Hypo 1
Defendant
Jerry Simms (26 yr old African American)
Victim
Stevie Krug
Witnesses
Cheryl Springs
Darnell Ball (with Cheryl Springs)
Crystal Pike Simms's gf
"Simms was provoked by Krug as he approached the bar (she heard something but wasn't sure what), and then Krug took a swing at him"
"I wouldn't call what he did swinging or taking a punch, he was just flailing his arms like an...epileptic seizure"
Ricky Artis (standing across the street)
Claimed he heard Simms say in loud voice from half a block away "I'm gonna drop that mother fucker." Said it was Simmes who was making threatening gestures and shouting obscenities as he approached.
Boo (standing with Artis)
Knew Simms from the neighborhood and had heard that Simms had trouble with the law before
When asked by officers whether he'd seen Simms threaten Krug, Boo said with a smirk, "wouldn't surprise me none"
Unnamed witness
Thought that she saw blood streaming from Krug's ear but she couldn't be sure. "It might have been a shadow"
Get her testimony
Simms
Krug made insulting remarks about Crystal. He told Krug to "Go fuck yourself" Attempted to pass Krug to enter bar. Krug lunged at him and threw a wild haymaker that nearly hit him in the face, but he evaded it. In self-defense, Simms "Jacked himin the right ear with a left cross, then punched him in the face"
Within less than an hour after confrontation with Simms, was pronounced dead at the hospital
Death may have been caused by subdural hemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma