Opinion ID: 799787
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Heading: Ms. Harlow’s Letters

Text: Although Ms. Harlow did not testify at trial, she sent two letters to Mr. Page while he was in prison. In the first, Ms. Harlow expressed her desire to have testified at Mr. Page’s trial. Ms. Harlow stated that she was “very sorry[.] I wish they would have called us to the stand[;] cause then you wouldn’t be in there & the [Government] knew it so made sure we weren’t called. They knew I would tell the truth & it would’ve set you free, pissess me off.” ROA, Vol. 1, at 83. -5- She then provided her own account of the events on November 7, 2007. She explained that Mr. Page, his son, and Mr. Conn arrived together and were all drunk. Ms. Buckert arrived later. Ms. Hopkins then called the motel room phone and asked “if anyone wanted weed.” Id. at 85. Ms. Harlow asked if anyone wanted any, and “[Ms. Buckert] hollered out for [Ms. Hopkins] to bring a patch.” Id. Ms. Buckert asked how much the patch would cost, and Ms. Harlow told her $60. Ms. Buckert and Mr. Conn then left to go to the store. While they were gone, Mr. Page “passed out.” Id. Without saying when Ms. Buckert came back to the motel, Ms. Harlow said that Ms. Buckert “put 3 twenties at the edge of the bed opposite from where [Mr. Page was].” Id. Ms. Harlow left to buy candy at a nearby convenience store. On her way back, she saw Ms. Hopkins driving toward the motel. When Ms. Harlow returned to the motel room, she told Mr. Harlow that she was going downstairs to do laundry and then left the room. When she returned, Ms. Hopkins was gone. Mr. Harlow told her Ms. Hopkins had been in a hurry and tried to give him the patch. Because Mr. Harlow had spackling on his hands, he could not take it. Ms. Hopkins put the patch on the bed, took the money, and left. Ms. Harlow said that Ms. Mondragon was outside when this occurred. When Ms. Buckert and Mr. Conn returned, Ms. Buckert “saw the patch & headed to the bathroom.” Id. at 86. Ms. Harlow wrote that Mr. Conn then put the patch on Ms. Buckert’s right shoulder. Mr. Page woke up after these events transpired. “That’s how it [h]appened[.] I swear on Mom, Dad’s & Stevie’s graves.” Id. -6- Ms. Harlow’s second letter was much less cordial and was strewn with expletives directed at Mr. Page. It said, in relevant part: Your attorney nor [the Government] put me on the stand because I told your attorney if he put me on the stand I would blow the [Government’s] case out of the water. Your attorney told the [Government] what I said & they told him not to put me on, “there.” Id. at 88.