Opinion ID: 75958
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Testimony of Accomplice Fields

Text: 6 During resentencing, the State read to the jury portions of Clinton Bernard Fields's testimony from the guilt phase, which detailed how Robinson murdered Beverly St. George. 3 According to Fields, he and Robinson were at a party on the night of August 11, 1985. After leaving that party together, Robinson and Fields were driving on Interstate 95. While driving, Robinson and Fields saw a green car parked in the emergency lane. Robinson, who was driving, pulled over, walked up to the green car ... [and] opened the door and put a handgun out his pants. Robinson came back with this girl in his hand, and [h]e had the gun on her ... you know, pointing at her, aimed at her. Robinson got into the back seat of his car with the woman, put handcuffs on her, and told Fields to drive away. The woman was later identified as Beverly St. George. 7 Subsequently, Robinson again took over the driving and drove to the Pellicer Creek Cemetery where he took the handcuffs off of St. George and told her to take off all her clothes. St. George then got on the hood of the car, and Robinson put his penis inside her. After Robinson got off her, he told Fields to go ahead and get it, get on her. Fields told Robinson that he don't really need it, because I got a girlfriend. Robinson then raised his voice, and told Fields to just go ahead on. Scared by Robinson, Fields went ahead and put it in her and pulled it back out. When Fields finished, Robinson got back on her and had sex with St. George a second time. While having sex, Robinson had the gun in his hand lying on the hood of the car, [and] had his hand over the gun. 8 Fields explained that during the sex with Robinson, St. George could see the gun that Robinson had in his hand. Fields described how St. George appeared scared, and that, on the way to the cemetery, St. George asked repeatedly whether they were going to kill her. According to Fields, she was begging, you know, `Is you-all going to take me back to my car? Is you-all going to kill me or what?' Fields assured her they would not kill her. 9 After raping St. George a second time, Robinson expressed concern that St. George could later identify them. Fields responded, Well, it's dark. You know, ain't no way she could do that there, you know. Robinson disagreed, stating, Well, only way she can't do that there, I just go ahead and kill the bitch. Robinson then walked up to her and put the gun to her cheek. At that point, Fields turned his head. Fields heard the shot went off, and then ... seen her laying on the ground there. And then he [Robinson] standing over her and gave her another shot. As to the first gunshot, Fields clarified that Robinson put it to her head right there, to her cheek, and he pulled the trigger. As to the second gunshot, Fields explained that she fell on the ground and Robinson just stand over her and, pow, shot her again. 10 After shooting St. George twice, Robinson told Fields, That's what I had to do. You know, if I didn't, you know, she know how I look, you know, and could identify my car, you know. Robinson then told Fields, Now, she can't do none of that. Thereafter, Robinson and Fields drove to a dark road, where Robinson took money out of St. George's purse and burned her purse, ... underwears and some papers, some other stuff. Robinson then took Fields back to Fields's mother's house. At some point along I-95, Robinson threw the murder weapon into a wooded area. 4 11 Portions of Fields's testimony on cross-examination during the guilt phase were also read to the resentencing jury. According to that testimony, (1) Fields was also convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, rape, and armed robbery, (2) Fields got life, not death, and the State had promised Fields some slack with regard to sentencing for his rape, robbery, and kidnapping convictions, and (3) Fields was granted use immunity for his testimony against Robinson.