"I got something for you guys, I'll be right back"

"I got something for you guys, I'll be right back". Tyrel Brannon, an inmate currently in the Humboldt County Correctional Facility, who defended  Taraya at Rhett's August house on May 13 said this is what Bodhi Tree yelled at them after he was beat up the third time and left Rhett August's house.

Brannon also testified this morning about a conversation he overheard in jail which involved Tree and why he did not testify about the fight and other information at the Tree preliminary hearing.

Brannon said initially he did not talk to police because he was in a gang and you do not snitch. DDA Elan Firpo questioned him  about the April preliminary hearing and his state of mind at that time. She also asked him about his previous criminal history and why he was in San Quention prison. This was before defense cross-examined him.

Even though Brannon was offered immunity in April, the gang "political structure" was what influenced his decision. Brannon testified that he recently got "saved", became a Christian and got out of the "prison political structure" and had a "change of heart." Reading the Bible, he made a decison to drop out of the gang and wants to change his life.  A cellmate in Humboldt County jail was the one who gave him the Bible, but Brannon said he was already thinking of telling the truth before this and he wrote to the DA's office saying he wanted to cooperate. He also sent a letter addressed to District Attorney Paul Gallegos. This was on April 2014 before the 402 hearings. No one spoke to him until recently he was appointed an attorney.

Brannon did not ask for anything in return for his testimony. "Just wanted a clear mind, " he said. Brannon ater on he signed an immunity agreement for his testimony but that has not made any difference in any jail time he serves. He still has to go to San Quentin after he testifies Humboldt to finish time on a sentence.

Brannon was housed in jail unit 339 when a conversation between him and Bodhi Tree allegedly took place.