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been objected to right there but what can you do? these things always happen. i don t think the jury s going to forget about it, no. let s take a listen as we have a new witness testifying now. can you tell the members of the jury briefly what your duties are as a latent print examiner? i perform comparisons of latent prints to known standings. this is kristen benson, who works for the sheriff s office. we re going to take a very quick break and then come back for her testimony. stay with us. when you experience something great, you want to share it. with everyone. that s why more customers recommend verizon, america s largest 4g lte network.
that was an area of interest was developed and they placed a clear whoever lifted this print placed a clear piece of cellophane tape on top of the latent and placed it on top of the latent print that you see here. did you determine to see if there were any latent prints of value? yes, i did. explain to the jury how you did that. i used a hand-held magnifier to determine the prints present on this lift card. did you find any prints of value on state 183? no. miss benson, did you have any further involvement in the case? no. thank you for your time. good afternoon, ma am. good afternoon. how are you? good. do you even know from looking at that document you have in front of you where that print was lifted from? there is a lift location that was filled out that showed
jean casarez and marsha clark. it seemed like the forensic expert from the sheriff s office, kristen benson, is again going to be providing information which is inconclusive one way or the other. she s saying it s possible trayvon martin touched the gun and didn t leave a fingerprint. what is the jury supposed to make of that do you think? i m going to hope the jury makes nothing of it. when you have a latent print that can t be identified, that s the bottom line. it could be george zimmerman, it could be trayvon martin, we don t know because she couldn t make it and that s that. why call this witness? because you know the jury is going to wonder did anybody try to lift prints, were there prints? and so the prosecution is answering that question. we did try, this is what happened. jean, your thoughts? you know, here s the amazing thing, george zimmerman, we know, he shot that gun, he had it in his hand and his prints aren t even on the slide that was tested for dna.
side-by-side comparison with the known inked print. i m going to look for similarities and differences. i m going to look for things that may be in agreement or not in agreement. and after a thorough examination and comparison is completed, i m going to then determine it was either identified with that known present or not identified with that present. and did you have an opportunity to examine a latent present card in the case of the state of florida versus george zimmerman? yes, i did. your honor, may i approach the witness? yes, you may. miss benson, let me show you state s 183 already in evidence and ask you do you recognize that? yes, i do. is that a card that you examined in this case? yes. and can you just kind of hold it up for the jury from where you are and just explain it to him, explain the latent card to them? this is a latent lift card