Opinion ID: 2323099
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Freda Lynn Griffin-Surratte

Text: Griffin-Surratte is Swan's step-aunt. Her brother is Chuckie Griffin, the father of Charles E. Griffin, Jr. Griffin-Surratte described her brotherSwan's stepfatheras follows: He's violent. He[] does drugs even to this day. He drinks. He loves to beat women. He's a mean, mean, nasty person. Griffin-Surratte testified that Chuckie Griffin was a member of a local motorcycle gang. Griffin-Surratte described Patricia SwanSwan's motheras follows: She's mean. Mean, nasty, always liked to fight. Was not a good mother at all. According to Griffin-Surratte, Patricia Swan was a drug user and hung around members of local motorcycle gangs. Griffin-Surratte recalled that she would often visit the apartment shared by Chuckie Griffin, Patricia Swan, Ralph Swan, and later Charles Griffin, Jr. The apartment was often the venue for wild drug parties. At those parties, Griffin-Surratte explained, there was drugs being done, a lot of fighting, a lot of hitting, a lot of yelling. Swan witnessed these activities. Griffin-Surratte also described instances when Patricia Swan physically abused Swan, recalling that she always observed bruises or cuts on Swan's head or body.