Opinion ID: 3163494
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Bowen Road Incident

Text: Later that day, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Burns approached 17-year old, Jasmine Patterson (“Patterson”), her boyfriend, her younger sister, and her cousins on the front porch of Patterson‟s apartment building at 2555 Elvans Road. Patterson testified that Burns approached the group and repeatedly asked if they knew who flattened her car tires. Patterson became upset because of the manner in which Burns approached her, which led to a verbal altercation between her and 9 Burns. During the argument, Patterson‟s stepfather and mother came outside and became involved in the dispute. Shortly thereafter, Rollerson turned to Burns and said, “F that, we‟re going to get Nellie and them,” which Patterson took to mean, “he [was] going to get someone to come over where [she] live[d]” and fight them. Rollerson and Burns then walked off, got into a silver van and drove away. After Rollerson and Burns left, Jasmine and the rest of the group walked down Sheridan Road towards Patterson‟s grandmother‟s house. According to Patterson‟s testimony, when the group reached the intersection of Sheridan and Bowen Road, she saw Rollerson and Burns driving towards her. Both Rollerson and Burns exited the silver van, followed by five girls, whom Rollerson referred to as his nieces. Patterson testified that one of the girls yelled at the group as they walked, shouting, “F y‟all Bs going? Come back. Fight us.” Patterson stated that once the girls caught up with the group, one of the girls hit her and pulled her to the ground. While she was on the ground, she stated that Rollerson hit her in the face. Patterson was then hit with a log while she was on the ground. Patterson stated that Burns was standing off to the side for the majority of the physical altercation, but also hit her at some point during the fight. David Minor (“Minor”), Patterson‟s boyfriend at the time, arrived at the scene of the altercation and saw that Patterson had been injured. When Rollerson saw Minor approach, he warned him not to get involved or he was going to “get that out of the car and smoke [him].” Minor perceived that 10 statement as a threat that Rollerson would retrieve a weapon from the van. An older woman then exited the Sheridan Road apartment complex and threatened to call the police. Rollerson, Burns, and the five girls got into the silver van and drove towards Elvans Road. Patterson and the rest of the group continued on to her grandmother‟s house, where her grandmother called the police. Patterson spoke with the police when they arrived and was taken by ambulance to the hospital to receive stitches for the cut over her right eye. She received nine stitches in total. Patterson, her sister, and cousin Charnese identified Rollerson and Burns in a photo array as the two individuals involved in the incident.