Opinion ID: 1750758
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Louis Lucas Jr.

Text: Lucas Jr. testified that around 2:30 or 3:00 on July 28, 1991, he had encountered Hornburger driving on Main Street, and had said to Hornburger, let's make a move or let's go somewhere, let's go out of town for a minute. After the two drove from town, Lucas stated to Hornburger, I want you to take me to a certain place, I'm going to get a tool box. Lucas testified that he and Hornburger discussed selling the tool box for money to buy drugs. Hornburger stated that he needed some gas. When they arrived at Lucas' father's shop, they siphoned about four gallons of gas from a car there. Lucas explained that they forced the door to the shop building open: Me and Greg both. We got it bent, we bent it, you know. All right, at first, you know, just like the two of us, when we got there the door was closed tight. O.K. So I helped to kind of get a hold on it and he pressed  he had one of his legs pressed on the door and forced it out. Because he's stronger than I am. So that way it left enough room for me to get through there. I'm smaller than he is. Hornburger then stood outside the shop as a lookout, while Lucas went into the shop and took the small red tool box. He and Hornburger then sold the box to Tolliver for $20, got some gas, and bought drugs with the rest of the money. They then drove around drinking beer, and, agreeing that they needed more money, returned to the Lucas auto shop. With Hornburger again acting as lookout, Lucas entered the shop, and slid a large tool box to the front door. The two then toted the box to Hornburger's car. Lucas testified that they then drove to Harris' house, and Hornburger stated just let me talk to John ... I know him real well. Hornburger then made the deal with Harris, and Lucas helped him get the box out of the car. Lucas and Hornburger then bought gas and cigarettes, then found a drug dealer and purchased more drugs. [3] Lucas testified that he and Hornburger then made a third trip to the shop, at which point Hornburger stated, We're going to get everything that we need this last trip. Ain't no sense in us steady running back and forth, getting piece by piece. Hornburger then brought a compressor out of the shop. Hornburger then brought a grinder, jig-saw, torque wrench, and a black tool box to the door of the shop, and the two put it all in the car. Lucas stated that at the time, the two thought that if they got caught, no charges would be pressed against them because it was his father's shop. [4] Lucas and Hornburger then drove to Hornburger's grandmother's house in Jonestown, and unloaded the stuff behind her house. Lucas stated that Hornburger planned to return and take the stuff out of town. Lucas also stated that he and Hornburger agreed to wait until the next day to get rid of the stuff. The next day, the two met after Hornburger got off work, but did not sell the stuff. Lucas was arrested in Jonestown; he told Deputy Williams that Harris and Tolliver each had a toolbox, and that Hornburger had the rest of the stuff. On cross-examination, Lucas stated that he plead guilty to the charges against him and agreed to testify, in exchange for the prosecution's recommendation of a four-year sentence, rather than the maximum seven years.