insisting that the prosecutors did not tell him what to say.
Ms. Mehrtens' neighbor, Marianne Cherry, also testified. Ms. Cherry testified that there was a small alleyway with foliage between her house at 24 Warbler and the victim's house and that her house has a rarely-used door that opens onto the joint alleyway. On the evening of March 6, 2005, Ms. Cherry was sitting in her family room, which faced the alleyway, and heard a popping noise. After her dog began barking, she heard banging on her side door and her name being called. Ms. Cherry testified that she became frightened and screamed for her husband, who was in a different part of the house. She turned off the lights in the room, called 911, and called Ms. Mehrtens'house to warn her that someone was outside but there was no answer. She identified her voice on a 911 tape[2], and stated that she told the 911 operator that she heard a car alarm. She stated that her husband also *1242 called 911. Ms. Cherry testified that when the police arrived, she refused to go outside to talk with the officers; instead, she spoke to them from inside her house.
Katie Fury testified that she lives diagonally across the street from Ms. Mehrtens' house. Ms. Fury testified that at the time of the murder she was working on her computer in her room that overlooks the street. She heard a boom which she attributed to fireworks. She got up, looked out the window, heard a car alarm, and