Officer says she witnessed colleagues killing inmate

Published September 30, 2006 4:00am ET



A former correctional officer on Friday testified she saw all three accused officers beat inmate Raymond Smoot to death at Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center in 2005.

Kandis Harlee told a Baltimore City Circuit Court jury that she saw Dameon Woods, James Hatcher and Nathan Colbert — charged with second-degree murder, assault and conspiracy in Smoot?s death — assault the 51-year-old inmate on May 14, 2005.

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