General - Dupree, Bernard (Related to Successive Habeas Petition)

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November 30, 1981 - July 20, 1988

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    IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY 
STATE OF GEORGIA 

BENARD DUPREE, 

Petitioner, 

vs, Habeas Corpus 
No, 2013 

LEROY N. STYNCHOMBE , 
Sheriff Fulton County, 

Respondent, 

Deposition of OFFIE GENE EVANS, 

pursuant to notice, before Sharon: 1, Ashford, 

Certified Court Reporter and Notary Public, 

at Gwinnett County Correctional Institute, 

Lawrenceville, Georgia, commencing at the 

hour of 1Y:20 a.m, on October 26, 1981, 

        Worley & Associates Inc. 
STENOGRAPH AND VIDEO REPORTERS 

539 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 
DECATUR. GEORGIA 30030 

(404) 378-6239 

      
    

 



  

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1 APPEARANCE. . 

2 For the Petitioner: Paul McGee 

3 For the Respondent: ~H. Allen Moye 

4 EE Le 

5 : MR. MCGEE: : I'd Like to show Mr. Evans 

6 a copy of the order saying we can take the 

7 deposition so you will understand the reason 

8 Shy we're here, 

9 MR, MOYE: 1'11 agree if you'd like 

10 to make this order a part of the record in order 

1" for you to explain its purpose, 

12 MR. ¥MCGEER!, That will be agreeable. 

13 (Thereupon, Notice was read to the 

14 deponent,) 

15 MR. MCGEE} : At the conclusion of the 

: 16 deposition, the witness will decide the right 

7 to sign or not sign, As far as any stipulations 

; 13 are concerned, would you prefer to object now 

: 33 or to reserve objections? 

: 20 MR. MOYE: I'11 reserve objections 

: 21 except to the form of the question. 

; 22 OFFIE GENE EVANS, 

23 having been first duly sworn, was exomined and 

24 testified as follows: 

23 CROSS EXAMINATION       
 



      

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Q Mr. Evans, would you state your full name, 

please? 3 

A Offie Gene Evans, 

Q And are you currently confined in prison? 

A That's vight, Yes, sir, 

Q Would you state for the record your 

department of Offender Rehabilitation number, please? 

Q And are you currently serving a prison 

sentence? 

A Yes, 

Q And what court imposed that sentence, 

please? 

A Judge Weltner, 

Q In Fulton County? 

A Yes, 

Q May I direct your attention to the trial 

of Benard Dupree and David Burney, Jr, , and ask you 

if you recall testifying at that trial which commenced 

on November 13¢h, 1972," in Fulton County, 

A Yes, 1 remember. 

Q Okay, . All right, How, prior to the time 

of that trial, were you confined in the Fulton County 

jail? 

  
 



  

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Q Was the case involving Mr. Dupree and 

Mr. Burney commonly known as the Dixie Furniture 

Store case, or had you heard of it referred to in that 

respect? 

A Had I what? 

Q Had you heard this case involving Mr, 

Burney, Jr, and Mr, Dupree, one in which you were 

testifying, trial in which you testified, as the 

Dixie Furniture Store case? Had you heard that common 

appellation? 

A No, 

Q No, you hadn't, Okay. When was the first 

time that you had ever heard of the case? 

A When Warren McCloskey was talking about it. 

Q And the case involved the murder of 

Officer Frank Schlatt of the police department; is 

that correct? 

A That's right, 

Q Had you heard any newspapers or television 

reports or any other kind of reports in the media 

about this case prior to your conversation with Mr. 

McCleskey? 

A Ro, 

Q Had you heard any report in the newspapers,   
 



  

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media, tel .ision or radio for the ° ident with 

Mr. McCleskey about which you testified? 

A I heard about it on the news the same day 

it happened, but I didn't know who did it or nothing 

like that, They didn't announce that, 

Q Okay. Did you hear subsequent reports 

in the media, meaning television, newspapers, radio? 

Did you hear subsequent reports about the case after 

the first day that happened? 

A No. 

Q Okay. Where were you at the time on the 

day the officer was shot? Where were you located? 

A I was out at the Federal Penitentiary. 

Q At the Federal Penitentiary? 

A Uh-huh, | 

Q Okay. And this was the time, as I understand 

it, when you left a halfway house? Was that prior to 

the -- Fulton County jail after being arrested for 

leaving the halfway house; is that correct? 

A That's yvipht, 

Q So the incident involving Officer Frank 

Schlatt occurred while you were still at the 

penitentiary prior to going to the halfway house and 

prior to leaving the halfway house? 

A Ye ah, 

  
 



  

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1 Q nd what period of timc w-=ve you on the 

2 [street after leaving the halfway house? How long was 

3 | that? 

4 A It was about two or thcae weeks, I don't 

5 | know exactly. 

6 Q And is it your testimony that during this 

7. entire time from the date of the killing of Officer 

8 || Frank Schlatt until the conversation which you have 

0 ff regtified I think previously that you overheard Mr, 

10 || McCleskey make that you had heard no report in the 

11 media, television, radio, newspapers about the case? 

12 A Not that I remember, because I wasn't 

13 paying too much attention to nothing like that no way. 

14 Q All right, And had you. discussed the 

15 case with anyone prior to your allegedly overhearing 

16 the statement of Mr, McCleskey? 

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18 heard it. The guy that be taiking ~~ I really ain't 

: 19 cared no more about payin' no attention about the 

: 20 case, 

: 21 Q Are you saying that there was discussions 

: 24 over at the Federal Penitentiary of some of the 

23 incidents with the inmates when it came over the media 

24 and after that you didn't discuss it with' anyone? 

25 A Didn't pay no attention to it.       
 



  

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Q Now, when you were out the street 

after having left the halfway house, did there come 

any time that you were under investigation by any 

police department or investigative agency for any 

alleged crime which you might have committed from the 

time you had left rhe halfway house until the time 

you were arrested? 

A | No. 

MR. MCGEBr.: Okay." 1'd like to ask 

this question with the understanding that Mr. 

Evans might want to assert the Fifth Amendment 

Right, and I would ‘like him to be so advised 

of his right to assert that by My, Move, or 

I will do 1c, 

Q (By Mr. McGee) Bering the time from the 

point that you left the halfway house until the point 

you were arrested, did you commit any new crimes? 

MR.  MOYE: Mr, Bvans, if he asked 

you any questions that you think might tend 

to incriminate you, you understand you have the 

right to invoke a Fifth Amendment privilege, 

Do you understand that you don't have to answer 

any questions that he may fink you or that 1 

may ask you that would relate to any crime that 

you have committed or have been accused of 

  
 



  

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THE WITNESS; All. richt., 

Q (By Mr. McGee) So £O attempt to restate 

the question, from the point of time that you left the 

halfway house till the point in time that you were 

locked up in the Fulton County jail pursuant to that 

incident, did you commit any new crimes? 

A | Unt-uh, 

Q You did not? 

A No. 

Q Al). rizhe, Now, during that same period 

of time from the time you left the halfway house 

until the time you were arrested, did you have any 

conversations with any police officers? 

A Not that I can remeber. 

Q All right. Specifically, if this would 

help Jou recall, 41d vou have any conversations during 

that period of time with Detective Welcoge Harris? 

A Unt-uh, 

Q The same question with respect to Detectivet 

Sergeant Sadosky? 

A No, 

Q All right, Now, at the time you were locked 

up on escape, did you have any discussions with any 

prosectorial officer or FBI agent or police officers,  



  

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or anyone. . an investigative capac y in regard to 

the case of the killing of Officer Frank Schlatt? 

A No, 

Q How long had you been locked up on your 

escape arrest until you say that you overheard the 

statement of Mr, McCleskey? 

A 2 don't know, That's been in 178, and 1111 

tell you this much right here. What I testified eo, 

that's what’ X heard, and so if anything 4 there wight 

be 2a few things thav 1 forgot, because I haven't been 

arrested nowhere, I'w trying todo my time, TI didn's 

tell no lie abouf what happened, and then really being 

the Wight that got the case down. What I just said is 

what I heard. Iain't -- I ain't convictin' nobody, 

Wright. He's the one that opened everything down there 

I just told what I heard, because when the deputy oh 

they heard me and McCleskey talking, They could have 

heard, because everybody back there heard ic. I guess 

I'm the only one that said something about tc, because 

I know the deputy came around there one day -- one 

that was talking to me about it, He was standing there 

listening at it, and one day I used the telephone, He 

told me that I knowed something about iz, and so 1 

Just told him what 1 heard, and that's all, IT ain't 

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1 against ne ‘her one of them. I didr't have no right 

2 to tell no lie, 

3 Q Is it your testimony as lL understand it -- 

4 your testimony is that you were first approached by 

5 a deputy concerning this matter of overhearing a 

6 conversation? 

7 A Do what now? 

8 Q.4" 1m trying to understand what you have 

9 Jist testified to, You gave us a narrative answer 

10 which is fine, but I'w just trying to understand what 

1 it was, After you allegedly overheard the conversatiod 

12 of Mr, McCleskey, did you wake contact with a deputy 

13 or did the deputy make contact with you? Who 

14 initiated the contact? 

15 A I made contact with the deputy, because I 

16 know he heard us talking. So I told him what I 

heard, He asked me what I did, gnd I told him, yeah, 

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: 19 to detectives then, and it went on from that, 

: 20 Q Was this deputy Deputy Hamilton, the one 

; 21 your first discussion was with? 

22 A I think it was, 

23 Q Now, after that discussion occurred, who 

24 was the next person that you talked with? 

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1 Q All right, Was it some. 2» from the 

2 police department or someone from the sheriff's 

3 | department or someone from the district attorney's 

4 of fice? 

5 : A If I ain't mistaken, it was from the 

6 police station, but just like IX said, everything was 

7 supposed to be wrote down. I know I ain't got to go 

8 back Shr oagn this no more, because everything I said 

9 {¢ down anyway, I got no more on my mind, 1's 

19 just 1ike a computer in wy mind. I might make a 

A mistake, I can't run that back dike I did three 

12 years ago. 

13 Q I'm not asking you to go over your 

14 testimony at the trial, I have no intention of asking 

15 you directly what you testified to at the trial as 

i far as the conversation which you overheard. I don't 

want to go into that, 

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22 the questions and have you answer the questions, and 

2 if you need time to think about it, fine, - If as the 

gd deposition go088. On you want +o clarify or correct 

25 your testimony, that's fine, 1'm just trying to get       
 



  

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at vhat yor remember, 

In any event, you had a conversation with someone 

from the police department as best you can remember at 

that point after you spoke with Deputy Hamilton, 

someone from the police department came to see you; 

ie that correct? 

A Yeah, 

MR. MOYE: Mr. McGee, off the Record. 

Q (By Mr, McGee) All right, Mr, Evans, 

1'm going to vead from --~ start reading "at pe 964 

of the transcript of the Burney and Dupree trial 

which commenced on November 13th, 1978, in which you 

waye frestifying, 1 think starting at 963 at the 

bottom. The questions are by Mr, Parker and the answers 

are.by you from the transcript. 

"Question: Could you tell us how long 

you have known him, sir? 

Answer: Ever since about '64. 

Question: Since'64? 

Answer: Yes, sir, 

Question: Have you carried on conversations 

with him? 

Answer: Yes, sir. 

Question: Is he more than just a casual 

acquaintance?   
 



  

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Answer: Not as far as '- know, 

Question: Mr. Evans, while you were at 

the Fulton County jail, did you ever have any 

conversations with Mr, Dupree? 

Answer: «Yes, Sir, 1 had some, 

Question: Did you ever have any 

conversations with Mr, McCleskey? 

Answer: Yes, sir. 

Question: Could you hear McCleskey and 

Dupree talking back ‘and forth? 

Answer: Yes, sir, 

Question: Did you tell anyone what you 

had heard, sir? 

Answer: Yes, sir, 

Question: Would you tell us who you 

told? 

Anti; Well, IX told the deputy, The 

deputy heard it, and he asked me about it, 

so 1 told hin, He asked we that if he told =- 

called the homicide detective, would I talk 

to him, and I told him, 'Yeah.' 

Question: And did a homicide detective 

come out and talk to you? 

Ansver: Yes, sir, 

Question: And who was that, sir? 

  
 



  

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1 | “newer: Mr, Harris and Sadosky, 

2 Question: Have you seen me before, sir? 

3 Answer: Yes, sir, 

4 Question: Where have you seen me before? 

5 : Answer: You came out there, 

6 Question? To the Fulton County jail? 

7 Answer: Yes, sir. 

8 ~ Question: Have you seen me anywhere else? 

9 Answer: No more than just down here, 

10 Question: How about at the Atlanta. Police 

1 Station? 

12 Answer:. Yes; sir, that's right, I "seen 

13 you down there, 

14 - Question: Now, Mr, Evans, can you tell 

15 us if you have ever heard Mr. Dupree say anything 

: 16 to Mr. McCleskey about McCleskey putting 

17 | Dupree's name in a statement? 

; 13 Answer: Yeah, he asked McCleskey why he 

: ig did -- why did he indicate (sic) him in the 

: 20 statement when he knowed he couldn't be 

: 21 ‘identified. 

: 22 Question: He sald what? 

23 Answer: He said -- he ‘asked McCleskey 

24 why did he put him in that statement when he 

25 knowed that he couldn't be identified.       
 



  

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uastiont All right, si Did Dupree 

say anything else about any statement that Mr. 

McCleskey might have made? 

Answer: He asked Mec ToR key -- he told 

McCleskey -- said that he had did nothing 

wrong to him for him to indicate (sic) him in 

that statement, and he said how would he feel 

if ne was going to go on and tell that McCleskey 

was the gun man, the trigger man in that 

robbery. 

Question: Now, did you ever hear Dupree 

ever say anything about that?" 

Objections, and then further questioning. 

YOuestion: Can you tell us if Dupree 

ever said anything that you overheard concerning 

visitors with Mr. Dupree? 

Answer: Yeah, he said he thinks that the 

reason his girlfriend hadn't been out there to 

see him is because he thought Mary might have 

said something about they split the money up 

‘at her house. 

Question: At whose house? 

Answer: His girlfriend's.” 

MR, MCGEE: : My, Move, I think that 

concludes all the direct and actually cross 

  
 



  

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MR, MOYE: | I think so, 

Q (By Mr. McGee) So, Mr, Evang, I've Just 

finished reading portions of your direct testimony at 

the trial I think concerning the matters that we 're 

discussing. But I'd now like to ask you, was your 

first contact with the City of Atlanta police officers 

In response to or after your discussion with Deputy 

Hamilton? 

A It was after, After it, yes, 

Q And approximately how many days or hours 

if you remember did it take them to come out and see 

you at the jail? 

A 1 don't know. I don't versubep that, 

Q Do you recall if it was the next day or 

the next week or when? 

A When I say I don't remember, I don't 

remember, 

Q Okay. Now, did the officers talk to you 
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out of the jail on a number of occasions or just one 

occasion? 

A I don't know. 

Q All wight. Now, did the officers show you 

any police reports in connection with the Frank Schlatt 

killing?  



  

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Q Did they show you any investigative 

information whatever? 

A (Indicating,.) 

Q Did they just answer your questions? 

A They came and asked me what I had heard, 

and I told them what I had heard. 

