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Witness Changes TestimonyFor Washington TrialB( W1KI IA t'OSTKRWaxmond Dotson. a major wit ness in the Joe Sxinex W unarm. Jrtnai rus whanged hts testimony forthe I alxm W ashmgton inaiWilliams and Washington are a»defendants charged with the offense of capital murder m the death ot JuaniLl W hue on March i. 1986 Williams was convicted of murderthef Mrs White in September and is xrxmg a life sentence in the 1 evas Department ot C orrectionxIndercross examination hvDouglas Henager orx- of the courtappointed attornexs representing Washington Dotson told the jurxthat exers thing he s.itd dunng thetna! of W illuims was a “lie exen the statement he signed concerning theexents *f the night Mrs White wasmurderedDotson is a witness lor the stateand was questioned hx Karen Amosano Scott Peterson state prosecutorslor afsuit M) minutes Mondax nxrrungHenager. assisted hx Ken Abk and Ken C row also appointed hx the jourt. began his criKs ot IXxsonakut 10 30 a mMenagehat hehad signed for Sheriff's X*putx Truman Simons on August '2. 1986 and the wiuxxs said “that s ill lies “IDotson said, hutsigned it. hex put n down wrong Henager asked him to confirm if a ekny charge for unauthorized use f a motor xehicle had beeniismtssed onAugust 22. 1986. theanx* day he signed the statement Dotson saxl. “xes. hut the chargetas dismissed before 1 signed the tatement• *Henager pointed out to Dotson a number of changes in the statement and the testimony he was gixing in court Mondax and Dotson, who isurrently in jail, said they were dit ferent because askedDotson saidhad not taken anx drugs that night, but on the stand he said he had shotup that night “That was not a lie. Dotson saxl. “It was xerx personabusinessDotson testified he had been iving a green Pontiac, and that thewu'' owned hx his fnend. PatrxiaSxpho. and that her father had filed the v*h.iriies against him lorcharges against unauthorized use of a motor xehxie “I had heen dnxmg that war for six or sexen months. Dotson said whenthe charges were filedHis testimony aivi changed when he was questioned ahout the sale of a mx row axe. television et. \C R and a number of knxknacks Dotson first saxl he had a pan in selling the items a; the Sands and the gamblingduck or. C lifton St hut Mondaxdenied anx connection with the sak He also refused to g;xe the names otthe people the items were sold to. although he had listed ahout fixe names m his original statement “Y ou were asked about Angie Miles dunng the first trial Henagertold Dotson“1 don't remember nothing ahout the trial.' Dotson told the jurxOn the stand Mondax. Dotsonstanusaid that he and Angie Miles and talxin Washington had ridden around town about three hours intlx early morning of March 2. ! 986Dotson said. “Deputys are always following me and anything stolen around where I stay is pinned onme “They are out to get me. Dotsontestified The witness saxl he spent his spare time doing ixki jobs for a member of the Lacy Lakexiew PoliceDepartment Dotson said the burglarydismissed in Aucust. 1986in August, 19»h was because he had been m jail fixe and one half months with no lawyer andno mdxtment.He testified he had been in the pen two times, once for parolerevocationIn a side bar. Henager said. “Y ou get more cases dismissed than most defense attorneys.Die state objected to the commentand Judge Cieorge Allen sustained the objectxxn and told the jury to foreet the remarkBooker T Sterling. Jr took the stand for the slate Monday after noon He is also changing his testimony that he gave in the W illiams tnal.Under cross-examination Sterlingadmitted several of the states witnesses had lunch together in tne D As office MondaxTheSlatetrial is continuing inDistrict v ourt this54thmorninglate Frxiax. Biiix Joe W'lTki'Non. took the stand. a tape of a corner sation between him and special in xestigaior Don Youngblood in the tnai of Joe Sxdnex Williamsw a,-piayed for the jury“1 was higher than a kite when the tape was made. Wilkirson said Thetape was made on August 1! 9S Wilkirson testified he was paid a reward after the talk with Truman Simons, hut he did not sax hownot saymuch the award was :or. other thanto sax he bought more drugs with the moneyWilkirson testified for the statethat he heard C aixm W ashington sax he had killed that woman “I had to heat the m f todeath. Wilkirson saxi on a tape played earlier for the jury, when questxned by Ms AmosWilkirson said Simons hadpromised him a steak dinner tor his a*ward and that former DA PatMurphy had also promised him steak dinners for his helpDuring the cross examination.W ilkirson appeared to be sleeping Henager asked him if he was awake a number of times and then asked himif he had taken any drugs recently He told the court he had a shotabout 9 30 p m“relax nx*Thursdax(Continued On Page 2)Council To RecFrom Scottish IJohn Hawes on behalf ot The Scottish Rite Bodies of Waco willpresent a framed stituuon of the UCity of Waco today when the cil convenes for their 1:15p.m.meeting in council chambersCouncil members w ill hear special permits and zone changes approved with no opposition at the Novembermeeting of the Waco Plan Commission.Bids for a twelve month
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Waco, Texas, US
Tue, Dec 08, 1987
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