When Walker questioned her recollection of the evening, noting that the trio had been smoking marijuana in the van, Carter replied that the "blunts" had no effect on her perception. "Sometimes it makes it better," she said to laughter from some jurors.
"When I heard gunshots, my high wore off very quickly," Carter said.
But Carter and Morris also testified that they never saw the shooting or Chesley that night, a point that defense attorney Walker emphasized in his opening statement and cross-examination.
Carter testified that after Morris carried Grimes, who was bleeding from a gunshot wound to his calf, to the Dodge Caravan, Grimes didn't want to be taken to the hospital.
Although she did not know why or how Grimes got shot, she testified that she drove him to St. Agnes Hospital anyway. Along the way, he complained he was cold, then hot and then he began to close his eyes.
Carter testified that she held up photos of his children to motivate him to remain conscious.
Said Carter: "I did care about him."
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