Bill Brannon — Direct/Cross/Redirect
345 linesMS. CAPPLEMAN: Officer Bill Brannon.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Subject to my prior ruling.
JUDGE HANKINSON: If you would face the clerk and be sworn, please.
BILL BRANNON: I do.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Have a seat. Speak into the microphone, please, sir.
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Sir, please introduce yourself and spell your last name.
BILL BRANNON: I'm Officer Brannon. B-R-A-N-N-O-N. Number 510, with the Tallahassee Police Department.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: How long have you been with TPD?
BILL BRANNON: Been with the Tallahassee Police Department for 20 years, and I was with FSU PD for a couple years prior to that.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Do you remember responding to a crime scene on July 18th, 2014?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, ma'am.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And was that located on Trescott Drive?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Who was there when you arrived?
BILL BRANNON: The paramedics were already there, and Sergeant Sims and Investigator Bradshaw.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: What time did you arrive?
BILL BRANNON: Approximately 11:15 a.m.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And what was your role there on the scene?
BILL BRANNON: Uh, I ended up being — writing the initial report.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Okay. Did you also participate in clearing the residence?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, ma'am.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And during your clearing of the residence, did you see any evidence of a struggle or a robbery attempt?
BILL BRANNON: Uh, when I was approaching the scene, which was in the garage of the residence, uh, paramedics were taking the victim out of the car. I saw bandaging around his head, blood on the victim, a little bit on the ground, a little bit on the car, some shattered glass. And I also noticed half a pair of glasses laying on the ground just outside of the driver's door.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Okay. But inside the residence, any indication of forced entry or robbery?
BILL BRANNON: No.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Did you also assist with setting up a crime scene perimeter?
BILL BRANNON: I can't remember if I actually assisted with setting it up, but I definitely was guarding the north end at one point.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: All right. What is a crime scene perimeter?
BILL BRANNON: Basically cordoning off an area with crime scene tape and making sure no citizens come into the crime scene area.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And where was the crime scene tape set up that you assisted with holding?
BILL BRANNON: Uh, approximately a few houses north of the victim's residence on Trescott.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And would that be towards Centerville Road, or the other direction?
BILL BRANNON: Well, if you go on around Centerville — I mean, Trescott — it would eventually hit Centerville.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: That would be between the crime scene and Centerville Road?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Okay. And if you were just passing by Trescott Road on Centerville Road, would you have been able to observe the crime scene tape?
BILL BRANNON: From Centerville Road?
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Yes, sir.
BILL BRANNON: No.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Why not?
BILL BRANNON: There's a considerable distance between there, and it also kind of curves around.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: During the time that you were holding the perimeter, that just means sitting there and making sure nobody comes through the tape, correct?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: All right. During the time that you were doing that, did you see a particular vehicle of interest pull up?
BILL BRANNON: Yes. A mid- to late-2000s Honda Odyssey van.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And is State's Exhibit 19 consistent with the vehicle that you saw approach the crime scene tape that day?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, ma'am.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And the vehicle that approached the crime scene tape would have had to turn onto Trescott and come a considerable distance down Trescott to get to the crime scene tape where you were?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, ma'am.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: All right. And is this vehicle similar in make, model, and color as the one that you saw?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, ma'am.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And why did this vehicle attract your attention that day?
BILL BRANNON: I'd already heard word from other officers there —
MS. CAPPLEMAN: All right. Do you drive a vehicle of a similar make and model to this vehicle?
BILL BRANNON: Yes. My wife primarily drives a 2006 Honda Odyssey.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Were you able to see the driver of the vehicle?
BILL BRANNON: I was pretty sure it was a female, but I couldn't say conclusively.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: What about hair color or style?
BILL BRANNON: No. No, I didn't catch the tag number either.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And about what time did you observe this vehicle approach the scene?
BILL BRANNON: It was right around noon.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And could you describe what happened once it pulled up?
BILL BRANNON: Just came up and made a three-point turn, and turned around and left the area.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: All right. And did it do so — I'm assuming other vehicles probably did the same thing during that time frame you were holding the perimeter, correct?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, ma'am.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Because there was no ingress or egress down Trescott past that point, correct?
