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Criminal Action
No. 13-10200-GAO
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APPEARANCES:
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
By: William D. Weinreb, Aloke Chakravarty and
Nadine Pellegrini, Assistant U.S. Attorneys
John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse
Suite 9200
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
- and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
By: Steven D. Mellin, Assistant U.S. Attorney
Capital Case Section
1331 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
On Behalf of the Government
FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE
By: Miriam Conrad and Timothy G. Watkins,
Federal Public Defenders
51 Sleeper Street
Fifth Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
- and CLARKE & RICE, APC
By: Judy Clarke, Esq.
1010 Second Avenue
Suite 1800
San Diego, California 92101
- and LAW OFFICE OF DAVID I. BRUCK
By: David I. Bruck, Esq.
220 Sydney Lewis Hall
Lexington, Virginia 24450
On Behalf of the Defendant
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STEPHANIE WAITE
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Cross
Redirect
Recross
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E X H I B I T S
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Direct
By Mr. Weinreb
By Mr. Watkins
GOVERNMENT'S
EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
FOR ID
RECEIVED
907
Photograph
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Photograph
P R O C E E D I N G S
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MR. WEINREB:
THE CLERK:
Have a seat.
your last name for the record, keep your voice up and speak
THE WITNESS:
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BY MR. WEINREB:
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Good afternoon.
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Good afternoon.
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Criminalistics units.
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earned?
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Can you say a little more about what you do for a living?
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to process items and the area for biological evidence and trace
materials.
the same thing with items that I have either collected from the
to the lab.
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Yes, I did.
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No.
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I'm sorry.
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and it's just to make sure that I'm still able to perform all
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investigation?
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Yes, I did.
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blood?
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Yes, I did.
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evidence?
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MR. WEINREB:
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please.
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Yes, I do.
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Yes, it is.
separate gloves.
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Yes.
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(Photograph displayed.)
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Fair enough.
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Yes.
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MR. WEINREB:
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MR. WATKINS:
No objection.
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THE COURT:
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Okay.
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Yes, I did.
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was a Honda Civic parked in the middle of the street, and this
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area.
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Kelly King.
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She collected them the next day and put them in a brown
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Correct.
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What number?
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13-08140.
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number?
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Yes.
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Yes, I did.
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Correct.
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MR. WEINREB:
909, please.
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So you
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Did you
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Yes, I did.
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the stain.
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testing.
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Why four?
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made the sample, and then the separate sample number of each
item.
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Where did you actually put those samples after you took
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them?
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you've said to us, is that the standard practice at the lab for
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Yes, it is.
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Yes, I did.
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in evidence.
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Yes.
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Yes, I did.
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testing?
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I put it into an envelope and put it into that cold room area
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How did you prepare this known blood sample for DNA
Thank you.
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Good afternoon.
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Yes, I did.
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Yes, it was.
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the photo.
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conduct the similar kinds of tests for blood and other fluids?
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Yes, I did.
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Is that correct?
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That's correct.
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that was -- are -- those gloves were also sent for gunshot
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residue testing?
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That's correct.
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I took a sample from the gloves and sent that forward for
MR. WATKINS:
MR. WEINREB:
THE COURT:
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All right.
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Thank you.
Thank you.
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3/19/15