Opinion ID: 77443
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Kitty's Testimony

Text: 6 The murder occurred at the home of Kitty Sullivan, who testified for the state at trial. Kitty Sullivan testified that the defendant Sullivan and his wife Janice were separated and that Janice and Smith had been seeing each other. Kitty testified that on the day Smith was killed, Janice and Smith were in her backyard when the defendant Sullivan arrived at her house. Kitty instructed her daughter Kim, who was 16 years old, to go and tell Janice and Smith that Sullivan was there. The defendant Sullivan first came inside the house. Sullivan asked Kitty where Janice was, and she indicated Janice was outside. Kitty stated that Sullivan walked to the back door and Janice met Sullivan at the back door. Kitty saw Janice and Sullivan talk at the back door but did not recall the conversation. Kitty testified that Renee, Janice and Sullivan's five-year-old daughter, was also standing at the back door as Janice and Sullivan talked. 7 Kitty went to her den to tell her boyfriend, David Hyatt, there might be trouble. Janice then came in the house and stated that Sullivan and Smith were fighting. Kitty sent her son next door to call the police, and Janice grabbed the baby [Renee] and run to my daughter's [Kim's] room in the house. Kitty went to the front door and saw Smith walking across the street. Kitty also saw the defendant Sullivan coming out of the backyard with blood on his shirt. Kitty walked with Sullivan to his truck, where he apologized for what happened at her house but stated that Smith was going to learn not to mess with Sullivan's wife Janice. 8 As the defendant Sullivan drove off, Sullivan told Smith that he was not finished with him. In the meantime, Smith had fallen down, and Kitty told him the paramedics were on the way.