BILL BRANNON: No.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: All right. And this vehicle — did this vehicle turn around in any different fashion from the other ones that you observed turning around?
BILL BRANNON: It seemed to be a little less hesitation compared to other vehicles.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: What do you mean by that?
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Can you describe what you mean by that?
BILL BRANNON: Average citizens would be pulling up, and there's that kind of pause where, I guess, they're formulating a new plan — like, oh, I can't go the way I was planning on going — and then, you know, kind of sit there for a second, and then they'll eventually turn around and go. Uh, the way I remember it, this van, I mean, just came right up, made the three-point turn, and left. I mean, nothing cra— it wasn't squealing tires or anything crazy like that, though.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Okay. Um, would the view that this driver of the van that approached the tape have had — would that driver have had a clear view of Mr. Markel's driveway?
MR. DECOSTE: Objection. Speculation.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Overruled.
JUDGE HANKINSON: You may answer the question.
BILL BRANNON: Should — Should have been.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And would the person driving the van have been able to observe, at the time that that person pulled up, that there were emergency vehicles present in the driveway of Dan Markel?
BILL BRANNON: It should be evident. There's plenty of emergency response vehicles and stuff on scene.
BILL BRANNON: We're only, like I said, approximately a few houses down.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: What emergency vehicles were present at the scene at the time that vehicle pulled up?
BILL BRANNON: There was probably approximately four or five patrol cars — the marked patrol cars — at least one of the crime scene vehicles, which was also marked with police on it, and then some of the investigators.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And your vehicle, was that a marked patrol vehicle?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, ma'am.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Were you seated inside the vehicle, or were you standing outside?
BILL BRANNON: I was seated inside.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Okay. And did this person in the van get out or attempt to interact with you at all, or ask you anything?
BILL BRANNON: No, ma'am.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Would your vehicle have been readily visible to the person in the van?
BILL BRANNON: Yes. I had the emergency lights activated also.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: No further questions.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Cross.
MR. ZANGENEH: Mr. Brannon. Good morning.
BILL BRANNON: Good morning, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: So just so I'm clear spatially, how far from the incident location were you parked with your patrol car with the lights activated?
BILL BRANNON: Approximately a few houses.
MR. ZANGENEH: From where you're sitting? Would it be past where the wall is, sir?
BILL BRANNON: That's reasonable.
MR. ZANGENEH: Okay.
MR. ZANGENEH: How much?
BILL BRANNON: I mean, that's hard to say. Maybe — Maybe two to three times the distance from me to this wall.
MR. ZANGENEH: Awful question. Let me ask a probably better question. As a law enforcement officer, can you give me a distance in feet — about roughly how many feet was it from where the scene was to where you were parked?
BILL BRANNON: Two to 300 feet, maybe.
MR. ZANGENEH: And just so I understand, your car was blocking off traffic that would have gone down Trescott. Is that correct?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: And just to help me out here, sir, what street would vehicles be traveling down that would run into where you were? Would they be traveling down Trescott, or is it another street?
BILL BRANNON: Trescott.
MR. ZANGENEH: And so when vehicles would come, they would have to make a three-point turn to turn around?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir. Because it's a — it's a somewhat narrow road.
MR. ZANGENEH: Is that a fair assessment? Just one way — one lane for both directions?
BILL BRANNON: Yeah, an average residential — an average residential going one lane for north and one lane for south, or east or west, however it breaks down. Yes, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: You were parked at that location. How long were you seated inside your vehicle?
BILL BRANNON: I can't recall that.
MR. ZANGENEH: You said on direct examination you got there around 11:15. Is that about correct, sir?
BILL BRANNON: Somewhere right around there.
MR. ZANGENEH: How about — how long did it take for you to move to that location where you were parked?
BILL BRANNON: Maybe a half hour, 45 minutes, because there's some things I did in between.
MR. ZANGENEH: Understandable. I'm not holding you to it. So about 30, 45 minutes, and then you go and then you kind of block off traffic coming down Trescott, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: Were you asked by any of the investigators to provide a log of any vehicles that were attempting to come down Trescott?
BILL BRANNON: Not a log of vehicles coming, no.
