Opinion ID: 2567623
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Jimmie Barnes

Text: The declaration dated January 28, 2004, of Jimmie Barnes (whose true name is Thomas Porter) was jointly submitted to the referee. Barnes explained that in the early 1980's, he had been housed at Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles along with Saucedo, known to him then as Turtle. Barnes remembers Saucedo bragging to me and others that he had killed someone and that it involved the stabbing of a drug dealer. The way Turtle talked about it, I got the impression that Turtle got his stabs in on the drug dealer. Barnes told police detectives about Saucedo's statements and was moved to a medical unit in the jail. He was told that if he agreed to testify against Saucedo, he would be released on his own recognizance and kidnapping charges pending against him would be dismissed. Barnes agreed and was released. Subsequently, he discussed with Deputy District Attorneys Ito and Hazell the deal he had made with the detectives. Barnes never met or spoke with petitioner. If he had been interviewed by defense counsel at the time, he would have given them the same information he gave to police detectives and Deputy District Attorneys Ito and Hazell.