Opinion ID: 168528
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The events of January 8, 1995

Text: 13 Brenda Gardner testified that on January 8, 1995, at about 3:00 a.m., she and her sister were in the apartment with the two sleeping children. Brenda heard a noise at the front door as though someone was trying to break in. She yelled out, and it stopped. 14 Sometime in the next thirty minutes, Mr. Hines arrived at the apartment. He tried enter through the front door, which was jammed. Tammy let him in through the patio door. 15 At about 4:00 a.m., Brenda looked out the patio door and noticed Mr. Short standing by Mr. Hines's truck. Brenda testified Mr. Short was wearing a red jacket. She testified that Mr. Hines also looked out the patio door. Mr. Hines first stated at trial that he was certain the man was Mr. Short. On cross-examination, however, Mr. Hines admitted he assumed the person outside was Mr. Short because Brenda and her sister Tammy told him that Mr. Short had been outside the apartment earlier that evening. 16 Brenda stated that Mr. Short turned his back, and appeared to be lighting a cigarette. Then I seen a bigger flame, and at that time I looked up at Robert, and then the next thing I know the window was shattered and Robert was on fire. Rec. vol. III, at 168. She did not see Mr. Short throw anything, however. After getting the children, Brenda called 911 and told them her ex-boyfriend had thrown a bomb in the apartment. 17