time that he was passed out or sleeping in the car. He stated that he was unaware of what happened to the girls but he remembers the doors opening and closing when the defendant got back into the car. Afterwards, Bobby said he was awake, and the defendant drove the car back to the defendant's house. Bobby claimed he was "in and out" of it during the night and passed out again in the back seat of the car until morning when the defendant's wife drove him to his house.
The next morning a passerby found Dana wondering along the side of the road. He took her down the road and called 9-1-1. Dana was transported to the hospital and, by all accounts, was not speaking coherently at thehospital. However, she was able to tell one nurse that she and her friend Connie were hit on their heads with a baseball bat.
Dana's treating physician testified that Dana drifted in and out of consciousness and suffered a star-shaped laceration on the back and left side of her head that measured approximately ten inches long at one point. He said that lacerations usually are caused by a blow or a fall. He also discovered a blood clot on the left side of her head and small contusions or bruises on the right side of her brain. Surgery was performed to remove the clot and repair the laceration. Dana remained in intensive care for several days. He estimated it took Dana about three or four days before she was