 However, he was confronted with an intake screening form dated August 23, 1983, in which he stated "my buddy killed this guy..."

Despite the introduction of the intake psychologist's report, which stated that Brewer had said he was surprised when his buddy came out of the convenience store and announced that he had "wasted the dude", Brewer testified in federal court that he told the psychologist only that all three men had been convicted of aggravated murder and that Byrd was sentenced to death.Brewer suggested the psychologist's report may have been part of a conspiracy between the psychologist or prison authorities and the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office.Brewer acknowledged in court that he had lied to the original investigators after his arrest, and that he had also lied while under oath at his own trial.