MR. ZANGENEH: And by that I mean, like, nobody asked you to observe which cars were coming and turning around, right?
BILL BRANNON: Not specifically which cars were coming and turning around, no.
MR. ZANGENEH: Did you have a notepad with you in your vehicle?
BILL BRANNON: I always have one with me.
MR. ZANGENEH: Did you take notes on which vehicles came down Trescott and turned around?
BILL BRANNON: Only the one that was of concern.
MR. ZANGENEH: Okay. And you took a specific note with regards to this vehicle.
BILL BRANNON: It's in the report, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: And what did you write?
BILL BRANNON: Basically that I'd seen a vehicle matching that of the description known to be driven by the ex-wife.
MR. ZANGENEH: So you knew — what were you told, the description of the vehicle known to be driven — let me rephrase that. Sorry, I'm all over the place. So you knew going in what Ms. Adelson's car looked like?
BILL BRANNON: At some point after arrival I was made aware of what her vehicle looked like, yes, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: And this is before you got in your car and you posted up and did your job to create a perimeter, correct?
BILL BRANNON: It may have been right beforehand, or while I was sitting there. That I can't recall — it's been a few years.
MR. ZANGENEH: Understandable. Once you saw the vehicle that you believe matched her vehicle, did you get on your radio and say, hey, somebody go ahead and pull Ms. Adelson over?
BILL BRANNON: No.
MR. ZANGENEH: Now, when did you know that she was an ex-wife?
BILL BRANNON: From what I've been told on scene, it appeared that there was a separation or split or something.
BILL BRANNON: I couldn't have stated that conclusively at that point.
MR. ZANGENEH: You get there around 11:15. You'll agree with me that's pretty close in time to when the shooting occurred, correct? Or at least when the first 911 call went out, correct, sir?
BILL BRANNON: Barely, yes.
MR. ZANGENEH: And were you there before EMS or after EMS got there?
BILL BRANNON: EMS was already on scene.
MR. ZANGENEH: They must have just gotten there, right?
BILL BRANNON: I'm not sure exactly when they got there, because when I was walking up the driveway, they were already pulling Mr. Markel out of the vehicle.
MR. ZANGENEH: And between that time and the 30 or 45 minutes, somebody associated with law enforcement told you that the decedent was separated from his former wife?
BILL BRANNON: The first person to tell me that they believed they were separated was the neighbor who called 911.
MR. ZANGENEH: Mr. Geiger?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: So you interviewed Mr. Geiger?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: In addition to telling you that they were going through a divorce, did he comment on the Prius, or the vehicle that he says that he saw leaving the scene?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. ZANGENEH: Would it be a fair statement to say that he told you that that vehicle left at a high rate of speed?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. ZANGENEH: And that's actually something that you provided or prepared in your report, that same exact language, correct?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir. Something to that effect.
MR. ZANGENEH: Something to that effect. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off. Go ahead and finish.
BILL BRANNON: Something — just that it left in an expeditious manner, seemed to be leaving quickly, something of that nature.
MR. ZANGENEH: So not that it drove slowly out of the parking lot and eased its way down the road — that it was moving, right?
BILL BRANNON: That's what I gathered from Mr. Geiger's statement.
MR. ZANGENEH: Obviously Mr. Geiger wasn't able to identify how many people were in the vehicle, correct?
BILL BRANNON: No.
MR. ZANGENEH: I'm sure that's something you asked him.
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: Is there a reason — well, let me ask you, ask it this way. If you're told that the decedent's come through a separation, and you see a vehicle that matches the description of his ex-wife, Ms. Adelson, which you did, correct?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. ZANGENEH: Was there a reason why you guys didn't try to pull her over, at least to kind of inform her as to what's going on, at least to see if that's the right car?
BILL BRANNON: I wasn't aware of a reason to effect a traffic stop at that point, and I'm stuck on the perimeter. I can't leave that point.
MR. ZANGENEH: You have the ability to get on your radio, correct?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. ZANGENEH: Okay. And there's other law enforcement officers. I assume — you said there's four cars at the scene, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. ZANGENEH: Okay. There's a crime scene van there.
