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1 A Yes, he did.
2 MR. SAFER: Your Honor, I have nothing
3 further.
4 THE COURT: Cross-examination,
5 CROSS-EXAMINATION
6 BY MR. GEVIRTZ: .
7 Q Officer. . . . on the 29th, your purpose in
8 interviewing. . . . . Sun was what?
9 A My purpose of the interview was to gather
10 information about the Disciples' street
11 active in the area of the hundreds.
12 Q You had already been assigned, you were on some
13 sort of assignment regarding the
14 Disciples?
15 A Yes, sir.
16 Q Okay. And when you went down and spoke to Quan
17 Sun on that day, what time was it that you spoke to
18 him?
19 A It was approximately noontime.
20 Q And you spoke to him with your partner or
21 your sergeant,
22 A That's correct, sir.
23 Q Where in the police station did you speak to
24 him?
25 A We were on the second floor detective division,
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1 in an interview room.
2 Q Now, you said the first thing you did was
3 introduce yourself?
4 A Yes, sir, I did.
5 Q And then you advised him of his rights?
6 A Yes, sir.
7 Q Did you use a written form for that?
8 A I read it from my FOP book, sir.
9 Q You don't write anything down and give it to him
10 to read?
ll A No, sir. It was not my arrest. I was just
12 there to talk to him about activity in the area.
13 Q But you advised him of his rights?
14 A Yes, sir, before I spoke to him.
15 Q You didn't use a written form?
16 A No, sir, I did not.
17 Q You didn't have a signed waiver?
18 A No, sir.
19 Q You don't have anything here to show the ladies
20 and gentlemen of the jury that he waived those
21 rights?
22 A That's correct.
23 Q Now, when you talked to him, this statement that
24 you took from him was an oral statement, is that
25 right?
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1 A Yes.
2 Q Did you ask him to write down the statement?
3 A No, sir.
4 Q Did you ask him to put it in his own words in
5 any form that could be preserved to bring here
6 today?
7 A No, sir.
8 Q Now, in the statement, you say that Sun
9 said that he was a member of the Disciples,
10 is that right?
11 A Yes, sir.
12 Q All right. He didn't tell you that he was
13 selling drugs for the Disciples, did he?
14 A No, sir, he did not.
15 Q He didn't tell you he was carrying weapons for
16 the Disciples?
17 A That's also correct.
18 Q He didn't tell you that the arrest that was made
19 on him, the reason he was there, was that that was
20 related to the Disciples, did he?
21 A No, sir, he did not.
22 Q A lot of people sell drugs, right?
23 A Yes, sir.
24 Q Not necessarily related to any gang, correct?
25 A That's correct.
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1 Q Sometimes people in gangs sell drugs, right?
2 A Yes, sir.
3 Q Sometimes the drugs are not even related to the
4 gang, right?
5 A Yes, sir.
6 Q He didn't tell you that he had any rank in the
7 Disciple's, did he?
8 A No, sir, he did not.
9 Q And you asked him about a fellow named Trouble?
10 A Yes, sir.
11 Q He told you he knew Trouble?
12 A Yes, sir.
13 Q He didn't say he ever got any drugs from
14 Trouble, did he?
15 A No, sir.
16 Q He didn't tell you that he worked for Trouble or
17 sold for Trouble, did he ?
18 A I asked him if he worked for Trouble and he said
19 no, he did not.
20 MR. GEVIRTZ: May I have a moment, Judge?
21 THE COURT: Yes.
22 (Brief pause.),
23 MR. GEVIRTZ: Nothing further.
24 THE COURT: Any redirect?
25 MR. SAFER: No, your honor.
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