Opinion ID: 2761072
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Pickens’s police interview

Text: {¶ 30} Gehring testified that at 10:30 a.m. on June 2, Pickens waived his Miranda rights and was interviewed. Initially, Pickens stated that he did not remember what he did on May 31. Later, he stated that he “had got into it” with Noelle on Saturday or Sunday. Pickens said that Noelle came over to his place and they started playing rough. She then took his phone and ran out of the house. Pickens said that that was the last time he saw Noelle. {¶ 31} Pickens said that Noelle sent him a text after she left his apartment and told him that she had called the police because he took her phone and “pulled her hair and stuff.” Pickens stated that he had not hit her, pulled her hair, or punched her. He also denied having sex with Noelle on Saturday or Sunday. Pickens said, “I ain’t had sex with her since earlier in that week   .” 8 January Term, 2014 {¶ 32} As for June 1, Pickens said that he was at his mother’s home all day, until 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. He then went straight home. Pickens said that he did not leave his apartment for the rest of the evening and went to bed around midnight. He denied going to Noelle’s apartment on June 1 and said that he had not been to her home for about a month. Later, Pickens said that he had not been to Noelle’s place for nine months. {¶ 33} Pickens denied killing Noelle. When he was informed that other people had seen him at her place, Pickens said, “Ain’t nobody seen me over her house. I was not over there.” When informed that surveillance video showed him leaving his apartment and later returning, Pickens responded, “I did not leave.” Pickens also denied owning a firearm or ammunition. When informed that the police had found ammunition in his closet, Pickens replied, “You all ain’t found no bullets in my apartment.” {¶ 34} Gehring also informed Pickens that the police were looking for him because of the rape charge. Pickens said that he did not know that the police were looking for him until he saw the card in his door the previous night. Pickens did not know what the police wanted to talk to him about. He said he was going to call the police later that day.