As I remember the jury saw the holes -- not the cutout, but the hole -- in the jacket and the polaroid of the cutout. The cutout was destroyed or lost during forensic testing.
I figured I'd better go back to testimony...tis easier. I don't think Soriano's testimony was very clear. He said he preserves samples in a variety of ways. That is where I was coming from. Do you interpret it differently? Maybe the actual testimony isn't as clear as I thought.
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Q THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE NEXT THING I ASK YOU. WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS OF INTEREST TO YOU, A POSSIBLE BLOODSTAIN, A HAIR, A FIBER, AND SO ON, WHAT STEPS DO YOU TAKE TO PRESERVE THAT, JUST TALKING IN GENERAL NOW?A OF COURSE THE DOCUMENTATION, AND THEN AFTER DOCUMENTING, THEY ARE, IF NEEDED, WILL BE PLACED IN APPROPRIATE PAPER BINDLE AND THEN LABELED APPROPRIATELY. AND DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE CASE, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NORMALLY PACKAGED WITH THE ITEM OF EVIDENCE
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Q YOU SAID NORMALLY THEY ARE PACKAGED WITH THE ITEM OF EVIDENCE. ARE THERE OTHER MEANS TO PRESERVE THEM AS WELL?A OH, YES. YES. IF THE STAIN OR THE SUSPECTED ITEM IS -- REQUIRES FURTHER TESTING, AFTER IT'S BEEN APPROPRIATELY LABELED AND PACKAGED, THEY ARE THEN PLACED INTO A FREEZER PACKET WHICH IS THEN SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMITTED TO THE PROPERTY ROOM FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.
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Q WITH RESPECT TO THE CUTTINGS OF THE POSITIVE PRESUMPTIVE BLOODSTAIN AREAS, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED AND WHAT NUMBER THEY WERE ASSIGNED.A SURE.THE FIRST STAIN THAT I TESTED WHICH WAS LABELED 94D-1, THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE FRONT RIGHT OUTSIDE MIDDLE LAPEL AREA OF THE JACKET.THE NEXT STAIN LABELED AS 94D-2, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON THE FRONT RIGHT OUTSIDE AREA OF THE JACKET NEAR THE SHOULDER.AND THEN THE THIRD STAIN, 94D-3, A STAIN THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT COLLAR OF THE JACKET.
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Q IN ADDITION TO THE CUTOUTS THAT YOU THEN PRESERVED FOR LATER TESTING?A YES. WHENEVER WE EXAMINE ITEMS OF EVIDENCE, IF POSSIBLE, WE TRY TO LEAVE OUR IDENTIFYING INITIALS ON THERE, WHICH IS ON ONE OF THE BRAND NAME TAGS OF THE JACKET.
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A YES. FOR ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS. FOR ALL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF THESE STAINS, THEY WERE TAKEN AFTER THE TESTING.Q ALL RIGHT.BUT BEFORE OR AFTER THE MATERIAL WAS CUT, IF YOU RECALL?A TO TEST THE STAIN I DID A -- I CUT A SMALL PORTION OF IT. SO I DID CUT INTO THE STAIN PRIOR TO TAKING ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF IT.
Q SO ALL OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE POST CUT. I'M SORRY. WHEN I SAY ALL, I BETTER BE MORE SPECIFIC.120-E, 120-D, 120-C ARE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE TAKEN POST CUT.A THEY WERE TAKEN AFTER THE TESTING WAS DONE, WHICH WAS A CUTTING OF IT. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN, AND THEN THE STAINS WERE CUT OUT FOR ADDITIONAL TESTING.
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