Q All right, 

A I ain't added no more to it, I just told 

them what 1 heard, and that was it, 

Q Atllright, Now, are you saying that they 

just asked you questions; they did not tell you 

anything? 

A They wanted to know what -- they asked 

me what I did hear them atkins about, and that's what 

I told them, 

Q All right. Now, did you have conversations 

with the City of Atlanta police officers down at the 

City of Atlanta police station? 

A Did I do what now? 

'Q Did you have conversations with the 

City of Atlanta police officers about this subject, 

what you allegedly overheard? Did you have 

conversations with them about this down at the police 

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A What I told them at the ‘ailhouse? 

Q Yes, 

A I come in there, and they typed it down 

at the police station, 

Q All right, You gave up a typed up 

statement down at the police station? 

A That's wisht, 

Q | Okay. Now, how many times were you carried 

down to the police station in connection with this 

investigation? 

A I don't know, 

Q Was it more than once? 

A I don't remember how many times it was. 

Q All right, Did you have conversations 

with investigative or prosectorial officers, meaning 

basically police officers, FBI agents, district 

attorney, assistant district attorney, or their 

investigators, anyone of that characteristic? Did 

you have conversations about this subject with anyone 

other than the two detectives that you have mentioned? 

A Well, when they wrote the statement, it 

was more people sitting in there, but I don't know. 

Q Do you know who they were? 

A I don't know who they were, 

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you had a »nversation with an Fpl : ent concerning 

your escape charge from the halfway house? 

A I'm getting tired of this here now. I 

done testified in this case and cats them what I 

heard. Now, this has been twice that I'm going over 

this again, I know I ain't got to do rhis, I'm 

trying to cooperate, but I can't keep up with all that 

when it's already wrote down, What's wrote down there, 

that's what I said, So I don't see no use in me 

keep going through with this. So I'm through with this. 

I got more on my mind outside to Y¥Oorry about than this 

case, They in jail for whatever they did. I don't 

know whether they did it or not, but I know what they 

said, so I ain't got to go through all of this no more, 

and you a man just like me, and you should know that, 

I got more to think about, about my trouble, than 

something I can't Yonenber, When it happened three 

years ago and you got it wrote down on piper, it ain't 

Zotiie to change, 

Q All FIER, 

A I ain't trying to be smart Sirher, but I 

can't keep of, 

MR, MOYE: Let's go off the Record 

for a second. 

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1 since the ial that we're concernes with here in a 

2 deposition, the Burney and Dupree trial, have you had 

3 contacts over the years with Mr, Harris, the detective 

4 Welcome Harris? 

5 A Yeah, I've seen him since, 

6 Q All right, And did you have .a series of 

7 contacts with My, Harris concerning the Wilbert and 

8 Durson case? 

9 A 1 ain't going to answer that, 

10 Q All right, Did you have a series -- 

n did you have any contact with Detective Welcome Harris 

12 gfter ithe trial which ig the subject of ‘this depositioni 

13 the Dupree and Burney trial? Did you have any 

14 contacts with Detective Welcome Harris in regard to 

15 matters other than the Wilbert and Durson case? 

; 16 A I'm going to take the Fifth Amendment and 

: 17 leave that just like it is, because I need a lawyer 

; 15 myself Lif we keep on going. 

: 19 MR. MCGEE: : For the Record, I'd like 

: 20 Mr. Moye to clarify to the witness the fact 

: 21 ‘that having a contact with Detective Welcome 

: 24 Harris 2 I'll rephrase the question. 

23 Q (By Mr. McGee) Have you had any contact 

2 with Detective Welcome Harris in regard to any matters 

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behalf of we City of Atlanta Police Vepartment from 

the time of this trial and discussion here until the 

present leaving out the Wilbert and Durson trial? 

A Same thing. I'm going to take the Fifth 

Amendment on that thing, too, 

Q I'm not asking the subject of the contacts, 

I'm merely asking if you had contacts, 

A | But I know what's coming up to it. I've 

been down the -- I mean, about ten months with the 

same thing on the same case just about the same 

questions, 

Q I'm not -- hiss a different case, Mr. 

Evans. I'm not talking about the Wilbert and Durson 

case, I'm talking about any contacts which you may 

have had after the rial, the discussion here through 

the present with Detective Welcome Harris aside from 

any coniast that was directed with the Wilbert and 

Durson case? 

A I can't remember. 

Q Do you withdraw your Fifth Amendment 

assertion to the question I just asked? Previously 

I was asking in the best of my ability the same question 

and you took the Fifth Amendment. Ard you withdrawing 

your Fifth Amendment assertion? You have a complete 

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Q I'm asking you, 

A I don't remember, xf 1t's down op paper, YOU run across jit and whether I'11 know or not, Q Now, I'm asking you frog the time of gpg 

A After the Crial? 

Q Yes, 

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meant to i .er anything, Mr, Evans. -T understand your 

position 1 think, 

Now, you did testify on. behalf of the 

state In the McCleskey trial that occurred before the 

Burney and Dupree trial involving the killing of 

Officer Schlatt, did you not? 

A That's right, 

Q Now, following your appearance as a 

witness in the McCleskey trial, were you aware of the 

fact that Mr, Parker had contacted an agent with the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine if that 

agent was going to continue to press any charges from 

your escape from the halfway house? 

A Look here, if Mr, Parker did that, he 

didn't have to do that, because, see, I didn't escape 

from the halfway house. I stayed too late, That's 

all I did, and I know myself that I wasn't going to 

get no time for that. 1 know more about the federal 

rules probably than Mr. Parker ever will. I know the 

rules of what was going to happen then, See, all} 

did was got off and didn't come back exactly on time 

and talked to the man, and he told me, "I'm going to 

have to send you back. You stay in bn come in as 

you want," That's what the wan at the halfway house, 

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wasn't goi - to get no time to start with, All 1 

did was got myself hooked up in talking with a man 

about a murder case, and the wrong people heard it 

if they didn't take it the way I thought they did, 

That's why I went on and said that. And told it like 

it wie, and really got me more than I gained, because 

I wasn't going to get caught in no conspiracy, 

Q Well, has it ever gained you anything, 

the testimony which you gave? 

A It didn't gain me nothing what I was 

pulling alto but what it was, I know both of them, 

aad. we all talk abouts it during that time out thare, 

They could have -- something ran through my mind, 

I don't talk about no murder case about nobody, and 

I know somebody heard me talking about it anyway and 

heard all of this talk, and by him coming and telling 

me about it, and I don't know why he told me it 

anyway, The way he did it was making {it look like I 

knew something about it, so I just told anyway. 

Q Now, have you ever received any consideratig 

whatsoever in regard to any criminal charges or pending 

investigations or possible investigations by the City 

of Atlanta police department because of your testimony 

in the two trials, McCleskey trial and Burney and 

Dupree trial? This would include possible investigation 

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after the .me of those trials to t present? 

A Say that again, 

Q All right, i, 

A I didn't understand. 

Q Have you ever received any consideration 

with regard to investigations, pending investigations 

by the City of Atlanta police department in regard 

to yourself because of testimony which you gave in the 

McCleskey trial and the Burney and Dupree trials? 

A I don't remember that. .I don't know, but 

just dike I told you, Tutold you what I got: for that 

testimony. That's nothing, 

Q All right, Now, what happened after you 

left the Fulton County jail? You were arrested on 

escape and you stayed in the Fulton County jall, and 

what happened to you? 

A Went back and finished my time and got 

cut, 

Q All right. Now, so it's your testimony 

that you received no consideration in regard to the 

handing of your escape charge because of the testimony 

you gave? 

A Must have didn't, Did all my time. What 

you're trying to get around to -- I ain't made no 

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1 Q Jos subsequent to your  aving the 

2 penitentiary after you went back and did your time 

3 following the escape arrest, subsequent to getting 

4 out and to the present, have you ever received any 

5 consideration by the City of Atlanta police 

8 department because of your cooperation and testimony 

7 in the McCleskey case and the Burney and Dupree case, 

8 please? 

a A YT'don't remember, I ain't going to answer 

10 that, I'11 have to take the Fifth Amendment on that, 

n Q All right, Do you think it's possible -- 

12 whether or not you remember, do you think it's 

13 possible that you could have received subsequent 

14 consideration? 

15 MR, MOYE: 1'm going to object to 

: 16 the form of the question, 

17 MR. MCGEE: - All right. 

18 Q (By Mr, McGee) All right, Did you ever 

; 19 have any discussions with Detective Welcome Harris 

20 or Detective-Sergeant Sadosky or any member of the 

21 City of Atlanta police department in regard to their 

22 attitudes toward you following the McCleskey and 

23 Burney and Dupree trials? | 

24 | A 1'd have to hush on that, too, 

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re: :vations about the relev~-cy of anything 

that happened to Mr, Evans after he testified 

that was not related to something that was 

going on prior to his testimony, 1 simply do 

not see any relevance whatsoever, I know I 

can't stop you from proceeding with a definition 

on the basis of an irrelevancy objection, but 

I certainly don't think that's going to get 

your client anywhere, 

MR. MCGEE: All right, 

Q (By Mr. McGee) Subsequent to the McCleskey 

and Burnéy and Dupree trials, from that point of time, 

subSequent to those trials from that point and time 

up to the time of the Wilbert and Durson trial, did 

you have any understandings of any kind of any officers 

0f the City of Atlanta police department? 

| A Not hat I can recall, 

Q All right, If you can remember, what 

City of Atlanta police department officers ~~ and 1'11 

limit that to detectives -- did you have occasion 

to converse with subsequent to the trials until the 

Burney and Dupree trial until the Wilbert and Durson 

trial? 

A What now? 

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Q (By Mr, McGee) This qur. tions has been 

asked and answered, but I asked it, I think, two 

different ways and probably not as clear as I should 

have, so I'd like to try it again and get your response 

again, Okay. 

From the point and time when you were 

released from the penitentiary, Federal Penitentiary, 

after your arrest on the eScape charge and you 

completed your time, from that point and time ‘when 

you were released up till the time when you got locked 

up prior to the Wilbert and Durson trial, did you have 

occasion to have discussions with any City of Atlanta 

police detectives? 

A About what? 

Q About anything, 

A No more than the time I got locked up. 

No, I didn't, I doubt it though, 

Q All right, Directing your attention back 

to the time of the Burney and Dupree trial and at that 

moment your pending escape charges from the hattuay 

house, you contend that they were not escape charges? 

They were breech of trust charges; is that correct? 

Do you contend that you had no er imingl liability for 

that alleged escape, or how did you understand that? 

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Q (By Mr, McGee) At the time of the Burney 

the halfway house? 

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1 Q 7 And so the net result o” the whole thing 

2 was that you simply were made to go back and your 

3 parole was revoked and you had to finish your full 

4 term? 

5 : A 1t wasn't revoked, I done all my time 

6 anyway. 

7 Q So you maxed out in effect? 

8 A Riene, 

9 Q All right, Were you aware that Mr. 

10 Parker, the assistant district attorney who prosecuted 

1 the Burney and Dupree case and who questioned you on 

12 the stand, were you aware that Mr. Parker had had 

13 | discussions with the federal agent who was Investigating 

14 your alleged escape case? 

15 MR. MOYE: xX chiar to the form of 

16 the question, 

17 | MR, MC GEE: Mr. Moye, could I inquire 

18 as to the nature of the objection? 

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Mr, Moye, te page 971 of the transcript, 

and do yoy have that there? 
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investigating your alleged escape case, were you aware of such contact by Mr. Parker with the agent? 

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Q I'm not sure I understo’ your last 

answer, Did you talk with the federal agent in regard 

to your escape charge or just to a member of the 

committee? 

A The committee, 

Q The committee only as far as you can 

recall? 

A As far as I can remember. 

Q As far as you can recall? : ; 

A Yes, 

Q All right. Did you ever have any 

conversations with any City of Atlanta police officers 

and detectives in regarding your alleged escape charge 

from the halfway house? 

A No more than -- let me see now. They know 

what I was out there for, but that's all, but then you 

say going. to help get out, and I knowed that, so IX 

wouldn't get in nothing like that, 

Q So you didn't even ask them about some 

conversation or some help in regard to vour i 

A I wasn't asking them to help me on that 

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Joil wysel® and got out of all of that, because I 

know what was going to happen in two or three weeks 

before I came out there to. the halfway house to get 

took 'to jail, 

Q Okay. So your answer to my last question 

is, no, you did not have discussions with the City of 

Atlanta police officers regarding your pending escape 

case? 

A No. 

Q Well, the answer to the question is, no; 

is that correct? 

A. That's right, . They might have asked we 

what 1.got picked up for or something 1ikeithat, I'w 

going to do ~~ they ain't brought up nothing 1ike that, 

period, They're going to do so and so. 

Q Would it be your testimony that you had 

no understandings of any kind with the City of Atlanta 

police department or officers concerning any favorable 

help for you at that point in time or in the future 

with regard to consideration for your testimony in 

the McCleskey and Burney and Dupree trials? 

A No. You can all see that yourself, They 

ain't paid me, They ain't helped me get out of nothing, 

because just like 1 told you, I had that sewed up 

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been talkir~ too much, and I might have been getting 

in somebody else's business, but I told them what I 

heard, 

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Q We're aware that you had a perfect right 

to testify to the truth at the trial, There's no 

discussions about that, You have a perfect right to 

be a witness for the state and to tell the truth or to 

be a witness for the defendant and tel) che truth, 

Anyone in the world has that right, and that privilege, 
We're not at all quarreling with that, Theve's no 

question about that, All we're trying to do is determing 
whether or not there was any kind of understandings in 

regard to some consideration for your testimony which 

in no way is illegal as such, The only question is 

whether or not these matters are brought before the 

jury if it's necessary for them to be brought before 
the jury. That's the only question, That's all we're 
concerned with, I want to ask you if you had any 

understanding with the City of Atlanta police department 
concerning their attitude toward you as far as future 

Q Okay. And, in fact, were you ever given 

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testimony? = 

A No. 

Q Okay. Did you ever have any discussions 

with Detective Welcome Harris or Sergeant Sadosky 

after the McCleskey trial was over, the Burney and 

Dupree trials were over, in regard to your testimony 

af those trials? Dig you ever discuss the matter 

with Sergeant Sadosky or Detective Welcome Harris? 

A After the trial? 

Q Yes, 

A we, 

Q At any time? 

A I don't remember if TI did, 

MR, MCGEE? - All right, 1 have no 

further questions, 
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BY MR, MOYE: 
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Q Offte, let me ask you just one or two 

questions, With regard to this incident and what you 
overheard at the jail, is it fair to say that you 
talked to only four people, the deputy there, Mr, 
Hamilton, Welcome Harris and Sadosky from the police 
department and Mr, Parker? 

A Yes, 

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about what vou were in jail for? 

A Ain't made no deals. 

Q Did anyone of them ever do anything for 

you that you knew about prior to the time that you 

testified against Mr, Dupree? 

A No, 

MR, MOYE: That's all © have, 

RECROSS EXAMINATION 

BY MR, MC GFE: 

Q I would like to ask whether or not any 

of those four persons just named did anything for you 

after the trial or at any point up to the present? 

A If they did, I don't know nothing about 

it. You know, I wouldn't be in the penitentiary now, 

don't think I would 4f I would go in there and beg 

them, asking £0 do nothing, ‘1 just got something I 

heard, x ain't asked them folks to help me out; get 

out’ of jail.or nothing like that, .'I don't see nothing 

they did anyway, if they did, 

Q You're saying from the four persons that 

Mr, Moye enumerated in his question, you received no 

favorable consideration whatever from the time of the 

trials to the present? 

A Sure ain't, (IL X would, LT don't think 1 

would have been in jail, But that's what most guys 

  
 



      

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make deal Zor is to get out of jai and the only 

thing I did was run myself hot, I ain't accomplished 

nothing, I wish I would have asked for something now, 

MR, MC GEZ: Thank you, Mr, Evans. 

(Deposition concluded, ) 

CERTIFICATE 

GEORG TA ) 

DEKALB COUNTY ) 

The within and foregoing deposition was 

taken before me as stated in the caption, and 

the questions and answers were reduced to 

writing by me, and I further certify 1 am 

neither of kin nor counsel to any of the 

parties, nor in any way interested in the 

outcome of said case, 

This _D lst day of November, 1981, 

CALE ond 
Sharon Ashford, Nbtary Public, 
Certified Court Reporter 

  

My Commission Expires: 
December 12, 1981, 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE RORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 
ATLANTA DIVISION 

WARREN McCLESKEY, 

Petitioner, 
CIVIL ACTION NO. 

vs. 1:87-CV-1517-JOF 

RALPH M. KEMP, Superintendent, 
Georgia Diagnostic & 
Classification Center, 

HABEAS CORPUS 
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DEPOSITION OF OFFIE GENE EVANS, taken at the instance o© 

Respondents in the above-styled cases, in the Courtroom of 

the Honorable Robert L. Vining on the 21st floor of the 

Richard Russell Building, 75 Spring Street, Atlanta, Geor 

before Earlene P. Stewart, Certified Court Reporter and 

Public, on the 13th day of July, 1988, at 9:00 a.m. 

EARLENE P. STEWART 

Certified Court Reporter 
4334 Greenvale Drive 

Decatur, Georgia 30034 
(404) 981-2311 

    

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APPEARANCES 

For the Petitioner 
Warren McCleskey 

ROBERT H. STROUP 

Attorney at Law 

STROUP & COLEMAN 

141 Walton Street, N.W. 

Atlanta, Georgia 30309 

For the Petitioner 

Bernard Depree 

CORINNE MULL-MILSTEEN 

Attorney at Law 

Suite 601 Flatiron Building 
84 Peachtree Street 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 

For the Respondents 

MARY BETH WESTMORELAND 

Assistant Attorney General 
Department of Law 
132 Judicial Building 
Atlanta, Georgia 30334 

WILLIAM B. HILL, JR. 

Sr. Assistant Attorney General 
Department of Law 
132 Judicial Building 
Atlanta, Georgia 30334 

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WITNESS DIRECT CROSS REDIRECT RECROSS 

OFFIE GENE EVANS 

By Ms. Westmoreland 7 95 
By Mr. Stroup 24 
By Ms. Mull-Milsteen 63 

EXHIBITS 

Exhibits Identified Page 

Respondent's 1 Order, McCleskey 6 

Respondent's 2 Order, Depree 6 

Respondent's 3 Depree Trial Transcript 12 

ee McCleskey 1 Offie Evans FBI Record 37 

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* Depree 1 Portion of McCleskey 

Habeas Corpus Hearing 90 

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DEPOSITION 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Let me begin by stating that 

this is the deposition of OFFIE GENE EVANS taken 

pursuant to court order, leave of the court granted 

in both cases of Warren McClesky versus Kemp, 
  

Number 1-87-CV-1517-J0F and Bernard Depree versus 
  

Lanson Newsome, Number 1-85-CV-3733-RLV. 
  

  

For purposes of this deposition I want to 

attach to the deposition copies of each of these 

orders: as Respondent's Exhibit 1, the deposition 

in the order in the case of Warren McClesky, and 

then as Respondent's Exhibit 2, the order in 

Bernard Depree. 

This deposition is being taken, as I said, 

pursuant to leave of court for purposes of 

discovery and for purposes of preserving testimony 

and for such other purposes as will be allowed 

under the Federal Rules, depending on what develops 

in both cases. 

Now, Mr. Evans, let me explain as I was 

starting to explain a minute ago. My name is Mary 

Beth Westmoreland; I'm with the Attorney General's 

Office here in Georgia. This is William Hill who 

is also with the Attorney General's Office. Seated 

across the table from me is Corrine Mull-Millsteen 

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who represents Bernard Depree and Mr. Robert 

Stroup, who represents Warren McCleskey. This lady 

down here is the court reporter who is taking this 

down. 

We're here today because the judges in both 

cases of Warren McCleskey and Bernard Depree have 

granted us permission to take your deposition to 

get some testimony from you relating to those two 

cases and events back in 1978 when you testified in 

the two trials of those cases. And that's what 

we're here for and that's why we want to ask you 

some guestions about that. 

Since this is a deposition, what that means is 

the court reporter is going to take down everything 

sort of like it was in a trial and type it up. 

When she finishes with that deposition, if you want 

to, you can have the copy of the deposition sent to 

you or brought to you. You can read through it to 

make sure there are no errors or typographical 

mistakes or something along those lines, and you 

have the right to sign the deposition after it's 

over with if you'd like to do that, You can also 

waive it and just go ahead and let her type it up 

and send it in; whichever you'd rather do. Which 

would you prefer? 

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MR. EVANS: I'll just waive signature. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: And also, before we begin as 

well, Mr. Evans, you have counsel appointed for 

you, Mr. Ken Feldman; is that right? 

MR. EVANS: Yes. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: And have you had an 

opportunity to talk to Mr. Feldman in the past 

couple of days? 

MR. EVANS: Yes. 

(Whereupon, Respondent's 

Exhibits 1 and 2 were 

marked for identification.) 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Now, would you just please 

state your full name? 

MR. EVANS: Offie Gene Evans. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: And could you spell your 

first name? 

MR. EVANS: O-f-f-i-e. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Mr. Evans, where are you 

presently being held? 

MR. STROUP: I'm sorry; has he been placed 

under oath? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: I'm sorry; thank you, Mr. 

Stroup. Would you place him under oath, please? 

Whereupon, 

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OFFIE GENE EVANS 

was called as a witness and, having been duly 

sworn, was examined and testified as follows: 

MR. STROUP: And Mary Beth, also, I'm not 

sure; have we agreed how we'll handle the ob- 

jections? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: No, we haven't. Thank you, 

Bob. 

MR. STROUP: My preference would be for us not 

to reserve objections. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: I think that would be every- 

body's preference, and I think we can all agree to 

that. Is there any other thing before we begin? 

MR. STROUP: I don't have anything further. 

DIRECT EXAMINATION 

BY MS. WESTMORELAND: 

Q Now, Mr. Evans, could youl tell us where you're 

presently being held? 

A Fulton County Jail. 

Q And why are you being held at the Fulton County 

Jail; what are the charges? 

A Burglary. 

Q And are those pending charges at this time? 

A Yes, 

Q So, there hasn't been any disposition of those 

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charges? 

A No. 

Q And you're represented by counsel on those charges; 

is that right? 

A Yes. 

Q And I believe I asked you previously, you have had 

a chance to talk with your counsel? 

A Yes. 

Q Now, Mr. Evans, concerning your testimony today, 

just to make it clear, has anyone made you any 

representations about anything that will happen as a result 

of your testimony today? 

A No. 

Q Okay. Anybody made any promises to you about your 

testimony today? 

A No. 

Q All right. Now, Mr. Evans has anyone made any 

threats to you about your testimony today? 

A No. 

Q Have you ever talked to me before today? 

A Not as I can remember. 

Q Have you ever met Ms. Mull-Milsteen? 

A No. 

Q And I believe you may have met Mr. Stroup? 

A Yes. 

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Q And do you recall when the last time you talked to 

Mr. Stroup was? 

A No. 

Q Would it have been anytime recently? 

A I can't remember the last time I talked with him. 

Q You may remember, I believe you testified at a state 

habeas corpus hearing back in 1981 where Mr. Stroup was 

present. Do you recall that? 

A Yes. 

Q Do you know if you've talked to Mr. Stroup since 

that time? 

A I don't think I have. I can't recall it now if I 

have. I remember I talked to him down at Jackson, I think. 

Q Have you talked to him in the last year? 

a Not as 1 can remember. 

Q Have you talked with anyone else that you're aware 

of who is presently or has been representing Warren McCleskey? 

A No. 

Q And have you talked to anyone else who is 

representing Bernard Depree? 

A No. 

Q And have you ever talked with Mr. Hill, seated 

next to me? 

A I don't think I have. 

Q Have you talked to anyone, aside from your own 

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attorney, about your testimony today? 

A No. 

Q Let me ask you also, Mr. Evans, have you talked 

specifically with anyone from the Atlanta Police Department 

about your testimomy today? 

A No. 

Q Have you talked with anyone from the Fulton County 

District Attorney's Office about your testimony today? 

A No. The only reason I knew I had to testify was a 

fellow come out to my sister's house several times, because, 

you see, I wasn't even around there nowheres, but she told me 

about it later on and what it was all about. And I read it 

in the newspaper and some people heard it on the T.V. too. 

And that's how I knew sooner or later that I was going to 

have to come to court on this charge. But I ain't never 

faced with nobody to tell me nothing about it. That's the 

way I found out about it, because all I was doing was just 

waiting on it, because I knew it was coming up. 

Q Do you recall, focusing back to 1978, which if it 

will help to refresh your recollection, that was the year 

that Mr. McCleskey and Mr. Depree were both tried. They were 

tried in 1978. 

A Yes. 

Q Can you recall where you were in July of 1978? 

A During that time? 

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I was in jail, Fulton County. 

Fulton County Jail? 

Yes. 

And do you remember specifically when you were 

arrested and when you were placed in Fulton County Jail? 

A In May, I believe. 

Q You think it was May? 

A It could have been -- it was during the summer 

months. It might have been around August, something like 

that. 

Q You're just not sure at this point? 

A I'm not sure exactly what month it was. 

Q Let me do this, Mr. Evans: let me show you some 

pages -- do you recall testifying first in the trial of 

Bernard Depree? 

A Yes; I recall testifying. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Let me show you, and 

I'll show counsel first, these are the pages 

of his testimony from the Depree trial. 

For purposes of the deposition I'm going 

to get this marked as Respondent's Exhibit 3. 

Mr. Evans, let me show you, then, this 

document which we're going to have marked 

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2 if you would review particularly pages 958 

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4 your memory about when you were incar- 

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6 THE WITNESS: I ain't got my glasses. 

7 I can't really see that. 

8 (Whereupon, Respondent's 

9 Exhibit 3 was marked 

10 for identification.) 

11 MS. WESTMORELAND: Would counsel object 

12 if I read to him from this transcript? 

Yi 13 MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: I'm having problems 

14 in that he's not even able to identify that 

15 as being his testimony in his transcript. 

16 MS. WESTMORELAND: Do you have a complaint 

17 that this is not from the transcript of his 

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19 freshes his recollection. I believe you have 

20 your copy of the transcript with you. 

21 MR. STROUP: I don't have any particular 

22 objection. I don't really see the dates 

23 there. I guess 9 -- I see, all right, 1 

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Q Mr. Evans, since you don't have your glasses, let 

me just read and see if this refreshes your recollection from 

the transcript of the Depree trial on Page 959. The question 

is being done by Mr. Parker. And the question asks, "Do you 

know when you were first taken to the Fulton County Jail?" 

The answer is, "July the 3rd." The question again is, "July 

3rd?" and the answer is, "Yes, sir." Does that refresh your 

recollection any to help you to remember when you might have 

been taken to the Fulton County Jail? 

A I knew it was during, somewhere along in there. I 

couldn't, you know, recall the date right then, you know, 

right off the bat. 

Q And when you were first taken to the Fulton County 

Jail that summer do you recall where you were placed in the 

Jail? 

A In Isolation. 

Q Tell us what you mean by Isolation; how does it -- 

A A single man cell. 

Q So, the single cell, then? 

A Yes; single cell. 

Q Do you recall specifically which cell you were 

placed in? 

A In 14. 

Q Do you recall which floor that was on? 

A Pirst floor, 

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Q And do you recall does that have only one wing, 

north wing, south wing? 

A Yes, 

Q Do you recall which wing it would have been? 

A North. 

Q So, that was the cell you were placed in the first 

day you came to Fulton County Jail? 

A Yes. 

Q Do you recall who, if anybody, was next to you that 

you knew? 

A Mine was on the end and then McCleskey was in the 

one right beside me and a white guy was in the third one in 

front of me. 

Q And do you recall who was upstairs? 

A Depree was upstairs. 

Q Do you recall how long after you were brought into 

the Fulton County Jail it was before you started having 

conversations with Mr. McCleskey? 

A We started talking the first day I come in there. 

Q What were you all talking about; anything in 

particular? 

A We were just talking about Reidsville and guys we 

knew and stuff like that. Just, you know, general 

conversation. 

Q Now, do you recall, then, how long it was after you 

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had been there that you started talking about the particular 

crime in question; that is, the robbery of the furniture 

store and the killing of the police officer? 

A The way that started, McCleskey, you see -- Depree 

was upstairs. Depree was upstairs over him. And we were 

talking and he asked me did I know Depree. And I said, told 

him yes, and he said, "He's upstairs over me." And then he 

told me what they was in there for. And they talked 

backwards and forwards and backwards and forwards. And, so, 

Depree started talking to me and then that made McCleskey, 

you know, behind me knowing Depree, I've been knowing him 

about ten or fifteen years. 

Q Is that Depree? 

A Yes. And, so, then me and McCleskey had started 

talking; we all had started talking. 

Q So, that was sort of from the first day you were 

in; is that what you're saying? 

A We just really started talking then. 1 stayed 

there for about a month. 

Q Now, when was the first time that you talked to the 

police officers or the deputies or anyone like that about 

these conversations you had been having with McCleskey and 

Depree? 

A Well, we talked back there -- and, you know, you 

could easily hear back in that hole back there. So, we was 

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talking back and forth, and McCleskey, he started telling me 

what they was in there for. And then he started 

mentioning, started talking about Ben. And the conversation 

started going just like he knew him. And, so, the deputy 

used to stand back there and eavesdrop; you understand what 

I'm saying? And the conversation kept going and going and 

going. And, so, one day I went out to a visitor or 

something, and the deputy started telling me about what we 

had done said. The way he tried to talk was in a way like I 

might have knew something about it myself. You see, during 

that time I was out to the Federal Penitentiary when this 

case happened. But that was a long time; that was about 

close to a month before he said something about 1t. But he 

used to be back there all the time. 

Q Now, you said the deputy in particular. Do you 

recall who that might have been? 

A I can't -- really, I done forgot his name. 

Q Was it somebody who worked at the Jail, though? 

A Yes, 

Q Do you recall, would that have been Deputy Hamilton 

or does that name ring a bell with you? 

A I ain't for sure but I think that was his name; a 

real short deputy. But that's been a long time ago. 

