Opinion ID: 844204
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Heading: Codefendant Rogers’s defense

Text: Rogers offered his own account of events at the Pepper Steak Restaurant. Rogers testified that he left his apartment with G-Dog and someone named Dee to drive to someone else‟s house. He passed out as they drove around because he had been drinking beer and smoking marijuana. When he awoke, they were in the Pepper Steak Restaurant‟s parking lot and Dee told him, “Homies went inside.” Rogers had to use the restroom. When he opened the door to what he thought was the restroom, a man “came out of nowhere” and shot him in the chest. In response, Rogers removed the gun that was tucked into his pants. When he and 12 the man struggled for his gun, it fired accidentally and then kept firing. He then ran out of the door to get help but passed out on the sidewalk. Rogers denied going into the restaurant to commit a robbery or to “back up” G-Dog. According to Rogers, defendant was not involved in the robbery.