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. ZANGENEH: There'd be no lack of law enforcement to be able to assist you to pull this vehicle over and inform this woman that her ex-wife — I'm sorry, that her ex-husband — had been shot twice in the face, correct?
BILL BRANNON: As far as what I knew at that point, we didn't have a reason to stop her.
BILL BRANNON: I was just told, you know, be on the lookout for the vehicle.
BILL BRANNON: And I had notified the investigator that I'd seen a vehicle matching, and, you know, that was all I can tell you about that part of it. They told us to keep an eye out. I saw a vehicle that matched it, and I just let them know that I did see a vehicle that looked like it.
MR. ZANGENEH: Well, I mean, but you understand my question, right? Because your testimony, officer, is that it appeared that this van, which had a clear view of her ex-husband's house, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. ZANGENEH: Because your testimony is — you're suggesting to this jury that it was Wendi Adelson that was driving that car, right?
BILL BRANNON: I'm sorry, say that last part again.
MR. ZANGENEH: Your testimony, what you're suggesting to these jurors, is that that may have been Wendi Adelson in that maroon-colored vehicle, right?
BILL BRANNON: Correct.
MR. ZANGENEH: Okay. Okay. And so your testimony was also that when the car came, the person didn't stop and ask you what's going on, right?
BILL BRANNON: No.
MR. ZANGENEH: The person didn't get out screaming, oh my God, that's my ex-husband's house, right?
BILL BRANNON: No.
MR. ZANGENEH: And you would agree with me that that may be considered a normal response — to seeing law enforcement and crime scene and EMS, and somebody that you had a relationship with, that that's their house, right?
BILL BRANNON: Quite possibly.
MR. ZANGENEH: So the normal response would have at least been to inquire, correct?
BILL BRANNON: I can't say what her normal response was, because I don't know what her role exactly was.
MR. ZANGENEH: Okay. Well, let me ask you this. The car in question didn't stop, right?
BILL BRANNON: No, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: Okay. Didn't stop to inquire to you as to what's going on, right?
BILL BRANNON: No, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: Didn't get out of the car?
BILL BRANNON: No, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: Didn't ask you any questions?
BILL BRANNON: No, sir.
MR. ZANGENEH: Okay. And pretty smoothly made a three-point turn and drove away, right?
BILL BRANNON: Correct.
MR. ZANGENEH: Thank you, Officer Brannon. I have no further questions.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Magbanua.
MR. DECOSTE: Yes, Your Honor. Very briefly. Good morning.
BILL BRANNON: Good morning, sir.
MR. DECOSTE: Trescot drive. You set up the crime scene tape?
BILL BRANNON: I'm not sure if I'm the one who actually set up the crime scene tape. I can't remember if that was me or somebody else had put it up.
MR. DECOSTE: Locations where there's been a shooting — you use it for a car accident, use it for an injured bicyclist. It's common tape that you guys use to secure an area, right, if there's an investigation going on?
BILL BRANNON: Not necessarily. I mean, not for just any traffic crash or anything like that.
MR. DECOSTE: Well, if you have a traffic crash and you need to protect an area because crime scene needs to come out, you would use that same tape, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. DECOSTE: It's not specific to a shooting.
BILL BRANNON: No.
MR. DECOSTE: It doesn't say there was a shooting.
BILL BRANNON: No, it just says crime scene.
MR. DECOSTE: It's a yellow tape that we all know.
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
MR. DECOSTE: So in this situation, that tape is set up — I think you said a couple houses down.
BILL BRANNON: Approximately three — three, maybe four houses down, approximately.
MR. DECOSTE: Whoever it was inside of this van, that tape wouldn't indicate to them what was going on at whatever house something was going on, right?
BILL BRANNON: No.
MR. DECOSTE: Could have been the elderly gentleman that lives next door, Mr. Geiger, could have had a medical.
BILL BRANNON: Feasibly.
MR. DECOSTE: That's just what I'm saying — there could have been any reason for what was going on and why the tape was up, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes. I would think that a reasonable person would think it was something relatively serious going on, with a number of vehicles there and all that kind of stuff.
MR. DECOSTE: But no indication exactly what was going on.
BILL BRANNON: No, sir.