Q Do you recall if he was a white person? 

A White. 

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Q Now, time frame, I know that's a long time. But in 

relation to this, the first time that you talked to the 

deputy or he talked to you about it, before that had you 

talked to anybody else besides the inmates about -- 

A No; nobody. 

Q Had anybody talked to you about the killing of Frank 

Schlatt aside from the inmates? 

A No. 

Q Specifically, had you ever talked to -- well, do 

you know Sydney Dorsey, the police officer? 

A Yes, I know him. 

Q And had you talked to him about that case before 

you talked to Mr. Hamilton or the deputy? 

A No. 

Q Do you know a police officer by the name of Welcome 

Harris? 

A Yes, 

Q Had you talked to him about either the Frank 

Schlatt case or McCleskey or Depree before you mentioned this 

to the deputy? 

A No. 

Q Have you talked to anyone from the District 

Attorney's Office? 

A No ma'am. 

Q Do you recall who the first police officer was that 

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with Mr. McCleskey and Mr. Depree? 

Mr. Welcome Harris and Mr. Dorsey. 

Welcome Harris and Dorsey? 

A 

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A Yes. 

Q And what were the circumstances involving that 

first conversation you had with them about the case? 

A He asked me -- the deputy told me, he asked me to 

call Homicide down there and explain it to them. So, that's 

how it started. 

Q What happened after that? 

A I told them what we was talking about. 

Q You told who? 

A Welcome Harris and Dorsey. 

Q Did they come out to the jail to see you? 

A Yes, 

Q Do you know if anybody else came with them? 

A Nobody. 

Q So, that was -- 

A Just them two. 

Q Now, do you remember where it was in the jail that 

you talked to them? 

A Yes; in the front office. 

Q Do you recall whose office it was? 

A No. 

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Q When was the first time that you talked about all 

these conversations to someone with the District Attorney's 

office? 

A They came out to the Jail and got me and took me 

over to the City Jail and typed it all out and asked me would 

I testify to it, and I told them yes. So, about a week or 

two later the District Attorney came out there to talk to me. 

Q Do you remember talking to anybody from the 

District Attorney's Office before that? ~ 

A Russ Parker; nobody but him. 

Q I'm sorry; Russ Parker? 

A Yes, 

Q And is that the first time you remember talking to 

Mr. Parker? 

A Yes, it is, 

Q Do you remember anyone by the name of Ulysees 

Worthy who might have worked at the Jail? 

A Named who? 

Q Ulysees Worthy. 

A A guard? 

Q I believe he was a captain. 

A I know, but I ain't never talked to him, though. 

Q Did you ever -- let me ask you this specific 

question: did you ever talk to him about the Frank Schlatt 

case and that robbery? 

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> 1 A Lieutenant Worthy? 

2 Q Yes. 

3 A I don't think I talked to him. 

4 Q Mr. Evans, when you talked to Dorsey and Harris the 

5 first time out at the jail, do you recall how long that was 

6 after you had been in the Fulton County Jail that that 

7 conversation took place? 

8 A About three weeks or something like that. 

9 Q And do you remember any of the circumstances 

10 surrounding that conversation? 

11 A No. 

12 Q Let me be a little bit more specific; that's a 

> 13 little bit of a general question. Do you remember what time 

14 of day it was? 

5 A No, I don't remember what time of day it was. 

16 Q Do you recall who brought you to that office where 

17 they talked to you? 

18 A Mr. Hamilton, I think, the one you called awhile 

19 ago, Hamilton. 

20 Q Hamilton? 

21 A If that's the name, he's the one I went to the 

22 office with. : 

23 0 And did he just bring you up to that office to talk 

24 with him, did he stay in the room, do you know? 

25 A No, he didn't stay in the room. 

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Q Was Mr. Worthy in the room? 

A No. 

Q Do you remember Mr. Parker being there? 

A He didn't never come out there; not with them. 

Q Mr. Evans, were you ever, prior to the time that you 

had these conversations with McCleskey and Depree, were you 

ever moved from one cell to another? 

A No. 

Q Were you moved after the time you had these 

conversations with them to another cell? 

A No. 

Q Now, before you had these conversations with Mr. 

McCleskey and Mr. Depree did anyone from the Atlanta Police 

Department ask you to go talk to Mr. McCleskey and Mr. Depree? 

A No. 

Q Did Sydney Dorsey ask you to go talk to Mr, 

McCleskey and Mr. Depree? 

A No. 

Q Did Welcome Harris ask you to? 

A No. 

Q Did anyone from the District Attorney's office ask 

you to go out there and talk to Mr. McCleskey and Mr. Depree? 

A No. Could I say something? 

Q Yes. 

A I told them all I had to tell them at one time, 

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1 And after that wasn't no more questions about them, period, 

2 no more questions, after I got through making statements the 

3 first time -- 

4 Q When they came out to the Jail? 

5 A After he come out to the Jail and I talked with 

6 them and everything, and he got me to go in there and sign, 

7 wasn't no more conversations from them about that. All they 

8 wanted to know, would I testify in the case in court. 

9 Q And -- I'm sorry. 

10 A So, that was it right there. 

1) Q And was there anything before that; any 

12 conversations with them before that? 

13 A No. 
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14 Q And for clarification, you said them. When you were 

15 talking about when you told them this information and gave 

16 them the statement, who were you talking about? 

17 A Welcome Harris and Dorsey. 

18 Q So, then, that one conversation is when you told 

19 them everything about -- 

20 A Just what we was talking about. And then McCleskey 

21 and them moved -- 

22 Q McCleskey and Depree? 

23 A Yes; they wrote a court order to the Couurt. 

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so forth like that. So, they moved them to another place. 

Q And was that after you talked to the police 

officers, to Dorsey and Harris, that Mr. McCleskey and Mr. 

Depree got moved? 

A No; they moved them before then. 

Q Do you remember how long before then they got 

moved, right offhand? 

A No, I don't. 

Q Mr. Evans, when you had these conversations with 

Mr. McCleskey and Mr. Depree, were you acting at the request 

or at the direction of any police officer or anyone from the 

District Attorney's Office? 

A Would you repeat that again for me? 

Q When you had the conversations with Mr. McCleskey 

and Mr. Depree out at the Jail, were you doing that at the 

direction of or at the request of someone from the Atlanta 

Police Department? 

A No. 

Q Or from the District Attorney's Office? 

A No. 

Q Or any other officials from the City of 

Atlanta? 

A No. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: I don't have any further 

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MR. STROUP: I'd like to take a three minute 

break, get myself a glass of water and talk to 

Corinne about who is going first, if you don't 

mind. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: That's fine. 

(Whereupon, there was a 

break taken.) 

THE WITNESS: I want to ask you another 

question. Who wrote that piece in the 

newspaper about me? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: I don't know. I don't 

know anything about the piece in the newspaper. 

I didn't even get to see it in the newspaper, 

as a matter of fact. So, 1 don't know -~- 

THE WITNESS: That's the way I heard 

about it, 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Our boss won't let us 

talk to the Press and I don't think the other 

side really talks to them either. So, it's 

kind of an open court proceeding, so, the 

Press can sort of do what they want. 

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MR. STROUP: Mr. Evans, I think we met 

before, and Mary Beth reminds me it was 1981, 

apparently, when we were down in Butts 

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Superior Court in the State habeas proceeding 

on behalf of Mr. McCleskey; do you recall that? 

THE WITNESS: Right. 

MR. STROUP: And my name is Bob Stroup. 

I'm here again representing Warren McCleskey. 

I'm going to ask you a series of questions, 

If there's anything you don't understand in 

my questions, make sure you say that you 

don't understand so that I can be clear with 

you what my question is before you give me an 

answer, 

You had made a reference earlier in your 

testimony about a newspaper article that had 

some reference to you. Do you recall when 

this newspaper article appeared? 

THE WITNESS: Well, I wasn't even in 

town. I heard about it around, I think it 

was around February, I believe. 

BY MR. STROUP: 

Q You heard about it in February? 

A Somebody else told me about it. 

Q What did you hear about it? 

A They just told me that they had a strip in the 

paper about me concerning the case and quite a bit of stuff 

in there, you know, that can get a man killed, you know. 

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Q Your understanding was that the article said that 

you had gotten a man killed? 

A No. I said an article like this can get a man 

killed. That's what I believe; it seemed to me that somebody 

was trying to get somebody knocked off or something like 

that. Because the people I know, they don't go for nothing 

like that. You know, I know quite a few people that I've 

been knowing a long time, and they don't take no chances on 

nobody on nothing like that. 

Q Your understanding about this newspaper article, 

though, then, was that it was about you? 

A I just told you, it was concerning me and about 

this case. 

Q And about this case? 

A That's right. 

Q You don't recall anymore specifics about the 

article? 

A I didn't see the paper. 

Q How about in terms of what vou were told, then, 

about the article? 

A People was telling me, said, "Man, I seen you in 

the paper", and they said, "You need to gone and split or do 

something.” And I said, "What was it about?" And he said, 

"About a murder case concerning Warren McCleskey and you." 

And he said, "I ain't even going through with it; I'm just 

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telling you that much right there." 

Q I think you earlier said something also about you 

had seen something on the TV and that you knew that this 

deposition was coming up. 

A I didn't say I seen it; I was telling you I heard 

about it. I mean, I don't think the people who told me was 

telling a lie or nothing like that. But the way I knew I had 

to come to court was, I don't know who he was; he had been by 

my people's house I don't know how many times, and I don't 

even stay there. He was coming all times of night and all 

through the day and stuff like that right there. 

Q This was somebody looking for you? 

A Yes, 

Q Do you recall when that was? 

A Let me see; I don't know when it started. I know 

it was back around after Christmas, before Christmas. I 

don't know when it was; I know he did a whole lot of times; 

I know that. 

Q It was around Christmastime is your best 

recollection? 

A I wasn't even in Atlanta. 

Q When this guy was coming around you weren't even in 

Atlanta? 

A No. 

Q And you don't know, you're not altogether clear, 

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A Who he was. You probably know who he was yourself. 

Anyway, I made a phone call -- that's the only way -- to 

somebody here in Atlanta; that's the only way that I found 

out. And when I come back they started explaining it to me 

about how many times he'd been by there and how many of my 

people's houses he'd been by; going by people's houses 

where I don't even stay; stuff like that. 

Q In your best recollection, then, this was around 

Christmastime? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: I believe he said he 

didn't recall whether it was before or after 

Christmastime. 

THE WITNESS: I would say it was after 

Christmas. 

BY MR, STROUP: 

Q And when you say after Christmas, which particular 

Christmas are you referring to? 

A The one that just passed. 

Q Christmas of 198 -- 

A I'd say maybe January or February or March. I know 

it was during that time. 

Q Of this year? 

A Right. 

Q And did you understand that this person who was 

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looking for you was an officer? 

A No, he wasn't no officer. He explained, he was 

telling them about the case and I might could same somebody's 

life; stuff like that right there. 

Q And this is information that was passed on to you? 

A Yes. I can get his number and name if I could get 

in touch with my sister. 

Q Did you ever speak with him? 

A No. And he's been by there lately too. 

Q And what do you mean by lately? 

A Something like ~-- today is the 13th; I think it was 

last month, about the last of last month, somewhere in there, 

or the first of this month, one, 1t might have been the 

first of this month or the last of last month, 

Q Now, have you in anticipation of this deposition 

had an opportunity to look at any documents or have anyone 

talk to you -- well, let me rephrase it. In anticipation of 

this deposition have you had opportunity to look at any 

document in preparation for this deposition? 

A No. 

Q Have you in preparation for this deposition had 

occasion to discuss with anyone documents? 

A No: the only thing I read about this case is the 

subpoena they sent me out to the Jail last week. 

Q And I think you indicated on examination by Ms. 

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attorney? 

A Unh-uh (negative). 

Q You have not discussed -- 

A With who? 

Q Do you presently have an attorney? 

A Yes, 1 got an attorney. 

Q Did you discuss this deposition with that attorney? 

A No, he told me that I had £0 go LO court. "He ain't 

had nothing to do with it. He was talking to me about what I 

was charged with out there, and then he said, "Did you get 

some papers and things to go by"? and 1 said, "Yes™. And he 

said, "Well, you got to go to court." He said, "But. 1 ain't 

going to be there because I don't know nothing about it and I 

ain't going to have nothing to do with it." 80, that's it, 

Q Have you had occasion to, since May of 1987, am I 

correct that it was in May of 1987 that you were released 

from State custody? 

A Yes, 

Q Does that sound right? 

A Yes, 

Q Since May of 1987 have you had occasion to discuss 

this situation involving your incarceration in Fulton County 

Jail in 1978 and statements you gave to the police and the 

District Attorney growing out of that incarceration? Have 

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of Police Services regarding that matter since May of 19877? 

A No, I haven't. 

Q Have you had discussions with any Atlanta Bureau of 

Police Services personnel on any matter since May of 19877? 

A No. 

Q Have you since May of 1987 discussed this case with 

any persons with the Fulton County District Attorney's 

Office? 

A No. 

Q Have you had any discussions since May of 1987, with 

any personnel connected with the Fulton County District 

Attorney's Office? 

A Say that again, now. 

Q Since May of 1987, have you had any conversations 

with any personnel connected with the Fulton County District 

Attorney's Office? 

A Let me see. Not about this case. 

Q Not about this case? 

A No. 

Q Have you had any conversations with Fulton County 

District Attorney personnel regarding any matters since May 

of 19872 

A No more than, let me see, I think 1 talked to the 

one that got my case. TI told him that out there at that 

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1 jail, my name was ringing pretty heavy out to that jail. I 

2 told him I might need to be sent to another jail as soon as I 

3 could see what was going to happen. 

4 Q And do you know who that person was? 

9 A No. 

6 Q Was that the District Attorney who was assigned to 

1 your case? 

8 A I consume it was. 

9 Q You assumed it was? 

10 A Wasn't no, what I mean -- I don't know, no, he 

11 wasn't assigned to my case, I don't guess, now. I just 

12 called to the office and told somebody in there. So, it 

( i 13 wasn't no -- 

| 14 Q You called the District Attorney's office; is that 

15 what you're saying -- 

16 A Yes. 

17 Q -- from the Fulton County Jail? 

18 A Yes. 

19 Q And you spoke with someone in the Fulton County 

20 District Attorney's office? 

21 A Yes. 

22 Q Was this someone who you had not met before? 

23 A I don't know who it was. 

24 Q You have no recollection of the person's name? 

25 A No. 

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Q Was it a man or a woman? 

A A woman. 

Q It was a woman. And the substance of that 

conversation was to express your concern about your safety at 

the Fulton County Jail? 

A Yes; that's what it was. 

Q And, then, your testimony is that other than this 

conversation with this woman that's connected with the Fulton 

County District Attorney's Office, you have had no 

conversations with any persons connected with the Fulton 

County District Attorney's office? 

A No. 

Q No, you have not had any other conversations; is 

that correct? 

A Yes, 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Can we go off the record 

for a minute, 

(Whereupon, there was a brief 

interruption of the record.) 

BY MR. STROUP: 

Q Mr. Evans, it's also true, isn't it, that since May 

of 1987, you've had a conversation with Russ Parker of the 

Fulton County District Attorney's Office? 

