he fired the gun. The defendant told him no one was hurt and to drive on.
Cedrick testified that he drank about four bottles of malt liquor that night. He admitted telling defense counsel that the shooting was an accident, but he maintained that he only said that to placate the attorney. Cedrick also admitted that he was still facing charges for illegal use of a firearm, and that the state had upset and continued his trial on four occasions.
Felicia, Cedrick's sister, testified that after her brother fired the gun at the Dixie Cream, she told the defendant to take the gun from him. She stated that the defendant did so and then walked back to the car. Felicia also testified that she was sitting in the back seatbehind the defendant, but that she was unable to see what he was doing because the Monte Carlo had unusually high bucket seats in the front. Thus, she was unable to say whether the defendant was leaning out of the car window when the shot was fired. While she initially testified that the gun was outside of the car, she stated on cross-examination that it could have been inside the car. She was only certain that she saw the "flame," or flash, of the firing gun outside of the car.
Felicia also admitted initially lying to the police to protect her brother, but stated that she later told them the truth. She also maintained that she told the police that the gun discharged accidentally.
Lanetta Hollingsworth, the passenger who was