MR. DECOSTE: Let's talk about the vehicle. Could have been anyone, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yeah, yeah, I couldn't say who was driving it. It looked like a female, but I couldn't—
MR. DECOSTE: We'll get to that in a second. When you saw it and you later identified it in your report — correct me if I'm wrong — you said that it was a mid to late 2000, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
MR. DECOSTE: You didn't say it was a dark red 2007. You couldn't make that identification from where you were on the scene.
BILL BRANNON: I described it as a darker red, but the description of the year was mid to late 2000.
MR. DECOSTE: Could have been anyone in that van, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. DECOSTE: Could have been anyone's van, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. DECOSTE: May not have been that van.
BILL BRANNON: Yeah, I can't say that that's the exact one, no, sir.
MR. DECOSTE: Probably could have been your wife.
BILL BRANNON: Mine's gold, but same vehicle, though.
MR. DECOSTE: Same, approximately, your vehicle. All right, let's talk about the vehicle and how it approached the scene and turned away. You have no way of knowing why the person smoothly turned away, right?
BILL BRANNON: No, sir.
MR. DECOSTE: Could have been a calm day. They needed to get somewhere else, right?
BILL BRANNON: Plausible.
MR. DECOSTE: Needed to get the kids to school, get to work, go to the bathroom — could have been anything, right?
BILL BRANNON: As far as I know.
MR. DECOSTE: Before you testified here today, you had conversations with the State Attorney's Office, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. DECOSTE: They reviewed your testimony with you.
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. DECOSTE: Prepared—
BILL BRANNON: What do you mean by prepared?
MR. DECOSTE: Went over the questions that they'd be asking.
BILL BRANNON: No, she didn't really go over the questions she'd be asking, not that I recall. I mean, not that I recall her asking me exactly what we'd be asking. I know we met and talked about — she was curious about where the perimeter was set up, a few things about it, but not specifically what was going to be asked.
MR. DECOSTE: Curious if you'd be able to testify that that could have been Wendi Adelson that approached the scene, right?
MR. DECOSTE: You don't have the report that you wrote in front of you, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. DECOSTE: You testified on direct examination that you could see that it was a woman inside of the vehicle, right?
BILL BRANNON: In the deposition you're talking about?
MR. DECOSTE: On direct examination.
MR. DECOSTE: Here today, you said that you saw that it was a woman in the vehicle, right?
BILL BRANNON: That I believed. I said I believed it was a woman. I couldn't say conclusively.
MR. DECOSTE: Please point out for me in your report where you said woman.
BILL BRANNON: I didn't say it in the report, but in the deposition with you a few years later we discussed that, and I brought it up that I believed it was a woman but I couldn't say conclusively.
MR. DECOSTE: You wrote that report right after you saw this van, right?
BILL BRANNON: Around that same time frame.
MR. DECOSTE: And the point of those reports is to make sure that you accurately take down the information, correct?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. DECOSTE: To help you later here testify, and to help us better understand what's going on in the case, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. DECOSTE: After you wrote that report, once the prosecution started, before that deposition, you started talking to these prosecutors, right? Before this deposition?
BILL BRANNON: Are you referencing something you have in front of you?
MR. DECOSTE: I'm referencing the deposition that I had with you a few years ago. Let me do the chronology. You write the report right after you see what you see on the scene, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MR. DECOSTE: The prosecution then begins, these prosecutors come on to the case, you begin talking to them, then we have the deposition. I—
BILL BRANNON: —don't remember having any contact with prosecutors between the time that I wrote the report and the time that I had the deposition with you.
BILL BRANNON: So I don't recall ever meeting with any of them during that time frame.
MR. DECOSTE: All right, but safe to assume, you write a report right after the incident, you don't say woman, right?
BILL BRANNON: No, sir.
MR. DECOSTE: Now you're here in front of a jury after meeting with these prosecutors, and now you're saying you saw a woman, right?
BILL BRANNON: No, I'm telling you like I told you just a second ago, sir. I said I believed it was a woman, but I still can't say that. It could have been a man with longer hair. I don't know.
BILL BRANNON: I believed it was a woman, but I still can't say that conclusively.
MR. DECOSTE: In your report, you wrote that you couldn't see the occupant, right?
