Opinion ID: 2232885
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Jamison's Testimony

Text: According to Jamison's account, Champlain had called Vanlue three times earlier that evening making threats, and Vanlue had taken her phone off the hook after the third call. Some time around midnight, Jamison and Vanlue were in bed in Vanlue's trailer when they heard a car skid to a halt outside. Both got out of bed when a person who later proved to be Champlain banged on the trailer door and said: Do you want to die? I am going to blow the ... lock off of the door. I am going to kill you. Record at 832. Jamison had never met the defendant, but he assumed at the time it was Champlain. Vanlue said in the direction of the door: Go away. I am tired of this. I am going to call the cops. Record at 833. As Vanlue asked Jamison to call 911, a single shot was fired through the door. Record at 848. Jamison testified that he saw pellets from the shot strike Vanlue. She fell immediately to the floor, crying out: Oh my God, Justin, he just shot me. Record at 835, 851. At the time Vanlue was shot, Jamison testified that she was standing right in the middle of the room and right in front of the door. [2] Record at 835, 849. Vanlue died from a single wound a short time later. Jamison watched these events in amazement and called 911 for police assistance. Record at 836. Vanlue's two young boys were also in the trailer at the time she was shot. A second shot was fired no more than thirty seconds after the first and the defendant kicked the door in, or somehow he was bashing the door in. Record at 835. Jamison, who got through to 911 after the second shot, put the receiver on the bed and said: Man, what in the hell are you doing? I don't understand. Record at 837. The defendant stuck a shotgun into Jamison's stomach and kept repeating: You are going to die tonight. Record at 838. Jamison testified that he pushed the gun away, threw Champlain across the room and kicked him in the head, knocking him temporarily unconscious. Jamison then took the gun away from the defendant and returned to the telephone to speak with the 911 operator. [3] When Champlain attempted to get up, Jamison told him to stay down and, holding the gun by the barrel, beat Champlain with the stock of the shotgun, causing it to break and the gun to discharge between Jamison's legs. After subduing Champlain, Jamison went outside to seek assistance.