13 ALLEN EDWIN COFFMAN 14 after having been duly sworn to tell the truth, the whole 15 truth, and nothing but the truth, testified as follows: 16 MR. CORGAN: May I proceed? 17 THE COURT: Yes. 18 DIRECT EXAMINATION 19 BY MR. CORGAN: 20 Q Would you state your name for the Court and jury. 21 A Allen Edwin Coffman. 22 Q Mr. Coffman, where do you live? 23 A XXXX Lincoln Place, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 24 Q How old are you? 25 A Eighteen years. DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
99 1 Q Do you know a Irving Matthew Coffman? 2 A He's my father. 3 Q I want you to look to your left, if you would. You 4 see the diagram there? 5 A Yes. 6 Q Would you take a look at that for a second. 7 A (The witness complied with the request). 8 Q Would that appear to be a diagram of your 9 neighborhood and the houses in the area and their various 10 locations? 11 A Yes. 12 Q What do you think of the art work on that? Don't 13 answer that. That's a trick question. Your dad made 14 that. Did he do a pretty good job? 15 A I think he did very well. 16 Q Allen, tell me what you were up to, what your 17 activities were the evening of June the 11th of 1990. 18 A Could you repeat that? 19 Q Yeah. What were you up to, what were you doing 20 during the evening hours of June the 11th, 1990? 21 A Well, our Scout troop was going to be going on a 22 canoe trip; and so we met at my church, discussed what to 23 bring, you know, just camping materials that we would need 24 while we were on that trip. 25 And when we got home, I was at home for a little DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
100 1 while; and about nine o'clock, I decided I'd better have 2 Daniel Eastman come over because he didn't make it to the 3 meeting. 4 He was going to be going on the trip, you know. 5 I figured I'd show him what we needed to bring to this 6 camp out. 7 Q How did you get in touch with Allen -- I mean, excuse 8 me -- Daniel? 9 A By phone. 10 Q And when did you call him? 11 A Oh, probably about nine o'clock. 12 Q Where were your brother and father at that time? 13 A I assume they were at the store. I'm thinking that's 14 where they were at, but they could have been in the house 15 at that time. I just -- 16 Q Okay. 17 A I don't remember. 18 Q Did you see your brother, Jeff, after your dad and 19 Jeff had left earlier in the evening? 20 A Did I see them earlier that evening? 21 Q No. Did you see them -- did they leave earlier in 22 the evening? 23 A I didn't see them leave. I didn't see them leave. 24 just didn't -- I don't remember when they left or anything 25 like that. DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TPANSCRTPT
101 1 Q Did you have any conversation with Jeff about calling 2 Daniel? 3 A I can't remember. 4 Q Okay. But you called Daniel. 5 A Yes. 6 Q Did he come over then? 7 A He came probably after about 10 or 15 minutes after I 8 called. 9 Q So what time would you say that he got to your home? 10 A Around 9:10, 9:15, somewhere. 11 Q What did you all do then? 12 A I then discussed with him what he needed to bring, 13 you know, to the camping trip. 14 Q Where did the two of you discuss that? 15 A In the kitchen. 16 Q How long was Daniel there at your home? 17 A About 15 minutes. 18 Q So when would you say that he left? 19 A About 9:30. 20 Q What did you do when he left? 21 A I followed him out onto the driveway, you know, 22 because I remembered that I needed to get a mess kit. 23 So I just followed him out there onto the 24 driveway and watched him ride his bike off. 25 And then I came back into the garage and got my DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
102 1 mess kit. 2 Q How long were you out in the garage area? 3 A Probably about 10 minutes, maybe 15 minutes. I don't 4 know. 5 Q So what time would you have been out there? 6 A Let's see. I guess that would have made it about 7 9:40 was probably when I came back in. 8 Q So from 9:30 to around 9:40, you were out in the 9 garage? 10 A Yeah. 11 Q Were either one of your garage doors open that 12 evening? 13 A The -- okay. If you're driving into my driveway, 14 it's the left one. 15 Q It would be the one furthest to the east? 16 A Yes. 17 Q And that was open that night? 18 A Yes. 19 Q And what were you doing in the garage? 20 A Looking for a mess kit. 21 Q Did you find it? 22 A Yes, I did. 23 Q Do you have any dogs? 24 A I have two dogs. 25 Q Where do you keep them? DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
103 1 A They're generally outdoors in the backyard. 2 Q Where were they that evening? Do you know? 3 A They were in the backyard. 4 Q Did you notice anything strange or unusual about 5 them? 6 A They, they barked; but that was about the time that 7 the emergency vehicles came to the scene, the Allens' 8 home. 9 Q Prior to that, did they appear to be upset by 10 anything? 11 A Not terribly upset. I guess our neighbor had gone 12 out to his yard, you know. It was nothing to worry about. 13 Q What neighbor 14 A Larsens. 15 Q And where do they live in relation to you? 16 A Just west of us. 17 Q And does something separate the two yards? 18 A Well, there's a garden and then his yard and then -- 19 I mean, it's his garden. 20 So, I mean, they hit right together, but it's a 21 garden from between his yard and my yard. 22 Q Is there anything to prevent your dogs from going 23 into his yard? 24 A Fences. 25 Q Now, during the time that you were in the garage DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
