Thursday, March 13, 2008

Day Three: Tanika Warden takes the stand

DNA Specialist Tanika Warden has taken the stand. She is employed by NYS Forensics Identification Investigation Center in Albany, New York.

Her background and certification foundation in DNA profiling and analyzing is laid out by the prosecution. She says she has performed hundreds of DNA profiles and has testified in court for other cases before.

Flaco's translator has asked her to slow down due to the large amount of technical terms. She says that evidence can be submitted a number of ways, including Fed Ex, USPS, or directly by a police officer. If a piece of evidence is unsealed, she says it won't be accepted.

The evidence is stored in a temperature controlled vault, that only the evidence control clerks would have access to.

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