STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF GUILFORD

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

97CRS39580;81

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v.

THEODORE MEAD KIMBLE,

RONNIE LEE KIMBLE,

Defendants

DISCOVERY MEMORDANDUM

(Number 8)

NOW COMES the State of North Carolina and acknowledges receipt of Defendants' request for additional discovery. The State of North Carolina has previously extensive discovery.
 

On or about Thursday, July 30, 1998, Randy Simpson contacted Detective Jay Whitt of the Greensboro Police Department by mail. Mr. Simpson is currently incarcerated in Atlanta Geogia. Mr. Simpson stated that he had information in regard to a murder case that occurred in Guilford County.
 

Thereafter, Detective Whitt traveled to Atlanta Geogia and interviewed Randy Simpson. The following is a summary of the interview with Mr. Simpson.
 

I was in the same cell block as Ronnie Kimble from April to June 10, 1998. We were on D-3 together. At that time I had conversations with Ronnie Kimble. Ronnie talked about being in the Marines, about his family and his case. He mentioned that his brother was a co-defendant, and that his brother is in the High Point jail. He stated that he was not worried about the death penalty because he and his brother have been discussing the case and how they are going to testify. Ronnie said his brother has said he will not testify against Ronnie. He said that that they talk through members of the family, through visitation and on the telephone. He stated that they do not communicate through the mail because Ronnie believes that the Guilford County Sheriffs Department opens and reads the mail. Simpson was in the cellblock with Ronnie and Robert Knight. Ronnie and Knight have both sent things to their families and the letters have been opened before they arrived. Robert finally went to general population so Ronnie and I were alone together. He gave me a calendar with his name on it and told me to keep in touch with him. Ronnie said that he wouldn't be in jail if it were not for his brother. He told me it was all about Insurance money. He said that Arson was involved and that the girl killed was his brother's wife. Ronnie said that he hated her.
 

This information was brought to the attention of the District Attorney's Office on Tuesday, August 04, 1998, when Detective Whitt returned from Atlanta.
 

This Tuesday, August 04, 1998.

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Richard E. Panosh
Assistant District Attorney

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Richard E. Panosh, Assistant District Attorney for the Eighteenth Prosecutorial District, hereby certify that I have served a copy of the attached document on the counsel for the Defendant this date by:

( X ) Placing said copy in an official depository of the United States Post office with the first-class postage prepaid and with the same addressed to:

Mr. John B. Hatfield

Attorney at Law
Hatfield and Hatfield

219 West Washington St.

Greensboro, NC 27401

Mr. W. David Lloyd

Attorney at Law
Suite 301
101 South Elm St.

Greensboro, NC 27401

Mr. John Bryson
Attorney at Law
Wyatt Early Harris & Wheller, L.L.P.
Suite 400
1912 Eastchester Drive
High Point, NC 27265

Mr. Robert McClellan
Attorney at Law
Ivey, McClellan, Gatton & Talcott, L.L.P.
P.O. Box 3324
Greensboro, NC 27402-3324

( ) A copy of this memo was also faxed to the offices of each counsel.

This Tuesday, August 04, 1998.

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Richard E. Panosh,
Assistant District Attorney
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