BILL BRANNON: Yeah, I said it, and I couldn't say anything conclusively about the occupants.
MR. DECOSTE: So apparently your memory gets better with time.
BILL BRANNON: I don't know what to tell you, sir.
MR. DECOSTE: Withdrawn. You don't need to answer. Thank you.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Jury will disregard the question. Mr. DeCoste, that's inappropriate.
MR. DECOSTE: Yes, Your Honor.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: May we approach, Your Honor?
JUDGE HANKINSON: Okay.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Let me make a legal instruction to you. I don't have the exact wording in front of me. At the end of the case I'll repeat this to you in legal form, but essentially what the instruction says, and I now instruct you, is that no witness should be discredited for talking to the attorneys for either side. We encourage witnesses to talk to the attorneys for either side. They're free to do so, and you should not discredit their testimony for talking to the attorney for either side.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Anything further, Ms. Cappleman?
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Officer Brannon, we talked about the emergency vehicles present in and around the driveway of Mr. Markel. Were there any emergency vehicles in Mr. Geiger's driveway?
BILL BRANNON: I can't say for sure. I don't recall there being any.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: But were there any emergency vehicles in any of the driveways other than Mr. Markel's?
BILL BRANNON: I don't believe so. I believe they were on the street.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: All right, and I just want to clarify that when you observed the vehicle that you saw approach the crime scene tape, was it your responsibility for finding and interviewing Ms. Adelson, or was that the responsibility of some other officer?
BILL BRANNON: Somebody else.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Okay. And you notified who you thought to be the correct person of what you had seen?
BILL BRANNON: Yes.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: And did you do that immediately?
BILL BRANNON: It was right around that same time frame. I called him on the phone.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: No further questions.
JUDGE HANKINSON: All right. Any juror have a question of this witness.
JUDGE HANKINSON: All right. You can step down, sir. Do we need to keep him further?
JUDGE HANKINSON: Anybody need him further?
JUDGE HANKINSON: Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said no question. All right. I'm sorry. Let me— we'll go to sidebar. Thank you. Thank you.
JUDGE HANKINSON: From the jury: were you aware of the color of Ms. Adelson's vehicle on the day of the incident?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
JUDGE HANKINSON: And at what point in time had you been made aware of that?
BILL BRANNON: I can't remember exactly. It was somewhere in the point between interviewing Mr. Geiger and the point that I had ended up on the perimeter.
BILL BRANNON: I can't remember exactly when I'd been notified of that, though.
JUDGE HANKINSON: So it was before you saw this van?
BILL BRANNON: Yes, sir.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Okay. Any follow-up, Ms. Cappleman?
MS. CAPPLEMAN: No, sir.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Garcia.
MR. ZANGENEH: No, Your Honor.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Magbanua.
MR. DECOSTE: Briefly, Your Honor.
MR. DECOSTE: Officer.
MR. DECOSTE: Just want to get the chronology down here. You're on scene. You see the van.
MR. DECOSTE: You learn of the color of Ms. Adelson's vehicle, right?
BILL BRANNON: I'd already been aware of the color of her vehicle prior to seeing what I saw.
MR. DECOSTE: And then you write your report.
BILL BRANNON: It was around the same— yeah, around the same time frame.
MR. DECOSTE: Correct me if I'm wrong. You write it early evening, and you submit it early evening, right?
BILL BRANNON: Probably earlier than evening. If you want to take a look, I mean, it doesn't have exactly what time I got done there or anything.
MR. DECOSTE: By your superior until early evening, right?
BILL BRANNON: I can't tell you when they reviewed it.
MR. DECOSTE: You could take a look at the bottom right-hand corner of the report.
BILL BRANNON: This, what I have, doesn't have that on there.
MR. DECOSTE: Okay. Nothing further, Your Honor.
JUDGE HANKINSON: Anything further, Ms. Cappleman?
MS. CAPPLEMAN: No, sir.
JUDGE HANKINSON: All right, you can step down. Anybody need him further?
MS. CAPPLEMAN: No, Your Honor.
JUDGE HANKINSON: All right. You're excused. We'll take 15 minutes. We'll let the jury step out. Either side need anything?
JUDGE HANKINSON: We'll take 15 minutes.