Opinion ID: 74430
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Police Investigation

Text: When the police arrived, Deleveaux informed them that he was a convicted felon and consented in writing to a search of his home, but did not volunteer any information about a gun. The officers found the loaded, Mack 11, nine-millimeter, semiautomatic pistol, with the safety off, in the attic crawl space. Officers also recovered thirteen nine-millimeter bullet casings, which a firearms examiner determined were fired by this Mack 11 pistol. Four casings were on the front porch of the Deleveaux home; one was on the walkway leading 1 Timmons also had been convicted of a felony prior to May 23, 1997. The police searched his residence, but never found a gun. However, the testimony of Mrs. Innocent, Deleveaux’s nextdoor neighbor, contradicts Timmons’s version of the events. Mrs. Innocent testified that she saw Timmons slap Mrs. Deleveaux, who fell. As Mrs. Deleveaux tried to get back inside her house, Timmons lifted his shirt and pulled out a black object. Although she did not clearly see the object, Mrs. Innocent believed it to be a gun because she heard shooting begin as soon as she went into her house. 5 from the home to the parking lot; and eight were in the parking lot. No casings were found inside the Deleveaux home. Officers observed two bullet holes in the front door of the Deleveaux home and another bullet hole in a front window. Officers determined that these three holes were made by three bullets fired into the home from outside. The officers recovered one spent projectile that came through the front window and lodged in a wall and other spent projectiles and bullet fragments from a car in the parking lot. A firearms examiner determined that three of the spent projectiles and bullet fragments were fired by a .38 caliber weapon and not by this Mack 11 pistol.