4.Andrew L. Colborn — Redirect/Recross (Part 2)
40 linesREDIRECT EXAMINATION BY ATTORNEY KRATZ:
MR. KRATZ: Sergeant Colborn, just a very few follow-up questions. Mr. Strang asked you if you had written a report about that telephone call that you had sometime in 1994 or '95; do you remember that question?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: Yes, sir.
MR. KRATZ: Do you remember your response?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: My response was, no, that I did not write a report about it.
MR. KRATZ: As you look back, back in 1994 or '95, if you would have written a report, what would it have been about?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: That is why I didn't do one, I don't know what it would have been about, that I received a call and transferred it to the Detective Division. If I wrote a report about every call that came in, I would spend my whole day writing reports.
MR. KRATZ: Did this person ever identify the individual that they were talking about?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: No, sir. There were no names given.
MR. KRATZ: Let me ask you this, as you sit here today, Sergeant Colborn, do you even know whether that call was about Mr. Steven Avery?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: No, I don't.
MR. KRATZ: Mr. Strang also played a telephone call for you, a call to the dispatch center, wherein you asked to verify a license plate; do you recall that?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: Yes, sir.
MR. KRATZ: Do you know if you made that inquiry of the dispatch center before or after you went to the Avery property on the 3rd of November?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: I did not, no, sir. I would think -- I don't know.
MR. KRATZ: Mr. Strang asked whether or not it was common for you to check up on other agencies, or perhaps I'm -- I'm misphrasing that, but when you are assisting another agency, do you commonly verify information that's provided by another agency?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: All the time. I'm just trying to get -- you know, a lot of times when you are driving a car, you can't stop and take notes, so I'm trying to get things in my head. And by calling the dispatch center and running that plate again, it got it in my head who that vehicle belonged to and what type of vehicle that plate is associated with.
MR. KRATZ: All right. Mr. Strang also asked you about a interview that you had with a Investigator Steier from the Calumet County Sheriff's Department sometime in January of this year; is that correct?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: Yes, sir.
MR. KRATZ: Mr. Strang asked you if, when Investigator Steier asked if you were able to, at that time, back in January, to recreate your day, if you will, on your day off on the 4th of November; is that the substance?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: Yes, sir.
MR. KRATZ: And in January, were you able to do that?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: No, sir.
MR. KRATZ: Have you since been asked to recreate or to reexamine your comings and goings on the 4th of November?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: Yes, sir.
MR. KRATZ: And have you now been able to do that?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: Yes, sir.
MR. KRATZ: At any time during the 4th of November, were you anywhere near the Avery salvage property?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: No, I was not.
MR. KRATZ: At any time other than what we have heard about on the 3rd, were you anywhere near that salvage property.
ANDREW L. COLBORN: No, I was not.
MR. KRATZ: Again, before arriving there on the 5th of November, had you gone near or approached anywhere around the Avery salvage property itself?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: No, sir, I had not.
MR. KRATZ: That's all the redirect I have of this witness. Thank you, very much, sir.
THE COURT: Mr. Strang.
RECROSS-EXAMINATION BY ATTORNEY STRANG:
MR. STRANG: How many calls have you ever gotten in your law enforcement career, from another police officer, suggesting you had the wrong guy in jail?
ANDREW L. COLBORN: I don't know. I can't recall any others.
MR. STRANG: That's all I have.
THE COURT: All right. You are excused. Mr. Kratz, the State may call its next witness.