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

Heading: Kim's Testimony

Text: 9 Kim Sullivan, Kitty's 16-year-old daughter, testified to approximately the same sequence of events as Kitty. Kim went to the backyard to tell Janice that Sullivan was there. Kim stated that Janice then followed her in the back door, where they met the defendant Sullivan. Janice told Sullivan that they were at Kitty and David's house and not to go in the backyard, and Sullivan responded, I don't care whose house we're at. 10 Kim went back into the house and did not witness the stabbing. Kim did not see Sullivan or Smith until they had left the backyard. Kim then went outside and saw that the defendant Sullivan had blood on his shirt and a knife in his right hand. Sullivan's knife had approximately a three-inch blade and had blood on it. 11 Sullivan told Kim, You tell Janice I enjoyed her being with me. Kim then crossed the street to where Smith was and observed Sullivan driving away. Before driving away, the defendant Sullivan pointed his finger at Smith and stated that he was not done with him yet. 12 Kim did not notice any wounds on the defendant Sullivan. Two police officers testified that when Sullivan turned himself in to the police the day after Smith died, Sullivan had minor cuts or abrasions on his face and elbow, bruising on his arm, and a scratch across his stomach. Through W.R. Huett of the Montgomery Police Department, the State admitted photographs taken of Sullivan by Huett when Sullivan turned himself in the day after the incident. The pictures depicted a bruised area on Sullivan's upper arm, a small, thin scratch across Sullivan's stomach, and a scrape on the left side of Sullivan's face. Detective Shawn Smith acknowledged that Sullivan also had an abrasion on his right elbow.