Hypnosis testimony use 'a risk'

The Modesto Bee ^ | Sept 10, 2003 | John Cote'

[Devil_Anse]

Won't it be great if they have his fingerprints??!?

[Devil_Anse]

Ah, good! One by one, the regulars are getting the word! This will be great if true!! How can he explain his fingerprints on the sticky side of the tape, unless it was he who taped something with it?!

[Devil_Anse]

Jackie! Jackie! Fingerprints!!

[MaggieMay]

LE has played it close. I think there is a very good chance they have prints. Oh,that October preliminary,can't get here soon enough,for me.

[Wednesday's Child]

Thank you for all your pings. I've gone back to work and have no computer there but I do keep up with all the threads! I hope to get back to posting real soon!

[Sandylapper]

Anse, you know better than I how defense lawyers work. MG will explain to the jury that SP has already admitted taking the umbrellas (maybe covered with his pool tarp with tape wrapped around them), to the warehouse. When he left the warehouse, he took the pool tarp with him to take back home, with some of the tape still pretty much in tact. When he got to the bay, it was raining, so he placed the tarp in the boat for protection of his new boat. At some point, a really big wind blew the tarp off. Something along those lines, and unless there is Laci DNA on the tarp, it would not necessarily prove anything except that the tarp and tape belonged to Scott.

Do you buy that? I really don't, but I can imagine that MG could make an argument convincing enough that at least one juror would.

[Sandylapper]

Me neither, Mags! I just hope the prelim still goes on as planned. Siiiggghhhhhh.

[drjulie]

I suppose he could try to make that argument (and maybe he'll have to) but the coincidence is just too much. A tarp with tape/fingerprints just happens to wash up at the same time and at the same place as his dead wife. BTW does anyone think the defense is leaking all of this? I think Garagos may be leaking evidence bit by bit so that nothing new will be revealed at the prelim.

[MaggieMay]

There is just one thing that troubles me, and that is,being the "Sopranos" fan he was.I am almost certain he would wear latex gloves. If that is true,then the chances are greater that,rather than a fingerprint,it might be a hair from his head or arm that LE has as evidence,stuck to the tape. Oh darn,I just want to see what they have at the October preliminary.It's like waiting for Christmas,when your a kid.:)

[drjulie]

I bet he didn't wear gloves - he didn't expect that her body would ever surface.

[MaggieMay]

You are probably right,but there is just a part of me that thinks that the tape might also contain Scott's hair or fibers from his clothes. But,I will tell you right now,the NE has a almost perfect track record(to our knowlege)on this case.

[Jackie-O]

I knew it!! Forensic talking heads said way back in May that if there was duct tape on Laci's body, that it would be an excellent source for fingerprints...even given the time her poor body was submurged!!

[Jackie-O]

If the bloodhound stopped in his tracks at the end of the driveway that means that Laci never left it, right??? Then HOW in the hell could there be wittnesses saying that they saw Laci walking McKenzie that morning??? If she did indeed venture out into the neighborhood that fatefull morning, wouldn't the sent of her travels be fairly fresh??
Laci left that driveway that day in the back of a boat....

[Jackie-O]

hair or blood from the cut on his hand

Shades of OJ...please don't let anotherone walk!!!

[Jackie-O]

Garagos may be leaking evidence bit by bit so that nothing new will be revealed at the prlim.

Excellent point Doc...Geragross is just sleazy enough to do just that, especially if he knows the evidence is stacked to the Heavens on Snotty. This is just all a grand Hollyweird production to him, I think he is sucking right up on all of this publicity and using it to his advantage...

[Jackie-O]

Hey SCOWS!! I am without cable tonight!
Please keep me pinged on any of the shows tonight! ;0)

[drjulie]

Oh yes, I agree - they may have other evidence on the tape. It is very sticky. NE has been fairly solid throughout this case. At any rate, this sounds like good news for the prosecution.

[Velveeta]

Those nasty Modesto cops planted his fingerprints on the tape.

[melodie]

No cable? omg what are you gonna do? I've got Greta on now and i will post if anything comes on about Scooter.

[Velveeta]

It would also help if a picture of Amber was stuck to the duct tape too!