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arrived at Long's house, they saw long and Groover CCBning out the door. IT. 1825).
&cover had a shotgun in his hands. (T. 1212, 1825).
fm his job that day, (T. 1333-1334).
the day trying to collect mney that was CJWed to them for drugs they had sold. IT.
1361).
to obtain payrent. (T. 1378).
Long had just been fired
Gmver and Long were going to spend
Grawer and Long took the &otgun along ta use as a "good persuader"
The defendant asked Gm0ve.r if Groovex: had the mney he wed the defendant,
and Groover told the defendant that he did not, but he was going to get it.
(T. 1825).
collateral until he could pay the defendant in cash (T. 1826).
had prevbusly accepted the s m
cross as collateral for one of Billy Long's
debts, and had returned it to Billy when Billy had given him the mney (T. 1826).
The defendant did tell (;roover he was going to "hang his ass" if he didn't cane
up with the mney (T, 1827).
and Padgett, and Green told him they were probably over at Johnson's house.
(T. 1183).
Groover gave the defendant a gold cross and chain to hold as
The defendant
Gmover asked Green where he could find Johnson
Long drove @mover in long's mther's car to visit four different people
who wed him drug mney, including Wmis Johnson. (T. 1361-1378).
&brris' brother, told Long and &cover that Mxris and Richard Padgett had gone
fishing. (T. 1685).
four quarter sacks of T, and that he was going to get his mney "one way or the
other". (T. 1686-1687).
Wayne Johnson,
Groover told Wayne that mrris and Padgett wed him for
Wayne Johnson testified that Grmver had a loaded shotgun
held between his legs, sitting in the car with Ung, when he made those statarmts.
(T. 1685-1686). Long and Graver were unable to find Johnson and Padgett; they
returned to Long's house, ate dinner, and went to The Sugar Shack, (T. 1382-1383).
Joan Bennett testified that she saw the defendant, FJaine Parker, Billy
Long and Tbwry Groover at The Sugar Shack between 6:OO and 8:OQ P.M. on
Saturday night. (T. 1533-1534).
Bennett claA she heard the defendant tell
the others that he was tired of people awing him mney for drugs, and that he was
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