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Taylor is back on the stand. Will he answer questions?
Prosecution asking for permission to ask Jacorey Taylor leading questions which is normally only allowed under cross-exam but the judge could deem him a hostile witness and allow the state to lead.
Were you there when Mr. Jones was killed? Taylor: Yes, ma'am.
Taylor says he was in the Mazda when Chris Jones was shot. He said Larry and Maurice were in the front, he and
#BriceRhodes were in the backseat. Dejaun was following them in a truck. (This coincides with Dejuan's testimony yesterday. )
Taylor said
#BriceRhodes said they were going to find someone "with a price on their head.”
Taylor said they saw someone in the middle of the street and
#BriceRhodes shot the guy. (Chris Jones)
Taylor said he got the gun from a friend and he gave it to
#BriceRhodes that day.
Taylor: I was young. I just went along with it.
Taylor: After
#BriceRhodes shot Chris Young, they all went back to Larry and Maurice's. They didn't talk about what just happened. "We ain't never seen nobody get shot. We were all scared.”
Later, Maurice, Larry and Jacorey talked a little bit about it. He said they didn't want to mess with
#BriceRhodes anymore.
Taylor testified that
#BriceRhodes told him that he believes Maurice and Larry told their mother about the killing of Chris Jones.
Taylor says
#BriceRhodes was afraid Maurice and Larry were going to talk and "he said we got to kill 'em”.
Taylor and Carter when to Maurice and Larry's house to spend the night. They weren't at their house. They found out the brothers were with
#BriceRhodes.
Taylor and Carter went over to
#BriceRhodes place that where Maurice and Larry were.
Taylor says there were other people there. 1 or 2 females and another guy with Larry, Maurice and
#BriceRhodes. He said they were partying, chilling, everyone getting along.
Taylor: Then I remember
#BriceRhodes saying to Maurice, "You tellin' on me?" or something like that.
They were all drinking/partying. Maurice told
#BriceRhodes no, he wasn't telling on him. Then Rhodes said, "we got a violator here." Maurice picked up a knife, Brice grabbed it and hit Maurice.
The female had already left at this point.
"And that's when he insisted on doing what he did."
Taylor said
#BriceRhodes then told him to "violate" Maurice. He wanted Taylor to punch him (Maurice) in his chest.
Brice then told them they needed to tie up Maurice. Taylor says then
#BriceRhodes stabbed Maurice. Maurice had a sock in his mouth, his hands were tied. "He stabbed him and he made Anjuan stab him too.”
Taylor now begins to sob when he talks about Maurice getting stabbed.
Taylor says then
#BriceRhodes made Larry come out of the bathroom, "He did the same thing to Larry and he made me stab him too.”
