write cross-examination as a witness, and what would be my direct goal

for the case Jamie Franklyn, a minor By and through his/ her parents Plaintiff v. Case No. CR-08-0704 Pat Cartwright Defendant

as a witness chris lewis

Statement of Chris Lewis 1. My name is Chris Lewis. I am 18 and a senior at Liberty High School. 2. I was really, really tight with Al/ ice Logan all during our junior year and up to 3. the beginning of the summer. That's when I final ly realized that Al/ ice Logan 4. only thinks of Al/ ice, and everything and everyb ody else comes second. How I 5. ever got so close to someone so conceited and self-absorbed is beyond me. 6. It didn't start that way. During our junior year, we had a lot of fun. We did a lot 7. of stuff together and I spent a lot of time at Al/ ice's house. What a house! It 8. should be in Architectural Digest or something. The living room and dining 9. room have all this imported furniture, and it's impressive. Not the kind of 10. furniture you sit on, but real works of art. Yo u would think that Al/ ice's 11. parents might be stuck up or something, but the y couldn't have been nicer to 12. me. 13. When Al/ ice told me about mowing lawns for the summer, I started to laugh. I 14. mean I couldn't believe it. Al/ ice always seemed more like the future CEO 15. type, not someone who would get dirty hands. I was secretly pleased. After 16. all, I was working as a dishwasher in a large restaurant downtown. I figured if 17. I had to work hard for my money, so could Al/ ice.Toward the end of June, Al/ ice told me about wo rking on a "secret project." 19. When I asked what it was, Al/ ice told me about converting a barn into a 20. nightclub-casino. I thought this was some crazy story, but Al/ ice said "just 21. wait and see." 22. I think it was the third week in July when Al/ i ce called me about 10:30 in the 23. morning and said I just had to see something really special. After picking me 24. up at my mom's apartment, we drove almost 35 mi nutes back into the middle 25. of nowhere. All of a sudden we came out of this little dirt road and I saw a 26. barn. We parked the car, and Al/ ice went up to a door on the side of the barn 27. and unlocked it. I followed him/ her inside. 28. I couldn't believe it! There was a fully stocke d bar in the far corner. A row of 29. 15 or so pinball machines lined one wall. Al/ ic e had actually gotten some old 30. slot machines, which were facing the other wall . After showing me the whole 31. layout, Al/ ice talked about cleaning the downst airs of the barn to put in four 32. pool tables. I was in disbelief. 33. As we were leaving, I asked, "How do you think you can get away with all of 34. this?" Al/ ice laughed and told me that "nobody knows." I asked, "Well, what 35. about the owner of the property?" Al/ ice said, "The owner doesn't know 36. either. He/ she never checks on the place. And as long as the money is paid 37. every Monday, the owner has no reason to come o ut here."38. On the drive back, Al/ ice told me that the real reason for showing me the barn 39. was because s/ he wanted me to "work" there. I said that I already had a job at 40. the Silver Knight restaurant in downtown Libert y. Al/ ice bragged about 41. making tons of money, but said the place needed a "server" to take care of all 42. the customers at night. All I would have to do is walk around, serve drinks 43. and collect loads of tips. 44. I think I went ballistic at this point. I said I was a friend, not some loser that 45. s/ he could use. Al/ ice got all defensive and said I was given the first 46. opportunity because of our relationship, but th ere were plenty of other kids 47. who would be more than willing. "I was just trying to give you an opportunity 48. to get out of that dump you live in, " Al/ ice said. I think that's when I hit 49. Al/ ice in the face. 50. Trust me, Al/ ice only does or says what is in Al/ ice's best interest at the 51. moment. And that includes lying.