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State v. Looper2/3/2003
did not leave with the case the pistol had come in. He did not later compare the serial number of the pistol he had with that on the case and did not record the serial number of the pistol when he sold it to Buckner.
Reba Looper, the defendant's mother, testified that the defendant arrived at her home in Flowery Branch, Georgia, on Wednesday, October 14, 1998, and that she had last seen him there " robably Sunday afternoon." After he had left, she discovered in her bathroom that " owels were on the floor, the shower was in disarray, so I could immediately tell Byron had been there and taken a shower." This would have occurred during the day on October 19, 1998, while she was at work. Georgia Bureau of Identification Agent Loggins contacted Reba Looper to ascertain the whereabouts of her son. She said that she had not known where the defendant was at the time that Agent Loggins was looking for him or for two days thereafter.
John Dillon, who was qualified as an expert witness in firearms identification, testified that, in his opinion, the bullet recovered from the victim had been fired from the Smith and Wesson nine-millimeter pistol found at Interstate 40, Exit 288. He said that three bullets recovered from the backyard of the home of Walter Phillips had class characteristics consistent with the barrel of the same pistol used to kill the victim, but he could not say for certain that this was the case.
John Riley, an expert witness in gunshot residue analysis, testified that he reviewed TBI laboratory results of the gunshot residue examinations conducted on the 1989 Chevrolet Beretta. According to those examinations, gunshot residue was found on the interior and exterior of the Beretta.
Frank Sorrells, a resident of Bonnerdale, Arkansas, whose son had been recruited for the Marines by State's witness Joe Bond, testified, as to the reputation of Bond for truthfulness and veracity, that " ith the people I knew, it wasn't very good."
Amy Orr testified that she had a relationship with Joe Bond, beginning in May 1997. Bond instructed her not to reveal their relationship to anyone, threatening her family if she did so. However, she said she did not actually feel threatened and did not take the threat seriously.
Tony Richards, the maintenance supervisor at the apartment complex where Joe Bond lived in 1998, testified that Bond had teenagers in and out of his apartment. He saw two rifles in Bond's apartment but no handguns. Bond once told him that he had some automatic weapons for sale.
Lieutenant Mark Webb of the Cookeville Police Department testified that, after learning on October 23, 1998, the defendant had returned to his house in Cookeville, he went to the residence and spoke with the defendant, who was calm but "a little bit nervous, too." The defendant did not allow Webb to enter his residence but agreed to remain visible through the windows.
Brilla Garrett, who had been hired by the defendant and had been the office manager of the Putnam County Property Assessor's office, said that she "hardly ever saw [the defendant] in the office." She said that she sent and received political faxes for his campaign against the victim. The defendant referred to the sheriff's department and the district attorney's office as the "good old boys' system." She said that she had told the defendant that he could not win the election against the victim, and he responded, "You think, you think."
Peter McDonald, testifying as an expert witness regarding treadprint identification, said that the tire tracks at the crime scene did not match the tires on the defendant's Audi. During cross-examination, he said that he had not
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