Accused: Donovan Tisi
Direct Examination
Your Honor, I'd like to call Donavan Tisi to the stand.
1. Please state your name, address, and occupation to the court. * My name is Donovan Tisi and I’m a grade 10 student working at a cellphone store at the mall.
2. Under whose care are you currently in? * My father. We live together in an apartment building.
3. What were you doing on December 5th 2011? * I went to a convenience store and the local rec centre with my friend Dwayne.
4. How is your relationship with Dwayne Dirks? * Dwayne is a good friend of mine. He’s about 2 years older than me.
5. What kind of person is Dwayne? * He’s a good person but he’s been in trouble before. He brags to me about the stuff that he has stolen. He suggested that I steal the basketball shoes I wanted from the store at the mall but I told him that I didn’t want to jeopardize my job at the mall.
6. What kind of relationship do you have with your father? * We have a good relationship but we argue all the time. On December 5th we both got into an argument before I left to the rec centre because he wouldn’t give me money to buy the new basketball shoes I wanted. He told me I had to save up my money from my part time job to buy it.
7. What did you do after your argument with your father? * Dwayne was over at my house during the argument so I just left with him at 5pm. We were going to go to the rec centre.
8. What time did you get to the rec centre? * At around 5:40pm.
9. What did you do from the time you left your house till you got to the rec centre? * I went to the convenience store to buy cigarettes.
10. What time did you get to the convenience store? * 5:28ish
11. How far is the convenience store from your house? * Approximately 25 min walk
12. What happened at the convenience store? * Dwayne and I