdivision. He said come on and get him. (R. 386) Robert dressed and Younger drove him to the scene. When they got to Ford Street in the subdivision, Younger stopped his car in front of an aluminum fence about three houses down the road from the cafe and let Robert out. Robert then went down the street to where George was. He said there was a crowd of people, of whom he could identify Johnny, Clara, Wiggins, Larry and Ronnie, Alvin Jenkins and Freddie Porter. He said George was standing in the middle of the road, circled by the crowd. Johnny and George were talking. Johnny was threatening, I oughta kill you. He said this occurred down the road from the cafe. Robert told George to come on and go home. George said nothing, but just looked at me. Both of them were surrounded. Robert went to a car. Then he saw Larry Porter slap George. Robert went back into the crowd, and Larry asked him why he was there. He then headed back to the car and, as he was backed up against the car, Larry, Ronnie and Wiggins surrounded him. Johnny then came up to him, put a gun in his face and asked him what he wanted to do. He told Johnny all he wanted to do was get his brother. He then went to the back of the car and all the way around it and then out into the street and told George to come on, let's go. George then started backing down the street accompanied by Robert, who was facing the direction in which they were walking. The crowd thinned and let them through. The two of them backed up to where Younger was parked, and Younger drove off. Robert could hear Johnny's brothers telling him, Go on waste him, man. Whatcha waiting on? He ain't nothing. Go on waste him. He saw Johnny come around a car with his hand in his pocket. I don't know what happened to the gun. All I know is he had his hand in his pocket and we was going backwards they were following us, they were following us. Okay. So, I turned around and I was headed forwards 'cause I wanted to see who was behind both of us and my brother was still backing up. (R. 394) They had moved away from the cafe down to a TransAm automobile, and when he turned around he saw George backed up against the car, the crowd again surrounding him. He saw Johnny and George face-to-face. He testified: A. So when I turned around I heard somebody holler somebody holler out loud, and I turned around, and when I turned around the fellow, Johnny Jenkins, was standing straight up, they were face to face. They were face to face. And then all of a sudden Johnny Jenkins just took and turned around and just walked off. He just walked off. Q. Which way? In what direction was he walking? A. He just turned around and walked back towards the cafe. He walked back towards the cafe and when he was walking back towards the cafe I say he went about three or four or five steps, and then he just turned back around all of a sudden and ran at jumped up and kicked my brother. Q. What, if anything, did Johnny Jenkins have in his hand at this time? A. Well, really, okay, I didn't really see nothing but a flash. I didn't really see nothing. I just seed [sic] a flash. I didn't see nothing but a flash. Q. Did you see a gun in Johnny Jenkin's hand at this time? A. Well I don't know whether it was a gun or not. I just seed [sic] a bright flash. Something shining. I don't know exactly what it was. I don't know what it was. Q. Can you swear that you saw a gun in Johnny Jenkins hands at this time? A. At this time? Q. Could you swear it? A. Nope, I couldn't swear to it. Q. But you did see Johnny Jenkins come at George . .. A. Yeah, I seed [sic] him coming. He ran and jumped and kicked him. Q. What did George Harris do? A. Well, okay, like ... after he ran and jumped and kicked him, okay. I say like after he kicked him my brother fell up against the car, and after he fell back up against the car, okay, I say about the time the fellow kicked him got straight, half-way straightened up, like catching his balance, okay, when he got half-way straightened up from catching his balance, I heard the shots. Q. Do you know where the shots came from? A. I don't know where they come [sic] from. Q. Did you see any guns? A. I didn't see no gun, period. Not at that time. (R. 395-396) As Robert was leaving after the shots, he saw George running past him. Robert went on home. About fifteen minutes later George came to his house. He did not know George had shot anybody. It was after they were arrested that George told Robert about shooting Jenkins.