The whole recap for Day 2 9:17 AM · Judge Anyiam ruled that the court would deny the defense motion to suppress evidence and said the court would make written findings. 9:28 AM · Prosecutor Tommy Adams read the indictment, which alleges Conway caused Melvin Noble's death by employing Kewon White to murder him for money. 9:30 AM · Prosecutor Tommy Adams told jurors that on Nov. 11, 2020, a masked man with an AK-47 style pistol got out of a Camaro on I-35 and fired more than 40 rounds. 9:32 AM · Prosecutor Tommy Adams told jurors they would hear about a feud between Melvin Noble and Conway dating to 2017 that he said escalated until Nov. 11. 9:36 AM · Defense attorney Toby Shook told jurors the evidence would never show Conway entered into any agreement to pay money for the murder of Melvin Noble. 9:39 AM · Shook told jurors Conway's $40,000 withdrawal was in crisp $100 and $50 bills, while the $9,700 found on Kewon White included $5, $1 and $10 bills. 10:01 AM · Nichole Noble testified she gave police four names to look at, among them Yella Beezy, Rainwater and Trapboy Freddy; the last two have not been charged. 10:06 AM · On cross-examination, Noble agreed it was not unusual for her son to pay for many things in cash that he earned from performing. 10:15 AM · Tamatha Hopkins testified she pulled up to check on the driver of a black sports car and saw him getting out, pulling a mask down, with a gun in his hand. 10:16 AM · Hopkins testified the gun looked like an assault rifle, that she drove away as fast as she could and that she heard continuous gunfire behind her. 10:23 AM · Hopkins agreed she was not testifying that she knew who was behind the mask and said she never did a photo lineup or a formal police interview. 10:33 AM · On cross-examination, Hopkins testified she never interviewed with Dallas police detectives, but one called her several months later about her 911 call. 10:53 AM · Kappler testified that northbound I-35 traffic came to an abrupt stop and she saw two men outside their vehicles, one chasing the other and firing a gun. 10:57 AM · Kappler testified that the man in the purple jumpsuit did not have a firearm at all. 11:00 AM · Kappler testified that she took photos with her phone after the gunshots stopped and had tried to call 911 from the floorboard but could not get through. 11:02 AM · The judge overruled a defense objection under Rule 403 and received State's Exhibits 47, 48 and 49, photos Kappler testified she took that day, into evidence. 11:12 AM · Chris Bloodgood, a Dallas Fire Department captain, testified he was a driver engineer on Engine 15 in 2020 and responded to a call on I-35 on Nov. 11, 2020. 11:20 AM · Bloodgood testified that the man was not breathing and was in asystole when his engine crew took over care from a private ambulance crew doing CPR. 11:30 AM · Dr. Jeffrey Barnard testified that he was director and chief medical examiner of the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences from 1991 until 2024. 11:37 AM · Barnard testified that he performed an autopsy on Melvin Noble in November 2020 and wrote a report of his findings. 11:53 AM · Barnard testified that wound one entered the left back and exited the chest, passing through the spleen, stomach, left lung and heart. 12:02 PM · The judge recessed for lunch until 1:15 after the prosecutor said there were about 15 to 20 more minutes of questions for Barnard. 1:25 PM · Dr. Jeffrey Barnard testified that with entrance wounds in the back, front and side, he could not say what position Noble was in or which shot came first. 1:33 PM · Barnard, who performed the autopsy, testified that Melvin Noble died of multiple rifle wounds and that the manner of death was homicide. 1:36 PM · On cross, Barnard testified that cash in State's Exhibit 35, including 18 $100 bills, came in a bag with Noble's body, and said that much cash was unusual. 1:41 PM · Lizz Matthys-Pyle, who works for a video-surveillance company, testified she gave Dallas police clips from two cameras at an apartment complex in late 2020. 1:44 PM · Matthys-Pyle agreed with the prosecutor that stills from Nov. 10, 2020, showed a tan vehicle and a black car, and stills from Nov. 11 showed both leaving. 1:59 PM · Jocylynn Jackson testified Noble, back from California, came to her apartment Nov. 10, 2020, spent the night and left Nov. 11 in the morning or afternoon. 2:04 PM · Jackson testified she called police because she felt someone gave up her address, and said she felt Devin Brown, who has not been tried, was involved. 2:27 PM · Jackson identified Markies Conway, also known as Yella Beezy, in a photo and in the courtroom, and the judge noted the identification for the record. 2:57 PM · Asked by the defense about a prosecutor's notes, Jackson testified she had said Noble was not worried about Conway, not that he had no problem with him. 3:35 PM · Jackson testified that reviewing her recorded police interview refreshed her memory, and agreed she had told a detective she knew about the Honda Noble drove. 3:53 PM · Jackson testified Devin Brown, who is charged separately and has not been tried, had pointed a gun at her before, and agreed their relationship was toxic. 4:28 PM · Jackson agreed Devin Brown, who has not been tried, blocked her after Noble posted a video online, and said he never spoke to her about it. 4:53 PM · Jackson testified her messages with Devin Brown, who is charged separately and has not been tried, were not about the video Noble posted. 5:09 PM · Jackson agreed Rainwater, Noble's manager, who has not been charged, knew Noble was staying at her home and spoke with him the day before he was killed. 5:10 PM · On redirect, Jackson testified she sent an email to the district attorney's office because she was upset about being subpoenaed and tired of coming to court. 5:11 PM · Jackson testified that on Nov. 11 she believed Trapboy Freddy, who has not been charged, and "Yella," the defendant, were involved in Noble's death. 5:12 PM · On recross, Jackson denied telling police Devin Brown, who has not been tried, had a vendetta against her, but testified she feels he gave up her address. 5:14 PM · After the state said it had no objection to releasing Jackson, Judge Anyiam told jurors court would resume at 9 a.m. the next day.
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