A No, I ain't had no conversations with him, 

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A No. 

Q Also, since May of 1987, have you had any 

conversations with any representatives of the Fulton County 

Probation Office? 

A No. 

Q You were placed on Probation in May of 1987, 

weren't you? 

A Right. 

Q And one of the requirements of that probation was 

that you report to the PFPulton County Probation Office, wasn't 

it? 

A Yes, 

Q But you never did report, did you? 

A I sure didn't. 

Q Just prior to coming to the Fulton County Jail in 

1978, you had been serving a sentence at the Atlanta 

Penitentiary, had you not? 

A Right. 

Q Was that a sentence for forgery that had been 

imposed in 19737 

A Right. 

Q And did you at that time have both federal and 

state sentences running concurrently -- 

A Right. 

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Q Both of them imposed in 1973? 

A Right. 

Q Were you, then, incarcerated continuously at the 

Atlanta Penitentiary from 1973 on through 1978, or were there 

periods of time between 1973 and 1978 when you were not held 

at the Atlanta Penitentiary? 

A I left the Penitentiary and went to the Halfway 

House. 

Q Do you recall when it was that you went to the 

Halfway House? 

A Around May, I believe. 

Q May of -- 

A I said May. I don't know exactly what day it was, 

I mean, what month it was. 

Q Was that sometime in 19787 

A Yes, 

Q And in terms of spending time at the -- this is the 

Federal Halfway House on McDonough Boulevard that you're 

talking about? 

A Yes. 

Q Were you sent to the Halfway house to serve time 

on more than one occasion or was it just this one time in 

1978, where you served time at the Halfway House? 

A I served time at the Halfway House twice. 

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A The second time. 

Q Do you recall when the first time was? 

A About '69, I believe. 

Q About '69. That was on an earlier sentence? 

aA Yes, 

Q And that was on an earlier federal sentence, I take 

it? 

A Yes. 

Q But your recollection, then, is that between 1973 

and 1978, you were incarcerated at the Atlanta Peniteniary 

continuously until you were assigned to the Federal Halfway 

House, am I correct? 

A Yes. 

Q And you didn't escape from the Federal Penitentiary 

or were otherwise released and put on parole anytime between 

1973 and 1978, were you? 

A I made parole. 

Q You were paroled? 

A I was paroled to the Halfway House. 

Q I see. You were on parole when you went to the 

Halfway House in 1978? 

A Yes, 

Q And up until that parole you were serving your 

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this one McCleskey 1. I'll share copies with 

other counsel. Let me show you a document 

that's been -- you don't have your glasses, do 

you? 

THE WITNESS: . No. 

(Whereupon, McCleskey 1 

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Q Do you read at all? 

A Yes, 1 read pretty good. 

Q You do read; you just don't have your glasses 

today? 

A No. 

Q Well, let me just, I guess I just need to read this 

to you to see if this refreshes your recollection, if it 

does. Is that what I need to do because you don't have your 

glasses? 

A What are you reading? 

Q This 1s a Federal Bureau of Investigation record 

related to arrests and charges and convictions for you. And 

if I looked to the fifth page, there is an entry regarding a 

parole violation in 1977. Do you have any recollection of 

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A I told you I paroled to the Halfway House until my 

date to come out there. 

Q I'm sorry. I thought your testimony had been that 

you had been paroled in 1978. Your best recollection was 

maybe May of '78. And I wanted to probe with you your 

recollection as to whether it might have been as early as 

April of '77 that you had been paroled to the Halfway House. 

A What you reading on that paper. I know it's got to 

right, but I can't remember all that date and month and stuff 

like that. 

Q Do you recall how long it was that you were paroled 

to the Halfway House; how long you spent at the Halfway 

House? 

A You generally stay in there 90 days or 120 days or 

sometimes less than that. 

Q But do you have a specific recollection today as to 

how long you spent at the Halfway House the second time you 

were sent there? 

A No; I don't know exactly how long I was there. 

Q For the purposes of refreshing your recollection, 

if it does, is it possible that you were there for as long as 

a year? 

A No, I wasn't there longer than a year. 

Q Do you have any recollection of a parole violation 

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don't remember anything about it. 

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Do you have a recollection in 1977 of being charged 

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And where were you, then, in 1977; where were you 

residing when you were charged with that burglary? 

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I was out on parole, 

You were out where; I'm sorry? 

In 77? 

Yes. 

I was out on parole. 

You were out on parole? 

That's the only way -- if I was out in '77, period, 

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2 A Yes. 

3 Q So, there was a period of time when you were on 

4 parole from these 1973 convictions when you were not living 

5 at the Halfway house. 

6 A Yes. 

7 Q Do you recall where it was that you were living? 

8 A Mt. Zion, I think it was Mt. Zion Road. 

9 Q For how long a period of time did you live at the 

10 Mt. Zion Road —- 

1} A It was either Hapeville Road or Mt. Zion Road. I 

12 know I moved twice. 

{ 13 Q You lived there -- 

14 A It was either Hapeville Road or Mt. Zion Road, 

15 one of them. I think it was Hapeville Road. 

16 Q Hapeville Road? 

17 A It could have been on Hapeville Road. 

18 Q And did you go then and live there immediately upon 

19 your release from the Federal Penitentiary? 

20 A Yes. 

21 Q And you were on parole at the time? 

22 A Yes, 

23 Q You lived, you believe, on Hapeville Road? 

24 A If I ain't making no mistake it was. It might not 

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Q It might not have been? 

A I'm trying to think of where I stayed. 

Q It might have been on Hapeville Road or it might 

have been on Mt. Zion Road? 

A I don't know exactly where it was. 

Q But this is 1977 that we're talking about at the 

moment, as best you can recall? 

A I think it was Hapeville Road. 

Q When you were on parole, when you were released 

from these 1973 sentences -- let me make sure I get the 

chronology right -- your understanding is, your recollection 

is you were released, on parole. You lived, as best you can 

recall, someplace on Hapeville Road? 

A I think it was during that time it could have been 

979 Chivers Street. I stayed there for awhile too. 

Q How do you spell that street? 

A Chivers, C-h-i-v-e-r-s, I think. 

Q S-h-i-v -- 

A No, "CY. 

Q C-h-i-v-e-r; something like that? 

A Yes, 

And what part of town was -- Q 

A Northwest. 

Q That's northwest? 

A Yes; my mama stayed there. I stayed there for awhile. 

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1 Q You stayed there for awhile? 

2 A Yes; when I was first -- 

3 Q When you were first released on parole? 

4 A Yes. 

5 Q And do you recall where you lived after staying 

6 with your mother for a period of time? 

7 A Hapeville Road. 

8 Q I'm sorry; let me make sure I understand. Is it 

9 Hazeville or Hape -- 

10 A Hapeville. 

11 Q Right; H-a-p-e-v-i-l-l-e; something like that? 

12 A Yes. 

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14 A Yes. 

15 Q And that's Southwest Atlanta? 

16 A Yes. 

17 Q Out by the Airport; is that where that is? 

18 A It's out there: in that section. 

19 Q And, then, where did you reside after the Hapeville 

20 Road? 

21 A I don't remember. 

22 Q and it was sometime after residing at this 

23 Hapeville Road address that you were then assigned to the 

24 Federal Halfway house? 

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Q And that was for a period of time in 1978. The 

exact amount of time you don't recall? 

A No. 

Q Do you recall where it was that you were assigned 

out at the Federal Halfway House when you were assigned to 

reside there at the Halfway House? 

A Talking about where the house was at? 

Q Do you recall where at the Federal Halfway House 

you were assigned? 

A McDonough Boulevard. 

Q But where within the Halfway House? Didn't people 

who were staying there have cubicles that they were assigned 

to? 

A Yes. 

Q Do you recall the cubicle that you were assigned 

to? 

A No. 

Q You don't have any recollection of that? 

A No. 

Q Referring to the 1973 convictios, did they have 

anything to do with your use of drugs? 

A Yes. 

Q You were a drug addict in 1973, weren't you? 

A I wasn't no drug addict. 

Q You used drugs regularly? 

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A I used drugs. 

Q What drugs were you using in 1973? 

A Reefers. 

Q Is that marijuana? 

A Yes. 

Q Were you dependent upon any drugs in 19737 

A I used heroin too, but I wasn't no junky or nothing 

like that. 

Q You weren't dependent upon it? 

A No. 

Q In 1973 you were sentenced by both the Fulton County 

Superior Court and the Federal Court, ign't that correct? 

A Yes. 

Q Did either one of those courts at the time of 

sentencing indicate that you needed rehabilitation for your 

dependency upon narcotics? 

A Yes, 

0 Did either one of those courts indicate or find at 

that time that you were a drug addict? 

A No. They didn't send me for treatment for no 

drugs; they sent me to a drug program, just reading and 

listening to things, not to go take no treatment for no 

drugs. It wasn't no drug house or nothing like that. It was 

just a penitentiary with a drug program in it. 

Q But the courts, then, did not find that you were a 

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1 drug addict in 1973? 

2 A I told them I wanted to go where drug 

3 rehabilitation was available for that. 

4 Q Then, it was your idea to get drug rehabilitation? 

5 A Yes. 

6 Q But you weren't dependent upon drugs? 

7 A No; I wasn't dependent on them. 

8 Q You just felt that you should have rehabilitation 

9 even though you weren't dependent upon drugs? 

10 A I figured I'd just go and get in one of those 

11 classes and talk about it, because I heard a lot more people 

12 talking about it. That's the only reason for that. 

a 13 Q You may have answered this question, and I apologize 

3 14 if you answered it already. I'm not sure that I heard the 

15 answer, so, let me ask it again. Did either of the courts in 

16 1973 find that you were a drug addict? 

17 A They don't know no more than what I told them. 

18 Q I take it, then, your answer is no? 

19 A Yes; you can take it as that. 

20 Q The answer is no, the courts did not find that you 

21 were a drug addict in 1973? 

22 A Ain't no way they can find it, because I wasn't. 1 

23 asked them to do that myself. 

24 Q And anything that they fouhd was based on what you 

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Do you recall when it was that you first met 

Sydney Dorsey? 

Yes. 

When was that? 

In 178. 

In 19782 

Yes, 

And what were the circumstances of your meeting 

To talk to him about that case. 

To talk to him about the McCleskey case? 

Yes. 

Isn't it true that you met Sydney Dorsey for the 

first time at the Federal Halfway house? 

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Are you absolutely certain about that? 

Yes. 

Did you ever meet Sydney Dorsey at the Federal 

Halfway House? 

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No. 

Did you ever meet Sydney Dorsey when you were 

living in the Mt. Zion Road area? 

A No. All of that was after -- my first time ever 

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Q Listen to my question and make sure you hear my 

question. Did you ever meet Sydney Dorsey while you were 

living in the Mt. Zion Road area? 

A Yes. 

Q And when was that? 

A I don't know what month it was. 

Q Do you know what year it was? 

A '79 or 80; something like that. 

Q What were the circumstances of your meeting Mr. 

Dorsey then? 

A It was on a case where I got some money took from 

me and got jumped on and I got robbed. 

Q And how did you come to meet Mr. Dorsey on that 

occasion? 

A I don't know who told me. Anyway, he heard somehow 

about what done happened in the neighborhood, shooting and 

stuff going on. And I guess that's how he found out. 

Q You didn't call him up to talk with him? 

A I don't remember whether I did or not. 

Q You don't remember? 

A No. 

Q It's possible that you did, but that's something 

you don't have a recollection of? 

A No; I ain't got no recollection of that. 

Q Have you ever had occasion to call Sydney 

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to discuss with him your situation? 

A Not as I can remember. 

Q Not that you can remember? 

A No. 

Q Let me just rephrase the question to make sure 

there isn't anything about the way I asked the question that 

was confusing. When you have been held in any jail or 

prison facility have you ever had occasion to call Sydney 

Dorsey and tell him you wanted to speak to him? 

A Not as I can recall. 

Q In June of 1978 you were on escape from the Federal 

Halfway House? 

A I didn't sign in. I come late and the man told me 

to go on back home. 

So, you weren't really on escape? 

No; I wasn't on escape. 

It was just a misunderstanding? 

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late. I was supposed to come in at a certain length of time, 

and I didn't come in. 80, I knew I done violated that 

because that's the way they do it. So, I just went on back 

home and waited until they come and got me. 

Q Did you use of drugs in 1978 have anything to do 

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A No. 

Q What did you do while you were on escape in 1978? 

A I didn't do nothing while I was on escape; hadn't 

did nothing. 

Q Were you involved in -- 

A One thing while I was at the Halfway House I think 

the man caught about five or six of us smoking marijuana out 

there on the porch one night. 

Q This was while you were at the Halfway House? 

A Yes. 

Q You were able to get drugs at the Halfway House? 

A We talking about this case. Ain't no need talking 

about what was going on out there at the Federal 

Penitentiary. 

Q I'm sorry; I didn't understand what you said. 

A Continue your questions. I ain't answering that. 

Q Your —- that's all right. But directing your 

attention to 1978, then, when you had this little 

misunderstanding, as you wish to characterize it, with the 

Federal Halfway House, you weren't doing any undercover work 

for any state or other law enforcement officials? 

A No. 

Q While you were -- in June of 1978, during that time 

period when you were not reporting to the Federal Halfway 

House, before you were arrested and taken to Fulton County 

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Jail, are you clear on that time period that I'm talking 

about now? I want to direct your attention to that time 

period. Are you with me? 

Go ahead. 

Did you stay in the Atlanta area the entire time? 

Yes. 

You didn't go to Florida? 

No. 

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that you did go to Florida? 

A No, I don't remember telling them that. 

Q You don't remember telling anyone that? 

A No. 

Q Did you while you were, this same time period in 

late June of 1978 and early July of 1978, call any law 

enforcement personnel to discuss your situation? 

A I don't remember that; I don't know. 

Q You don't remember? 

A It's a whole lot you're going to ask me that 1 

ain't going to remember. I don't know if you going to think 

I'm teasing or beating around the bush or not. But I can't 

keep all that in my head, but I'm going to answer the best 

way I can. If I don't remember it, I'm going to just tell 

you I don't remember, and if I do I'll talk to you about iti 

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A Yes, it's a long time ago. 

Q Pretty hard to remember those details, isn't it? 

A I can remember some things and some I can't. 

Q Then, it's your testimony that again, during this 

time period when you were not reporting to the Halfway House 

in June of 1978 until your arrest in early July of 1978, your 

testimony today is that you were not doing any undercover 

work for any law enforcement agency? 

A I don't remember. 

0 I'm sorry: 1 didn't hear, 

A I don't know. 

Q You don't know? 

A I don't remember. 

Q You don't remember? 

A No. 

Q I thought earlier you had said you were not doing 

any undercover work. 

A I don't remember; I don't remember if I was or not, 

Q You don't remember whether you were or not; you 

might have been? 

A I don't know. 

Q Well, can you speculate as to who you might have 

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MR. STROUP: I'll withdraw the question. 

Your testimony, then -- let me withdraw that. 

Were you using cocaine in June of 1978? 

THE WITNESS: No. 

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I wasn't using it. 

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I wasn't using it. 

You didn't use it even on a single occasion? 

I just answered that. 

Did you say yes or no? 

I said I didn't use it. 

