Massachusetts State Police
forensic scientist Christina Hanley testified on direct examination that microspec data from the plastic found on John O’Keefe’s clothing outside 34 Fairview matched the data from Karen Read’s SUV taillight – or “another source with the same characteristics.”
Defense attorney Alan Jackson then began cross-examining Hanley by looking to create doubt surrounding the origin of the pieces of plastic found on O’Keefe.
“You indicated that your analysis concluded that those pieces could have come from the same source – the taillight – but you’re not conclusively saying they did,” Jackson said. “Correct?”
“They could have a common origin,” Hanley said. “Or it could have come from another source with the same origin.”
Hanley testified that testing for biological debris on the plastic is “not [her] area of expertise,” but she would have noted any substances on the items – which she did not.
“Even though you’re not in the [biological] material expert section of the lab, you certainly would have noted if there was skin, biological material or obvious blood on glass pieces you were looking at,” Jackson said. “But they’re not, correct?””Yes,” Hanley said. “I would have made note of observations of anything that I would have noted on the surface.”
Jackson then pointed to the pieces of glass found on Read’s bumper being the only evidence matching an item found by former investigator Michael Proctor.
“The only piece of bumper glass to match anything else in your analysis matched what?” Jackson asked.
“[The bumper glass] was consistent with physical and instrumental properties [from] the sample that I took from [the glass recovered by Proctor],” Hanley said.
“Which is the single piece of glass recovered by Michael Proctor,” Jackson said. “Correct?”
“Yes,” Hanley said.
“But not a single piece of glass, nothing you analyzed coming from that bumper matched the cup,” Jackson said. “Did it?”
“There was no physical match comparison to the cup,” Hanley said.
Following Hanley’s testimony, Judge Beverly Cannone dismissed the jurors, with court set to resume on Tuesday.
Source: Fox News