Michael D. Collins confers with his attorney, Michael Thompson, during a break in Tuesdays trial.
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His face was split open and his eyes were swollen shut. Strapped to a medics gurney, Kevin Tracey could barely talk, managing only the words: Two men... they took my truck. Then they beat me up.
Oh boy, he was bad, Skamania County sheriffs Deputy Steve Rasmussen recalled, referring to his encounter with Tracey, a cross- country skier who was clubbed and strangled on Feb. 9, 2009. They beat him within an inch of his life.
Rasmussen was the first officer to respond to Dougan Falls near the Washougal River. He interviewed Tracey as he was being treated by emergency personnel.
The deputys testimony Tuesday afternoon came on the second-day of Michael D. Collins trial in Skamania County Superior Court. The Vancouver-area man, 34, is charged with first-degree attempted murder and first-degree robbery.
Several witnesses testified for the prosecution Tuesday. The state hopes to wrap up its case today with testimony from Teven Collins, Michael Collins 17-year-old son, who was also charged in the attack. On Friday, Teven Collins pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree attempted murder in exchange for his testimony against his father.
The father and son were featured on Americas Most Wanted, and investigators used a tip generated from the TV show to arrest them last March in Ensenada, Mexico.
Replica IWC Watches Rasmussens gripping details drew objections from Collins attorney, Michael Thompson, who said the deputy was too sensational and his information was not supported by his police report.
Theres nothing about blood and guts in this (police) report, Thompson said. Hes embellishing it like hes (horror novelist) Stephen King.
Thompson renewed his objections when Skamania County sheriffs Detective Tim Garrity next took the stand.
Garrity testified that one of the Collinses had admitted to using credit cards belonging to Tracey after allegedly stealing the victims wallet and fleeing in his SUV.
That information was not disclosed in a police report and was hearsay, Thompson contended.
I think the last two officers have gone over the line, he said to Judge E. Thompson Reynolds. What we have here is a well-meaning, overzealous attempt to get Michael Collins.
Thompson then called for Reynolds to declare a mistrial. The judge denied the request, saying there was no evidence the testimony would result in an unfair trial. And any information that was hearsay, the judge said, was stricken from the record.
Continuing with his testimony, Garrity told the jury that Michael Collins had admitted to investigators to having a confrontation with Tracey. But, the detective said, Collins claimed it was because Tracey had accosted Teven Collins and not the other way around.
He told me that he and his son, Teven, had been camping Replica Blancpain Watches at the Dougan Falls area, Garrity said. He said Teven was talking to a man with a black SUV. He told me that Tracey grabbed Tevens groin and a fight ensued. And that they left in his vehicle.
Tracey had provided a much different account, saying the men approached him and asked for directions before robbing him and beating him senseless.
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