You did not -- did you use it on a single occasion? 

No, I didn't. 

Did you tell federal agents after your arrest in 

July of 1978 that while you were away from the Halfway House 

in June that you had been part of a drug investigation? 

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A I don't remember telling nobody that. 

Q And did you tell federal agents after your arrest 

in 1978 that you expected to get well paid for your 

undercover work in June of 1978? 

A No, I ain't told nobody that, 

Q Did you after your arrest admit to the use of 

cocaine? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Are you talking about 

1378? 

MR. STROUP: After your arrest -- thank 

you; 1'll rephrase it. After your arrest in 

July of 1978, did you have occasion to admit 

to any federal authorities that you had used 

cocaine in June of 1978? 

THE WITNESS: I don't remember telling 

nobody that. 

BY MR. STROUP:   Q Do you recall where you stayed when you were away 

from the Federal Halfway House in June of 1978? 

A On Springdale Road. I stayed at a whole lot of 

different places, 1 didn't stay at one place long, 1 might 

stay in three or four different places a year; ain't no telling. 

And it's not for no long periods either. Ain't no telling how 

many addresses on there you might where I stayed at. 

Q So, are you telling me that you're not clear where 

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A I just told you; I didn't stay nowhere too long. 

So, ain't no telling how many places I stayed then. You see, 

I wasn't renting no place. 

Q Let me direct your attention, then, to the period 

of July of 1978 when you were held at the Fulton County Jail. 

I think that you -- let me make sure I understand your 

earlier testimony. I think you indicated that you had 

conversations with Warren McCleskey from the first day you 

were assigned to the cell next to him? 

A Yes, 

Q I think you testified also that the deputy had been 

eavesdropping on your conversations and as a result the 

deputy suggested to you that maybe you were in on something? 

A Not exactly like that, Buf you can get into it 

discussing cases if the wrong person hears you. Now, you can 

understand that yourself. 

Q I'm sorry; I just didn't understand what you said. 

A You know, that's just like a charge where me and 

you talking about cases and things like that, a man can get 

in trouble like that; you know that. 

Q A man can get in trouble? 

A Yes; by talking too much, 

Q and, so, directing, then -- your recollection, 

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A He mentioned about it; you understand what I'm 

saying? 

Q Right. 

A I don't know exactly every word he said. But I did 

most of that on my own; ain't nobody put me up to do it. 

Q And you didn't start the conversation with this 

deputy; you didn't come to the deputy and say "I want to talk 

to the police." It was the deputy that came to you, is that 

what you're saying? 

A I don't know. I really don't know exactly how it 

started out definitely and for sure. 

0 The deputy what? 

A Definitely, I don't know exactly how it started 

out. But I can't put that deputy as the cause of it or 

nothing like that. 

Q You can't: I'm sorry? 

A The cause I did this testifying, I can't put that 

on nobody. 

Q Well, I think you didn't really understand my 

question. I'm trying to direct your attention to the 

conversation that you had with this deputy that led to the 

Atlanta Police being called. Did you have more than one 

conversation with the deputy? 

A If I ain't making no definite mistake, I went to 

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A Like I said, there's going to be a whole in there I 

don't know definite and exactly. 

Q He didn't bring up to you the fact that he had been 

eavesdropping? 

A I don't remember that. I knew what was going on 

around in there. 

Q How many meetings did you have in July of 1978 at 

the Fulton County Jail with any representatives of either the 

Atlanta Bureau of Police Services or the Fulton County 

District Attorney's Office? 

A I don't remember but two. 

Q At the Fulton County Jalil? 

A That's the only -- 1 only remember two. 

Q Two? 

A Two times. It could have been more, I don't know, 

Q But let me make sure you understand my question. 

I'm talking about meetings at the Fulton County Jail on 

Jefferson Street. 

A What are you saying; who did I talk to; how many 

times I talked to somebody? 

Q No -- yes. 

A What do you mean by meetings? 

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A Well, the only somebody I talked to from the D.A.'s 

Office, I talked to Russ Parker one time out there and I 

talked to Welcome Harris and Dorsey. 

Q And those were two separate meetings? 

A Yes. 

Q And your recollection is pretty clear in that 

regard? 

A There might be something in there I don't remember. 

Q But you're pretty clear that there were two 

separate meetings at the Fulton County Jail? 

A It could have been more than that. But I know the 

D.A. didn't come there but one time that I can remember. But I 

don't know exactly how many times Harris and them came out 

there. 

Q They could have come out there more than one time? 

A Yes; they could have. 

Q Could they have come out there more than two times? 

A 1'd say more than one. 11 ain't going on up; 1 

don't know. I'll just say they come more than one. 

Q Let's, then, start with vour recollection of the 

first of those meetings. Who was in attendance -- this is at 

the Fulton County Jail, now. I'm still talking about the 

meetings that were held at the Fulton County Jail. But 

before I do that, though, let me ask another question. There 

was also a meeting that you recall at the City Jail, I think, 

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taken; the written statement? 

A I was took from the County Jail to the City Jail to 

sign the statement. That's what I'm saying. 

Q That was a separate situation. That's not one of 

the two meetings that we're talking about? 

A No; they was separate. 

Q Okay; I just wanted to make sure I understood what 

you were telling me. Let's talk, then, about the first of 

these two meetings at the Fulton County Jail. Do you recall 

where the meeting took place? 

    
a It was in one of the offices. 

Q It was in one of the offices? 

A Yes, 

Q And do you recall how you got to the office? 

A Yes. 

Q How did you get to the office? 

A The deputy took me down there, 

Q Do you recall which deputy took you down there? 

A No; I don't know what deputy did it. 

Q You don't have a picture in your aind today of rhat 

happening? 

A You talking about what deputy it was? 

Q What -- 

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3 A All I can say is they come upstairs and got me and 

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5 Q And who was present for that first meeting? 

6 A Nobody but Dorsey and Harris. 

7 Q Do you recall what was said at that meeting? 

8 A The testimony that you already got that I made. 

9 Q Well, was this the first time that you had met 

10 Detective Harris? 

11 A Yes. 

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I 13 Dorsey? 

14 A Yes. 

15 Q At this meeting at the Fulton Cuonty Jail? 

16 A Right. 

17 Q And when you say that the testimony that you've 

18 already talked about, this is the testimony relating to 

19 conversations that you had had with McCleskey and Depree? 

20 A Yes, 

21 Q And can you picture, then -- whichever the deputy 

22 was, then, left you in this room alone with Dorsey and 

23 Harris? 

24 A Yes. 

25 Q And how did the meeting end; do you recall? 

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they left, and I guess they went to the D.A.'s Office and 

passed it on to them. I assume that's what he did. And then 

he asked me would I, you know, testify in court on that. And 

then they took me over to the City Jail and typed it out and 

put it on tape and brought me back to the County Jail. And 

that's when the D.A. come out there and asked me for sure would 

I testify in the case, and I said yes. So, that's it right 

there. 

Q Then, your recollection is that the meeting with 

the Fulton County District Attorney occurred after you had 

already given a written statement and signed the written 

statement? 

A Yes. 

Q And you, then, did not meet Russ Parker? 

A TI think he talked to me before I signed it. 

Q Russ Parker talked with you before you signed? 

A Yes. 

Q Is it possible that Russ Parker came out and met 

with you the same time that Dorsey and Harris talked with you 

at the Fulton County Jail? 

A You talking about all three together? 

Q Right. 

A I don't know if he 4id or not. 

Q It's possible? 

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three of them coming there together. 

Q Your recollection is that you first met with Dorsey 

and Harris without Parker being there? 

A Yes. 

Q Now, when you did meet with Parker, do you have a 

recollection of where that meeting took place? 

A It took place out there in the same place. 

Q In the same room? 

A Yes; but I don't know. I can't recall whether 

Detective Harris and Dorsey were with him or not. I don't 

know; I can't place that. 

Q And do you have a recollection as to whether or not 

a sheriff's deputy was present for the meeting that occurred 

when you know that you met at least with Russ Parker? 

A No. 

Q No, you don't have a recollection or no, he was not 

there? 

A I don't have no recollection whether he was there. 

Q You don't have a recollection as to whether he was 

there or not? 

A Yes, 

Q You need to talk up. I have a hard time hearing, 

so, she may have a hard time hearing. Now, I believe your 

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some point in time? 

A Yes. 

Q And your testimony was that they were moved before 

you talked to Harris and Dorsey? 

A Yes, 

MR. STROUP: In your conversations with -- 

let me withdraw that. Can we take a two minute 

break; let me look through some things to see 

if I've got anymore questions? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Sure. 

(Whereupon, there was a 

break taken.) 

MR. STROUP: I have no more questions for 

Petitioner McCleskey at this time, 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: Mr. Evans, my name is 

Corinne Mull, and you've heard today, I repre- 

sent Mr. Bernard Depree in his habeas corpus 

petition to this court. 

Like Mr. Stroup, I've got a few questions 

I'd like to touch base with you on. If I'm 

not clear, stop me and I'll repeat the question 

so that you can be very clear about what I'm 

saying and what I'm asking you, and I'll be 

happy to rephrase it if you'd like me to. 

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THE WITNESS: March 23rd. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: March 23rd of 1988? 

THE WITNESS: Yes. 

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Q And who arrested you? 

A I don't know his name. 

Q Was it Fulton County people; City of Atlanta 

Police Department? 

A City of Atlanta. 

Q City of Atlanta? 

A Yes. 

Q Since March 23rd of this year you've been in the 

Fulton County Jail, is that correct, until this date? 

A Yes, 

Q And upon arriving at the Fulton County Jail, who 

was the first person that you called from the Jail? 

A Who did I call? 

Q Yes. Did you call anybody from the Jail? 

A Nobody but my people. 

Q Just your people? 

A Yes, 

Q Did you not call Russ Parker's office? 

A YT called down Lo the D.A.'s office, but I didn't 

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Q You don't know who you talked to? 

A I don't know who she was. 

Q Since March 23rd of 1988 have you spoken to a City 

of Atlanta detective at the Fulton County Jail? 

A No. 

Q Isn't it true, Mr. Evans, that sometime last month 

you had occasion to talk to a detective of the City of 

Atlanta Police Department? 

A I didn't talk to no detective. 

Q Isn't it true that you talked to a police officer 

of the City of Atlanta Police Department? 

A About what? 

Q What did -~-- 

A You know I got to talk to somebody if I was at the 

City Jail. I went to the City Jail and there ain't nothing 

there but police. About that case, I ain't talked about what 

we talking about now. 

Q I understand. But did vou not talk to a City 

official, a City Police official, last month about anything, 

not necessarily about this case? 

A No. 

Q You just spoke a few minutes ago about the City 

Jail. In the last six months you were at the City Jail as 

well? 

A You would go to the City before you go to the 

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County; yes. 

Q Okay; tell me about that; that's what I'm not clear 

about. When you were arrested by the City of Atlanta Police 

Department, where were you taken? 

A To the City Jail. 

Q At the City Jail did you have occasion to talk to 

any police official about anything? 

A No. 

Q Mr. Evans, at the Fulton County Jail did you have 

occasion to talk to any Fulton County or City of Atlanta 

official about any crime or burglary incident, anything? 

A Yes. 

Q You did. Who d4id you talk to? 

A I don't know. You know —~- 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Are you talking about his 

year? 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: This year. Since March -- 

THE WITNESS: You know, I can't go in there -- 

you ain't getting over to me right. You see, I've 

got to talk -- that's all out there is police; I've 

got. to talk to them for anything. I got to talk 

to them for phone calls or anything come up I 

have to talk to them for it. 

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1 conversation. Did you have a conversation with a police 

2 official about something that transpired on Ashby and 

3 Simpson Road in the last year? 

4 A On Ashby and Simpson? 

5 Q Yes. Isn't it trve, Mr. Evans, that you tried to 

6 cut a deal with a police official about something that took 

7 place on Ashby and Simpson Road which you claim to have 

8 witnessed? 

9 A No; that ain't true there. 

10 Q Mr. Evans, have you had occasion to help the Fulton 

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12 in the last ten to twelve years? 

{ 13 A Yes, 

oh 14 Q What cases have you helped them out in; do you 

15 remember? 

16 A Yes: in the case with Willie Taylor. 

17 Q Willie Terrell? 

18 A Taylor. 

19 Q Taylor? 

20 A Yes. 

21 Q What was that about? 

22 A A murder case. 

23 Q How did you help the Fulton County Police 

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car with me. During the time right then I didn't know he had 

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car with 

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that the 

But what I got mad about with him, he got in that 

me and I ain't known nothing about what was going 

he had me riding him around and knowed all the time 

police and everything was looking for him. I didn't 

want to get hooked up in that. 

Q 

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I testified what I know about what I did, what he had me to do. 

Q 

Now, did you testify against Mr. Taylor? 

I testified to what he did. I don't know what he did. 

Now, is this the case where you received fifty 

dollars for that information? 

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I didn't get no fifty dollars for that information, 

What did you get fifty dollars for? 

It wasn't for that information. 

What was it for? 

1 wasn't for no information. 

Didn't you receive fifty dollars from a federal 

Yes. It wasn't no deal like "I'm going to give 

dollars to say that" or nothing like that. 

But you received fifty dollars? 

Yes. 

What were the circumstances of your receiving fifty 

Mr. Evans? 

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they didn't give me nothing. 

Q So, what were the circumstances under which the IRS 

agent gave you fifty dollars? 

A I told him I didn't have no money. 

Q I beg your pardon; 1 didn't hear. 

A I told him I didn't have no money. 

0 Now, during -- when you picked up Mr. Terrell -- 

A Taylor. 

Q Taylor, yes. Where were you that evening that you 

had occasion to pick him up? 

A I was in the neighborhood during the time when all 

that was going on. When I left to come from in there T 

stopped my car at Kennedy Street and Northside Drive, and he 

come through the apartments. You see, I know him, and he 

asked me to run him off like he was in a hurry. I took him 

where he wanted to go. And I asked him did he want me to 

wait on him, and he said, "No, I ain't going back up there." 

And about a few days later I happened to run across his wife, 

at least his girlfriend, the lady he was staying with. And 

she's the one that started talking about it. 

Q Talking about what? 

A Talking about that the police was looking for him 

for robbery and murder. And I asked her when did it happen, 

and she told me when it happened. And that was the same time 

that he come and got in the car with me. 

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What were you doing that evening out there; were 

you out there buying drugs, Mr. Evans? 

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I took somebody out there to get some. 

What other -- how else had you been helpful to the 

Fulton County D.A.'s Office? We started out talking about -- 

let me start over. My first question to you is how in the 

last twelve years had you been helpful to the Fulton County 

D.A.'s Office? 

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testified 

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I had testified in three cases at different times. 

So, what was the second time? 

Wilbert Anderson. 

Wilbert Anderson? 

yes, 

And what were the circumstances in which you 

against Mr. Wilbert Anderson? 

What, now? 

What were the circumstancces; what role did you 

play; what did you have to say; what did you testify to? 

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In the Wilbert Anderson trial what did you testify 

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What did he do; what did you say he did? 

What he said he did. 

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than I am. What did he say he did? 

aA He said he robbed a woman. He went after —-- he 

wanted to, but he didn't never do it. 

Q And where did he tell you this? 