104 1 area, did you notice your dogs upset about anything? 2 A They were not upset, no. 3 Q Other than your dogs, are there any other dogs in the 4 neighborhood? 5 A Several. 6 Q Where generally located are they? 7 A Let's see. There's two behind -- we got back -- our 8 backyard goes up against Cowmans' backyard; and they've 9 got -- they had two dogs at the time. 10 Then the Larsens have a dog, and then our 11 neighbors across the street have a dog. 12 Q Now, who is that, that lives across the street? 13 A Vigesaas. 14 Q During the time period that you were out in the 15 garage, did you notice any of these dogs being upset about 16 anything? 17 A No, I didn't. 18 Q And when did -- you say you did notice, though, your 19 dogs upset at some point. 20 A Yes. 21 Q And when was that? 22 MR. CARLSON: Objection. Asked and 23 answered. 24 THE COURT: You may repeat. 25 Q (By Mr. Corgan) When did you notice that your dogs DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
105 1 were upset? 2 A It was about ten o'clock. 3 Q And what did you notice at 10:00? 4 A I was just getting ready to go see what was wrong 5 with them, and a neighbor came. 6 And he said come look at all these emergency 7 vehicles out here, you know. 8 From that, I gathered that the dogs were barking 9 at the -- lots of emergency cars there, being there. 10 Q Thank you, sir. That's all the questions I have. 11 Mr. Carlson may have some questions for you now. 12 ---------------------------------------------- 13 CROSS-EXAMINATION 14 BY MR. CARLSON: 15 Q Hi, Allen. 16 A Hi. 17 Q When Daniel came over that night, how would he have 18 gotten to your house? 19 A He rode a bike. 20 Q Okay. Could you show us with -- that's not a very 21 good pointer. I've got a better one there. 22 But can you show us how he would have gotten to 23 your house? 24 MR. CORGAN: Excuse me, counsel. We've got 25 that long pointer on the side. DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
106 1 Q (By Mr. Carlson) Maybe you can just use this. 2 (THE WITNESS LEFT THE STAND AND WENT TOTHE 3 DRAWING BOARD) 4 A He would come probably out on the road like this. 5 don't know if he took the sidewalk that goes along here or 6 if he took the road here. And then come around here. 7 Q (By Mr. Carlson) I think you said when he got to 8 your house -- you can go ahead and sit back down - 9 (THE WITNESS RETURNED TO THE STAND) 10 Q (By Mr. Carlson) I think you said that he got to 11 house after nine o'clock, Daniel did? 12 A Yes. 13 Q And when he got there at your house, I take it he 14 went inside; is that correct? 15 A Yes, we did. 16 Q And he was inside with you from the time that he got 17 there until the time that he left; is that correct? 18 A Could you repeat that? 19 Q Was he inside with you from the time that he got 20 there until he left -- Daniel? 21 A Yes 22 Q And I think you said that he left a little bit before 23 9:30 or about 9:30? 24 A It was about 9:30. 25 Q About 9:30. DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
107 1 A Yeah. 2 Q So if you were in the house between the time that 3 Daniel got there and the time that Daniel left at 9:30, 4 you wouldn't have heard what was going on outside in all 5 probability, would you? I'm sorry? 6 A Could you repeat that? 7 Q If you were in the house between the time that Daniel 8 got there and the time that Daniel left, you wouldn't have 9 heard a lot of what went on outside. 10 A Well, I followed him out at 9:30 to the time that he 11 left. 12 Q I understand. 13 A I could have heard. 14 Q But you were inside that evening-- 15 A Yeah. 16 Q -- right up until the time he left. 17 A Yes. 18 Q Now, you said you were in the garage from 9:30 till 19 approximately 9:40. 20 A Yes. 21 Q And the garage door's up; is that correct? 22 A Yes. 23 Q And you were looking for a mess kit, right? 24 A Yes. 25 Q And during that period of time, 9:30 to 9:40, you DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
108 1 didn't hear any glass breaking, did you? 2 A No. 3 Q You didn't hear any doors opening or closing, did 4 you? 5 A No. 6 Q I think you brought up -- and help me, Allen - you 7 said you brought up the Cowman's residence; is that 8 correct? 9 A Yeah. 10 Q Okay. That's right here? 11 A Yeah. 12 Q Now, the Cowmans have some dogs, do they not? 13 A Yes, they do. 14 Q Did you ever hear their dogs bark that night? 15 A I don't recall that they were barking. 16 Q I'm sorry? 17 A I don't recall. I was just concerned about my dogs. 18 You're kind of soft-spoken is the reason 19 A Okay. 20 -- I'm having you repeat things. I just want to make 21 we hear you. 22 Now, I take it, of course, when Daniel Eastman 23 left, he would have left on his bicycle also. 24 A Yes, he did. 25 MR. CARLSON: Bear with me just a moment, DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
109 1 Your Honor. That's all we have. Thank you, Allen. 2 MR. CORGAN: (Mr. Corgan shook his head 3 from side to side). 4 THE COURT: You may step down. Thank you, 5 Mr. Coffman. We'll take about a 15 minute recess. Don't 6 discuss the case, please. 7 (A RECESS WAS TAKEN, AFTER WHICH THE FOLLOWING 8 PROCEEDINGS CONTINUED IN THE HEARING OF THE 9 JURY) 10 THE COURT: All right. Show the jury's 11 back and present. Call your next witness for the State. 12 MR. CORGAN: Your Honor the State would 13 call at this time Craig Hacker. 14 --------------------------------------------------
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