State v. Coble

EDMUNDS, Judge.

Late on the evening of 24 April 1997, defendant drove his tractor-trailer track past the home of his cousin, Gary Paul Williams. As he did so, defendant sounded the truck’s air horn. The blast was loud and lingered long enough to awaken Williams’ young children. Williams, having seen the trailer of defendant’s truck parked at a nearby Texaco, drove to that service station to ascertain the reason for the noise. When he arrived, Williams did not see defendant, so he put gas in his car. After paying for the fuel, however, Williams spotted defendant and approached him. Following a…