A I knew about it before. But anyway, in jail me and 

him, he talked about it some in there. 

Q Where were you in jail when he told you about this? 

A In the hospital. 

Q Where was he; was he in the hospital? 

A No. 

Q He wasn't? 

aA No. 

Q Well, how did you meet up with him? 

A He come in there and talked to me. 

Q He visited you? 

A It wasn't say visit. He'd come around to the 

doctor all the time and me and him would stand and talk an 

hour, thirty minutes, stuff like that. 

Q What other case did you help the Fulton County 

District Attorney's Office on? 

A Just those. 

Q Those were the only -- just those two cases? 

A Yes, 

Q Who was the DA in the Wilbert Anderson case? 

A I disremember who the D.A. in that case was. 

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Q Was it not Mr. Russell Parker? 

A Yes, I think it was. 

Q Do you remember what year it was that you testified 

in the Wilbert Anderson case? 

A '80 something. 

Q Mr. Evans, we just discussed right now the two 

cases aside from the McCleskey and Depree cases in which you 

testified. 

A Yes, 

Q Are there any other cases in which you testified in 

the last twelve years? 

aA Not as I know of. 

Q Are there any cases in which you gave a statement 

but did not testify? 

A I don't think so. 

Q Are you familiar, Mr. Evans, with the case of 

Bernard Glenn? Does that name sound familiar to you? 

A Bernard Glenn? 

Q Yes, 

A I can't place him. 

Q Does the name "Pops" sound familiar to you? 

A Pops? 

Q Yes. 

A I don't remember that. 

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of a doctor here in Atlanta, a psychiatrist? 

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I remember a case like that. 

Do you remember a person by the name of Billy Hill? 

No; I don't remember. 

Mr. Evans, have you ever had any occasion to work 

with District Attorney Mallory, Assistant District Attorney 

Mallory? 

A 

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I can't place him. 

Mr. Evans, did you give any information to the 

police and to the District Attorney's Office about the murder 

of the doctor or the psychiatrist? 

A I don't know whether I talked about this case or 

not. I know what you're talking about, but I don't know 

about giving it to nobody. 

Q 

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I'm sorry; you don't remember what? 

I don't remember giving it to nobody. I just can't 

place that. 

Q 

remember? 

A 

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Where were you, Mr. Evans, in June of 1979; do you 

No. 

Weren't you in Fulton County Jail at that time? 

I might have been. 

Weren't you in the Fulton County Jail until about 

1980 or so? 

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Q Mr. Evans, isn't it true that you have acted as an 

informant for City and County officials in the past? 

A I don't work for them. 

Q You don't work for them, but haven't you provided 

them with information in the past? 

A Yes, I have told them, but I ain't had no job 

with them. They can't put -- I think that was what some- 

body had in the paper about that too. That's wrong there, 

Q Is it your testimony that you have never worked for 

City, County or Federal officials? 

A I ain't worked for no -- them testimonies I did, I 

did it on my own, I ain't 4id it out there as no paid 

informant for those folks out there; not that. 

Q Let me ask you to listen to my question just to 

make sure that I understand you and you understand me. Is it 

your testimony that you have never worked for the City or 

County or Federal officials? 

A I helped them, I don't call that no job, though. 

Q Mr. Evans, isn't it true that while you were out on 

the street you had collected information and provided 

information to City, County or Federal officials with the 

expectation of being paid? 

A Federal. 

Q Federal? 

A Yes. 

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Yes. 

What were the circumstances under which you helped 

I helped them with the DEA. 

With the DEA? 

Yes. 

How is that; what did you do? 

You know what the DEA is, don't you? 

Sure, Y do. 

Well, that's what it was. 

What did you do? 

It was drug cases. 

What did you do for them? 

Bought drugs. 

Did you turn the people in -- 

No. 

-—- from whom you bought the drugs? 

No. 

So, how did you help Federal officials? 

I didn't turn them in. They already had them 

to start with. 

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what you said. Would you repeat that, please? 

THE WITNESS: Yes; I bought some drugs 

from a guy in the street. They already had 

him anyway. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q What did they ask you to do, Mr. Evans; what did 

they ask you to do? 

A To buy some drugs from them. 

Q When was this, Mr. Evans? 

aA I don't know exactly the date. 

Q Was it before you testified in the Bernard Depree 

case? 

A No. 

Q It wasn't before? 

A No. This happened, I'd say, about a couple of 

years ago. 

Q You're sure about that? 

A Yes. 

Q Who -- 

A You know, it was before the case. Before I 

testified in Depree and them's case I had never did nothing 

like that, All this come in behind that. Everything I did 

come in behind the ten years. 

Q Ten years? 

A From '78 up until now. 

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So, all your work with the Feds was after? 

On anything. 

Who was the individual that you bought the drugs from? 

A guy named Ron Allen. 

Ron Allen? 

Yes. 

Whatever happened to Mr. Allen? 

He's in the penitentiary now, I reckon. 

You know he's in the penitentiary or did you say 

I guess he is. I don't know where he's at; he's   
Did you testify against him? 

Yes. 

So, that's another person you testified against; is 

Yes, 

Ron Allen? 

Yes. 

Anybody else that you testified against? 

No. 

How much did you get? 

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A I don't remember what I got. 

Q Was it money? 

A I don't know. 

Q Is it your testimony that you don't remember how 

much? 

A I don't remember what I got. I don't think I got 

nothing. 

Q Mr. Evans, do you remember back in 1980 you gave a 

deposition -- do you remember that -- in the Gwinnett County 

Jail? 

A (No audible response.) 

Q Do you remember a lawyer by the name of Mr. McGee 

who represented Bernard Depree? 

A I ain't never been in Gwinnett County Jail. 

Q You may be right; let me check. How about 

Gwinnett County Correctional Institute? 

A Yes; I been in there. 

Q Do you remember giving a deposition in 19817? 

A Concerning who? 

Q Concerning Bernard Depree? 

A I remember something about that, but I don't know. 

Q Do you remember saying in that deposition that you 

had not received anything -- you had not benefited from 

testifying against Mr. McCleskey or Mr. Depree, do you 

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A I don't remember saying that. 

Q Well, have yu benefited from testifying against 

McCleskey and Depree? 

A No. 

Q You haven't benefited in any way? 

A They ain't give me nothing. They ain't paid me. 

Q They didn't pay you? 

A No. 

Q Have you received favorable treatment? 

A What you mean by that? 

Q Well, have you gotten treated better; did you get 

less time? 

A I think the time -- what '1 did, I mean, the things 

that Y did, 1 think I got too much time for what I did. Yon 

know, my record is bad, but it seems badder than it is. 

Q It seems -—-- 

A Yes; it seems bad. It was a whole lot of stuff on 

my record that I sure enough ain't had nothing to do with. 

You just get caught up in it, and anything I do it seems for 

real. It could be lies or anything. I know you done dealt 

with the court long enough. Lies go a long way in this 

courthouse. I'm just guilty about anything they say, the way 

it looks. 

Q I didn't understand that. 

A It seems like I'm guilty of anything that 

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happens. I have got caught -- I have bought clothes and 

stuff and get caught with them and get charged for the case 

and all stuff like that right there. I ain't never went out 

there and did no hard case; not on my own. 

Q You didn't ever do any hard what, now? 

aA Such as robbery and beating people and hurting 

them, I ain't never did nothing like that, Just about 

everything 1 get charged on, it be just little junk. Ain't 

no money made; ain't nothing in it. Anything, just like the 

case 1 got now, I ain't guilty of that, but I can't make 

nobody believe that. 

Q What's that case about? 

A Burglary. 

Q What did they say you did? 

A An old man said he heard a glass broke and a man 

left. And about thirty minutes, he said he stayed gone 

thirty or forty minutes, and during in between that, just as 

I come up through that way, and they say I broke in it; T did 

it. And the old man, he's seventy years old, setting way up 

on the hill about as far as from here to Spring Street out 

there, he told the police, said, "Yes, that's him.” And I 

ain't burglarized nothing. And I'll bet my neck on that, ny 

life, that I ain't broke into nothing. 1t's what they sav, 

Q Now, you were arraigned, weren't you, on that 

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When did you go to arraignment; do you remember? 

Sometime last month. 

Weren't you there in the middle of the month of 

ime? 

I don't know what date it was. I know it was 

was in June. 

Did you plead at that arraignment; did you plead 

not guilty? 

Not guilty, 

Isn't it true that you wanted to make a deal at 

Didn't you ask for Mr. Parker to come down? 

No. 

Were you arraigned in Judge Williamson's courtroom? 

That's right. 

And wasn't that on June 16th of last month? 

I don't know whether it was the 16th or not; I 

think it was, though. 

Q And didn't you ask for Mr. Parker to come down and 

Mr. Parker wouldn't come down? 

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told that 

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told you a lie. 

Didn't you say that you wanted to deal and Mr. 

Parker wouldn't come down? 

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Q Didn't they send you back to the jail? 

A Yes, 

Q Mr. Evans, is it your testimony that on June 16th 

you didn't say, "We can take care of this burglary matter if 

we can get Russ Parker down here, and we can make a deal and 

I"1l1l plead guilty? 

A No. 

Q Didn't you say that? 

A No. 

Q Let's go back and talk about the beneficial 

treatment that you may have received after testifying in the 

McCleskey and Depree cases. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: I want to note an objection, 

for the record, in going into anything or inform- 

ation along that line. I don't think that is the 

issue before the court in either one of these cases. 

It's an objection of relevancy. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q Is it your testimony, Mr. Evans, and correct me if 

I'm wrong, that you did not receive any type of beneficial 

treatment as a result of testifying against McCleskey and 

Depree; is that vour testimony? 

A Yes. 

Q Is it not the case that you went into court on 

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made recommendations in your favor because of your testimony 

in your favor because of your testimony in McCleskey and 

Depree? 

A They ain't did no more for me. Everytime I went 

there I been to the chain gang. 

Q You've been what? 

A Everytime I been down there I done did time every 

time I went to court. 

Q I understand that. But is it not true that the 

D.A.'s recommended lighter sentences for you and told the judge 

about your help? 

A No. I ain't heard him tell no judge nothing. He 

ain't never told no judge nothing. 

Q You do not recall the case against you for 

allegedly robbing Clarence Brantley; that the D.A.'s told Judge 

Jenrette that you had helped them and that they recommended a 

lighter sentence for you because of your help in McCleskey 

and Depree? 

A No. You must don't know Clarence Brantley, do you? 

Q 1. can't say that 1 do, Mr. Rvans, 

A He's one of the biggest crooks in the world. 

That's why he's in the penitentiary now. He needs killing 

because I ain't robbed him. 

Q Isn't it true, Mr. Evans, that in 1980 when you 

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and using them, that the D.A. in that case told Judge Weltner 

that you had helped them in the McCleskey and Depree cases? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: I want to object, make 

the same objection I did previously. It's not 

relevant to the issues in the present cases. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q You can answer. 

A Not as I knows of. 

Q Isn't it true that -- 

A I want to ask you a question. What is the limit on 

credit cards? 

MR. STROUP: I object ~~ 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: I'm not on -- 

THE WITNESS: You asking me questions; 

I'm fixing to tell you the limit, 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: But I'm not on 

deposition, Mr, Evans. 

THE WITNESS: I'm going to show you 

where ain't did no leaning on me. You got my 

record there; look there and see how 

much time I got for that and how much 

I made on it. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q I don't question that, Mr. Evans. What I'm asking 

you is that in 1980 didn't you get a recommendation for a 

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Depree? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Same objection. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: You may answer, 

THE WITNESS: No. On those credit 

cards you can't get but three years. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q Let me ask you this to make it simpler. Did the 

D.A.'s not tell the judge that you had helped them? 

A I don't know. 

Q Do you not remember? 

A No. 

Q Is it your testimony that you don't remember or is 

it your testimony that they did not make that recommendation? 

A That's what I'm saying. I don't remember they made 

any recommendation. I just about know they didn't. TI don't 

know, though. 

Q Do you remember Mr. Levenstein? 

A Levenstein? 

Q Levenstein, 

A Who is he? 

Q Do you remember him or not? 

A I'm trying to think of who he 1s; not by that name, 

Q Do you remember an attorney who represented you by 

the name of Levenstein? 

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A In front of what Judge? 

Q Judge Weltner. 

A Yes. 

Q Do you remember him? 

A Yes, I remember. 

Q Do you remember telling him that you had worked as 

an informant for the State? 

A I don't remember about telling him. But I know I 

got three years, so, I just take it I had. 

Q Do you remember telling him that you had worked 

undercover for the state or city or federal people? 

A I don't remember telling him that. 

Q Do you remember him telling the court that you had 

worked as an undercover agent? 

A No. 

Q Is it your testimony that you don't remember or 

that you didn't? 

A I don't remember him telling them that. 

Q Mr. Evans, in that credit card transaction, credit 

card case in front of Judge Weltner in 1980, had you not also 

been arrested with marijuana on your body? 

A Y ain't never been arrested for marijuana. 

Q Is it your testimony that you weren't carrying 

marijuana in your sock? 

A I had a very little. He threw it away. The 

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detective, the one who caught me did that. He said, "I ain't 

going to press no charges for this." 

Q You were doing undercover work at that time, right? 

A No. 

Q How about 1985, Mr. Evans -- 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Same objection; relevancy. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q In front of Judge Cooper; do you remember that? 

A Yes. 

Q Do you remember the D.A. then said that he'd known 

you for a long time and you had been awfully helpful to the 

DA's Office; don't you remember that? 

A I don't remember no DA saying that. 

Q You don't remember her recommending that you get a 

lesser sentence because you had helped them in the past? 

A Who she told that? 

Q To the judge; isn't that true? 

A I didn't hear her say that. 

Q You remember being in court, right, in front of 

Judge Cooper in 1985? 

A Yes; I remember I went before him. 

Q Are you Ben Wright's uncle? 

A No. 

Q Did you tell anybody that you were Ben Wright's 

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A McCleskey thought I was Ben Wright's uncle. 

Q Did you tell him you were Ben Wright's uncle? 

A I told him I was some kin to him. 

Q Are you kin to Ben Wright? 

A No; we're good friends. I've been knowing Ben for 

a long time. 

Q But you're not kin to him; right? 

A No. 

Q Now, before you got to Fulton County Jail in the 

summer of 1978, you didn't know Bernard Depree, did you? 

A I been knowing Depree for about, ever since about 

'62; before then. 

Q He didn't know you, though, did he? 

A Yes, he knew me. 

Q He knew you well? 

A Yes. 

Q So, if he were to see you in the jail he would know 

who vou were? 

A Yes, 

Q Or if he were to hear your voice he would know who 

you were? 

A Yes, 

Q Mr. Evans, where are you located right now in the 

Fulton County Jail? 

A Segregation. 

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Segregation? 

Yes. 

What cell number are you in? 

13. 

What is that, just number 13 or is it north, south. 

North 13,4 north 13. 

So, you're just next door to where you were before, 

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A different wing? 

Yes, Same wing, north. 

In 1978 you were in l-North 14; is that correct? 

Yes. 

And now you're in l-North 13? 

Yes. 

Who 1s your next door -- why do you say it's a 

wing, Mr. Evans? 

