Opinion ID: 1846807
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Sessions' Testimony

Text: Sessions, who had met Hudson and McDonald in prison, testified prior to Johnson. Sessions testified that Hudson told him that McDonald had set up a deal to buy drugs from Jones using Hudson's money. McDonald was robbed of $2,000 of Hudson's money. Sessions said that Jones and another person robbed McDonald at gunpoint. Hudson told Sessions that he was going to beat up Jones because Hudson wanted his money back. Sessions stated that on May 24, 2005, Hudson called and said that he and McDonald had found Jones. Hudson told Sessions to come to a house on Larimore Avenue. When Sessions got to the house, Hudson and McDonald were sitting on the front porch, drinking a bottle of gin. The three got into a car, and McDonald drove. All three had weapons: Sessions had a.22-caliber semiautomatic pistol, Hudson had a TEC-9 with a 50-round clip, and McDonald had a 9-mm handgun. Sessions testified that McDonald pointed to a man on the street and identified him as Jones. Hudson told McDonald to stop the car about half a block away, and McDonald pulled into a driveway. Hudson and Sessions got out of the car and approached the house. They had their weapons with them. Sessions saw Jones standing next to his car with a female. Hudson got behind Sessions and told him to keep walking. Sessions heard Hudson put the clip in his gun and a bullet in the chamber. When they were about one driveway from Jones, Hudson pushed Sessions out of the way and started shooting at Jones. Sessions said he had his weapon in his hand, but he froze and did not fire any shots. As soon as the first shots were fired, Sessions saw Jones let go of the woman, spin around, and try to run. He lost a shoe as soon as he hit the driveway. Hudson walked up to Jones and was shooting at him the whole time. Sessions believed Hudson fired between 10 and 20 shots. Sessions ran away, and when he returned to the house on Larimore Avenue, Hudson and McDonald were on the porch. Sessions then got into his car and went home. In a few days, Sessions went to the house where Hudson was staying. Hudson, McDonald, and Sessions talked about the shooting. Hudson had the TEC-9 handgun on a stool. He said he had cleaned it with bleach and was going to get rid of it. He told McDonald and Sessions that if they talked to anyone about the shooting, he would kill them, and that if he was in jail, he would find someone to kill them. Sessions said Hudson continued to call him every day. Sessions stated that within a month of the shooting, Hudson told him that Hudson and McDonald had previously gone to Jones' house and threatened Jones' stepfather with a gun. According to Sessions, Hudson had talked to Jones on the telephone and they were threatening each other. Sessions was arrested for drug trafficking in Nevada in May 2006. He first talked to Omaha police in September 2006 after the prosecutor's office agreed that he would not face any charges based on his statement. The prosecuting attorney in Nevada was told that Sessions was cooperating. All of Sessions' testimony was received without objection before Johnson testified.