Circuit Court of Coosa County, Alabama
State of Alabama v. Charles Monroe Butler, Jr.
Case No.: CC-99-36
August 5, 1999
Q: Would it be fair to assume . . .that you don't like queers?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: And why do you not like queers?
A: I just don't.
Q: You don't have any friends who are queers?
A: Yeah, I sure do.
Q: But you don't like them?
A: No. Not when they proposition me, I don't. . . .
Q: Is it your testimony today under oath that the only reason you killed
Billy Jack Gaither was because he was gay?
A: That, and money. . . .
Q: And you're telling the ladies and gentlemen of the jury that you hate gays
and queers?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: Isn't it a fact, Mr. Mullins, that you had oral sex with another man?
A: No, sir.
Q: You sure of that?
A: Yes, sir. . . .
Q: Isn't it a fact that you and your boyfriend and two lesbian ladies went to
Anniston in September of last year to a gay party?
A: He wasn't my boyfriend.
Q: And that y'all had sex that night?
A: No, sir.
Q: But you went with him, didn't you?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: And you danced with him, didn't you?
A: No, sir. . . .
Circuit Court of Coosa County, Alabama
State of Alabama v. Charles Monroe Butler, Jr.
Case No.: CC-99-36
August 5, 1999
Q: Would you tell us your name, please, sir?
A: Jimmy Lynn Dean. . . .
Q: Now, I'm going to ask you, do you ever recall an evening in either September
or October of last year that you went to a party with Steven Eric Mullins,
K.B., and S. H.?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: Could you tell us about that evening, please, sir?
A: Well, we all showed up there, and he wouldn't get out [of the car]. He kind
of showed his, you know, tail in the car. . .
Q: When you say he--who were you talking about?
A: Steve Mullins.
Q: Okay. How long had you known Steve?
A: About four months.
Q: And what exactly did he do?
A: He raised his voice and got ill in the car. He sat there for a while. And
when he finally got out and come in, we partied and had a good time then.
Q: And what, if anything, did you and he do at the party?
A: We danced and everything and just talked and hung out.
Q: Did you ever touch him?
A: Yeah.
Q: Did he touch you?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: Did you ever kiss him?
A: No, sir.
Q: Okay. Let me ask you this--and I know this is a difficult question--had
youever had oral sex with Steven Eric Mullins?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: That's all. . .
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