I was thinking about the east wing. They got an 

and north wing. 

Were you ever in the east wing? 

No. 

Well, why were you thinking about the east wing? 

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Q I'm going back to when I asked you, "Where were 

you?" and you said in North 13. And I said that's next door, 

and you said different wing. 

A I don't know what I was thinking about. But 

anyway, it's in the same wing. 

Q Have you ever been in the east wing, Mr. Evans? 

A No. 

Q You've been in a different wing in the Fulton 

County Jail before, though, haven't you? 

A Yes. 

Q What wing have you been in? 

A Ain't but two of them out there, north and east. 

I've been in both of them. 

Q You've been in north and east? 

A Yes. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: I think I'm ready to 

wind up. I'd just like to take five minutes, 

please. 

(Whereupon, there was a brief 

interruption of the record.) 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Back on. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q Mr. Evans, I want to ask you about your 

conversation with Detective Dorsey. You remember at Mr. 

McCleskey's habeas corpus hearing that you testified; isn't 

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A Yes, 

Q Do you remember testifying that Detective Dorsey 

had promised to speak a word for you? 

A No. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: I object to any questions 

along this line. It's not relevant. 

MS. MULL~-MILSTEEN: Would you label this as 

Depree Exhibit 1. I'll show it to you. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: (Examines document.) 

(Whereupon, Depree 

Exhibit 1 was marked 

for identification.) 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q Mr. Evans, I understand from your previous 

testimony that you don't have your glasses, so, you can't 

read this. So, I'd like to read you a portion of the 

transcript that's been labeled as Depree Exhibit 1, 

MS. WESTMORELAND: We can agree for the 

record that's part of the transcript of the 

McCleskey State Habeas proceeding. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q The Court says, "Mr. Evans, let me ask you a 

question. At the time that you testified in Mr. McCleskey's 

trial, had you been promised anything in exchange for 

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The transcript shows that the witness being Offie 

Evans says, "No, I wasn't. I wasn't promised nothing about -- 

I wasn't promised nothing by the D.A. but the detective told 

me that he would -- he said he was going to do it himself, 

speak a word for me. That was what the detective told me." 

Does this portion of the transcript that I read, does this 

refresh your recollection? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Same objection. 

THE WITNESS: I don't remember me saying that. 

BY MS, MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q Do you remember testifying to this; do you remember 

saying this? 

A No; I don't remember saying this; no. 

Q Do you remember Detective Dorsey saying that to 

you? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Same objection to this 

entire inquiry. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: Is it your testimony -- 

THE WITNESS: But what was he going to help 

me out with, and I ain't had nothing but a federal -- 

MR. STROUP: I object to the response. 

MR. HILL: I want to object to counsel going 

back and forth on the witness. Where are we going? 

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I can object to the responsiveness of the witness's, 

to the response to the question. It's not responsive, 

and I object to it. 

MR. HILL: All right; go on and finish answering 

the question. Go and finish the answer you started. 

THE WITNESS: What I was fixing to say? 

MR. HILL: Yes; go on and finish ir, 

THE WITNESS: What could he promise ~- how could 

he help me, because I didn't have no charge for the 

state. The only thing I had was a few more months 

left in the Federal Penitentiary, and I knew good and 

well he couldn't give me no help out there. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q My question, Mr. Evans, is did he tell you he would 

speak a word for you regardless of how -- 

A No; I'm not -- if he had spoke one it didn't do no 

good. 

Q That may be. All I'm asking you is did he say he 

would speak a word for you? 

A I don't remember him telling me that. 

Q Mr. Evans, at what time relative to your leaving 

the Halfway House in 1978, at what time did you finally find 

out that the feds were not going to charge you with escape, 

that the Federal Government was not going to charge you with 

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MS. WESTMORELAND: Objection; irrelevant. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: You can answer it. 

THE WITNESS: Really, it don't be escape 

no way when you at the Halfway House. They'll 

put it down as escape -- I knew it wasn't going 

to be no escape, because it wasn't no escape, 

because they know where you're at at all times. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q I understand that, but answer my question, then you 

can explain. 

A All right, 

Q When did you know -- when were you told that you 

would not be charged with escape; when did you find out? 

A When I went before the Committee at the Federal 

Penitentiary. 

Q When did you go before the Committee, Mr. Evans. 

A I don't know what day it was. It was after they 

took me back behind the wall. When you go talk to your 

caseworker again, he'll send you a sheet and tell you how 

much more you got to do and all that. 

Q Would you have been told by the Committee that 

charges weren't going to be brought prior to testifying in 

McCleskey and Depree? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Objection; irrelevant. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: You can answer. 

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THE WITNESS: I knew all the same time 

that I wasn't going to be charged with no 

escape. I knew that from the start, because 

they do that out there all the time. A guy 

come in, and if he ain't liked around there 

he can come in thirty minutes or twenty 

minutes late, and they'll do the same thing 

to him as they want to. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q Mr. Evans, is it your testimony that you don't 

remember when you went before the Committee? 

A I don't know what day it was. No, I don't remember 

what day it was. 

Q Do you know if it was July, August, September of 

'78; do you have any idea? 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Objection; irrelevant. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: You may answer, 

THE WITNESS: No. 

BY MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q Your testimony is that you don't remember? 

A Here's how they do things out there. You can go 

talk to the Sheriff and he'll talk to you and tell you how 

much time you got and let you go on. And then later on 

they'll send you a paper showing you what went down. 

Q You testified when you first started out here this 

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in the paper; is that correct? 

A Yes. 

Q What else had you heard with regard to that article? 

A Nothing. 

Q What did you get -- tell me a little bit about what 

you had heard. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: The question has been asked 

and answered. 

by MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: 

Q You can answer, 

A I had told him that somebody told me that they seen 

my name in the paper concerning the case. 

Q ys ~~ 

A But I knew what it was. Just like I told you, I 

knew what it was all about behind that fellow kept coming by 

wanting to see me, what my sister told me about that. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: I have no further questions 

at this time. 

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BY MS. WESTMORELAND: 

Q Mr. Evans, let me ask you just a couple of more 

questions to clarify a fev things for me. You've talked, and 

you were just talking just then about someone coming by your 

people's house trying to find you. And I believe earlier 

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you had said something about that they gave an indication 

that it would save somebody's life or something along those 

lines? 

A Whoever it was, they told my sister -- 

MR. STROUP: I object on hearsay grounds. 

Just for the record, I object on hearsay 

grounds for the record. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Okay; go ahead and 

answer the question. 

THE WITNESS: They told her about the 

case and what it was about; something she 

didn't even know was going on. And when I 

finally got to hear from her, then, she 

told me about it. And she give me the name, 

but I got it somewhere; I don't know. 

BY MS. WESTMORELAND: 

Q But did your sister say that he said anything about 

saving someone's life? 

A Yes, 

Q Do you recall anything more specific that she 

related to you about that conversation? 

He told her whose name it was. 

Whose life? 

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A She told me his name, but I forgot all about what 

his name was. He left his name and number there but I never 

did have a chance to pick it up. 

Q Did he give her any idea of what office he might be 

from? 

A No, he didn't. But I know he told her he wasn't no 

detective or nothing like that. 

Q Did he say anything about a Public Defender's 

Office or anything like that? 

A She didn't say anything about that. 

Q Mr. Evans, have you talked with Russell Parker within 

the last month concerning your concerns for your safety at 

the jail? 

A He wouldn't talk. I called him, and they told me 

he can't talk to nobody; wasn't going to talk to me. And 

wouldn't nobody talk to me, because I had to go to court. 

Q And you don't remember talking to Mr. Parker, then, 

about that? 

A No. 

Q Now, when you signed back in 1978, you signed a 

typed out statement. I believe you've already said that? 

aA Yes, 

Q Do you remember who was present when that statement 

was typed up and when you signed it? 

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doing the typing; that's all. Wasn't nobody there but the 

three of them. 

Q Do you remember if Mr. Parker was present? 

A No; I know he wasn't. 

Q Do you remember -- and I don't recall if you said 

specifically -- where was it that you signed it? 

A Do you know down at City Jail where they go to 

court at now? 

Q Yes. 

A In that building there. 

Q You also testified earlier concerning meeting 

Dorsey and Harris out at the Fulton County Jail. And I 

believe during Mr. Stroup's questioning you talked about your 

meeting with them. When you first met with Dorsey and Harris 

out at the Fulton County Jail had you already had 

conversations with Mr. McCleskey and Mr. Depree? 

A Yes. 

Q Did you have any conversations with Mr. McCleskey 

and Mr. Depree after you met with Dorsey and Harris about 

this case? 

A Yes, they talked about it. But what I mean, I 

ain't put no more to it than what I did the first time. 

Q Now, when you talked to them, did they tall you to 

go back out there and listen and try to hear stuff from Mr. 

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Q And you said that you talked to Mr. Parker or 

somebody from the D.A.'s Office came out to talk to you and 

you talked to them. How soon after you talked to Dorsey and 

Harris was that conversation with Mr, Parker? 

A It wasn't long. I said it might have been a week; 

it might have been less than that. 

Q And how long between his first conversation and the 

written statement, typed statement? 

A I'd say all that happened in about a couple of 

weeks, 

MS. WESTMORELAND: That's all the questions I 

have. 

MR. STROUP: I don't have anything further. 

MS. MULL~-MILSTEEN: I have nothing further, 

MS. WESTMORELAND: I think that concludes 

the deposition, then. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: Could we, perhaps for 

the record, just get who else was in the room 

during the deposition. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: Do you need names Or -—- 

MR. STROUP: For the record. 

MS. WESTMORELAND: If we can get the names 

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MS. WESTMORELAND: Joseph Benton? 

OFFICER BANTIN: B-a-n-t-i-n, 

MS. WESTMORELAND: With the Fulton 

County Sheriff's Department? 

OFFICER BANTIN: Yes. 

OFFICER RUFFIN: Art Ruffin with 

the U. S. Marshal's Office. 

FULTON COUNTY DEPUTY: Fulton County 

Deputy Sheriff Robert Dowdy, D-o-w-d-y. 

MS. MULL-MILSTEEN: Mr. Ruffin, who 

was the gentleman that was in here 

earlier from the U. S. Marshal Service? 

OFFICER RUFFIN: He was not the from the 

Marshal's Service; he was from Floyd County. 

I don't know his name. 

MR. STROUP: Thank you. 

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CERTIPICATZE 

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I hereby certify that the foregoing deposition was taken 

down, as stated in the caption, and the questions and the 

answers thereto were reduced to typewriting by me; that the 

foregoing pages 4 through 100 represent a true, correct, and 

complete transcript of the evidence given on July 13, 1988, 

by the witness, OFFIE GENE EVANS, who was first duly sworn by 

me; that I am not a relative, employee, attorney, or counse 

of any of the parties; am not a relative or employee of 

attorney or counsel for any of said parties; nor am I 

financially interested in the action. 

That the reading and signing of the deposition was 

waived by witness. 

This, the 20th day of July, 198s. 

      

  

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judgment to USCA. Ack 

TION FOR CERTIFICATE OF PROBABLE CAUSE BY PLA. 
ORDER GRANTING pla's req. for a certificate of probable cause; 
motion to proceed IFP on appeal; 
cc & eod 3/3/86 
LETTER from USCA requesting record "forthwith." 

RECOMMENDATION & MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME 

ORDER that the Ct receives the Magistrate's R&R w/approval & adopts it as the 

n favor of the respondents and against the pet'r (cc 

NOTICE OF APPEAL by pet'r, w/MOTION. for leave to appeal. IFP & AFFIDAVIT of. povert, 

certificate of probable cause by pla. 

MOTION to amend application for certificate of probable cause by pla. 
SUBMITTED ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL IFP BY PLA, MOTION FOR EXT OF TIME BY PLA, MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME BY PLA, MOTION TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF PROBABLE CAUSE BY PLA, MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL BY PLA, APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF PROBABLE CAUSE BY PLA, AND MOTION TO AMEND APPLICA- 

GRANTING pla's 
& DENYING pla's motion for appointment of counsel. 

Vel. CaNT 

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BERNARD DEPREE, * py: pend 

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Habeas Corpus 

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Case No. 84-44 

LANSON NEWSOME, Warden, » 
HEARING 

Respondent. " 

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Before the HONORABLE DAVID L. CAVENDER, Judge, 

Superior Courts, Atlantic Judicial Circuit, in the 

Tattnall County Courthouse, Reidsville, Georgia, on 

the 24th day of October 1984, commencing at 9:00 a.m. 

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APPEARANCES: 
  

  
For the Petitioner: The Petitioner appeared Pro Se 

For the Respondent: EDDIE SNELLING, ESQ., 
Senior Attorney 
Department of Law 
132 Judicial Building 
Atlanta, Georgia 30334 

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NANCY L. CAPPS, C.C.R. 
118 Cherckee Circle 

Hinesville, Georgia 31313 
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4 Bernard Depree 

5 Direct Testimony by Mr. Depree eeseccecceces 4 

6 Cross Examination by Mr. Snelling ecceccececee 93 

7 A. Michael Washington:: 

8 Direct Examination by Mr. Snelling eeeceeses 115 

9 Cross Examination by Mr. Depree ecceeccccces 130 

10 Russell J. Parker: 

1 Direct Examination by Mr. Snelling «seeeeees 167 

12 Cross Examination by Mr. Depree c.cesecceccs 177 

ss 13 Redirect Examination by Mr. Snelling ceeeeee 187 

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15 Petitioner's Exhibit No. 1 - denied 

16 Petitioner's Exhibit NO. 2 cccccoccnscrccsscccons 216 

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be taken from the Bar of this Court to the Jail of Fulton County, and be there safely kept until 

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY 
STATE OF GEORGIA 

BENARD DUPREE, 

Petitioner, 

vs, Habeas Corpus 
No, 2013 

LEROY N, STYNCHOMBE ’ 
Sheriff Fulton County, 

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Respondent, 

Deposition of OFFIE GENE EVANS, 

pursuant to notice, before Sharon L, Ashford, 

Certified Court Reporter and Notary Public, - 

at Gwinnett County Correctional Institute, 

Lawrenceville, Georgia, commencing at the 

hour of 11:20 a.m. on October 26, 1981, 

  
    Worley & Associates Inc. 

STENOGRAPH AND VIDEO REPORTERS 

559 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 

DECATUR. GEORGIA 30030 

(404) 378-6239       

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APPEARANCE. . 

For the Petitioner: Paul McGee 

For the Respondent: ~H. Allen Moye 

MR. MCGEE: : I'd 1ike to show Mr, Evans 

a copy of the order saying we can take the 

deposition so you will understand the reason 

why we're here, 

MR. MOYE: I1'11 agree if you'd 1like 

to make this order a part of the record in order 

for you to explain its purpose, 

MR, MC GEE!: That will be agreeable. 

(Thereupon, Notice was read to the 

deponent,) 

MR. MCGEE: : At the conclusion of the 

deposition, the witness will decide the right 

to sign or not sign, As far as any stipulations 

are concerned, would you prefer to object now 

or to reserve objections? 

MR. MOYE: I'11 reserve objections 

except to the form of the question, 

OFFIE GENE EVANS, 

having been first duly sworn, was examined and 

testified as follows: 

CROSS EXAMINATION 

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