Opinion ID: 3064677
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Heading: Josh Ryen’s Testimony at Trial

Text: Josh Ryen did not testify in person at trial. Instead, two recorded interviews with Josh were played for the jury. One was an audiotaped interview conducted in the office of a psychiatrist, Dr. Lorna Forbes, on December 1, 1983, six months after the murders. The other was a videotaped interview conducted on December 9, 1984, in the midst of Cooper’s trial. A transcript of the audiotaped interview with Dr. Forbes includes the following statements: Q [Dr. Forbes]: Who went to bed first? You guys or everybody all together or what? A [Josh]: I think my Mom, I, my sister and Chris went to bed, but my Dad stayed up. Q: You don’t remember, for sure? 5480 COOPER v. BROWN A: That’s what I think. Then I heard my Mom scream, and I walked in there with Chris, and I saw someone. Q: Well, did, did you mean? Where did you see him? A: Like over by the bed, my Mom’s bed.