Opinion ID: 1640733
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Heading: whether the state failed to disclose information about terkecia pannell.

Text: ¶ 87. Terkecia Pannell was Brandon Shaw's girlfriend at the time of the murder. On the night of the crime, she was with Shaw at Shaw's house when Howell, Ray, and Lipsey returned after the murder. She was questioned by police and gave a statement in which she claimed that Shaw had given Howell a ride home and that Shaw had said that Howell had told him that he had killed a white man on the north side of town. She was subpoenaed to testify at trial but was not called. Pannell has now submitted an affidavit in which she claims that she told prosecutors that she heard Ray and Lipsey say that they had shot a white man. She claims that she heard Ray and Lipsey discuss hiding the gun behind the house. She now claims that the prosecutors attempted to get her to testify that she saw Howell with the gun or heard Howell say that he shot the victim. She states that she insisted on telling the truth and that, as a result, the State never called her to testify. She claims that law enforcement officials pressured her into signing the initial statement, but she provides no specifics of that alleged coercion. She also claims that she never read the statement she gave to law enforcement during the initial investigation. However, that claim of never having read the statement is belied by the evidence that she made changes in the middle of her statement and initialed those changes. ¶ 88. Howell claims that Pannell's subsequent statements to prosecutors were exculpatory and were not disclosed to the defense in violation of Brady and the discovery rules. The State simply maintains that Pannell's present testimony is not credible. We find that this issue likewise has merit and thus must be resolved by way of an evidentiary hearing to determine the validity of Pannell's present claims.