2842/09 - Maryland Courts

weapons are actually removed and they are locked
up in a lockbox or the trunk of our car. One or the
other.
[PROSECUTOR]:
[WITNESS]:
[PROSECUTOR]:
[WITNESS]:
[PROSECUTOR]:
[WITNESS]:
[PROSECUTOR]:
[WITNESS]:
And at that point it was just you and [Cpl.]
Batchell?
That=s correct.
How was [Cpl.] Bachtell dressed?
He would also have been in civilian plain clothes.
Where would his weapon have been?
It would have either been secured in a lockbox at
the barrack or in the trunk of his car.
What promises, if any, did you make to [appellant]
to have him speak to you?
None. No promises were made.
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[PROSECUTOR]:
[WITNESS]:
[PROSECUTOR]:
[WITNESS]:
[PROSECUTOR]:
[WITNESS]:
[PROSECUTOR]:
Now did there come a time during the interview
that you played a portion of [Jackson=s] statement?
Yes, there did.
Why did you do that?
There came a point in the interview where I
explained to [appellant] that, in fact, [Jackson]
had identified him as the shooter.
And what did you do? What was [appellant=s]
response at that point?
[Appellant] did not believe, and indicated that,
in fact, that I had lied to him, and, in fact, had
told him that [Jackson] was deceased.
And what did you do then?
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