Tahah being charged with 1st Degree murder!

[Tigre]

Could have been his first Rodeo.

And the statement didnt' help at all!

Evidence wasn't there but apparently it didn't have to be.

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by Tigre

Could have been his first Rodeo.

And the statement didnt' help at all!

Evidence wasn't there but apparently it didn't have to be.

Just stating the obvious... again.

[Tee]

Originally Posted by Tigre

Could have been his first Rodeo.

And the statement didnt' help at all!

Evidence wasn't there but apparently it didn't have to be.

Did your attorney serve up a balistics expert that discounted the possibility that the weapon found was the murder weapon?

According to his website, he doesn't even do criminal law, let alone capital murder. He specializes in workmans comp and tort cases. Are you sure you had an adequate attorney? Has he ever defended someone charged with murder?

[where's_the_evidence?]

Banyon i addressed the most inconsistent part of the KBI's evidence, which was means.

The weapon used was never proven to be a 270. They had pictures of a bolt (they say), however those were damaged. How convient. Even without the bolt they still could have fired the weapon for ballastics.
They could have analyzed the 2 bullet framents for composition, to determine if the bullet found was consistent with the 270 bullet. There are many tests the could have ran, and maybe they did.
At the end of the day, no evidence was shown in court that a 270 rifle was the weapon used.

They found 3 shell casings. 1 was found in the puzzle box, the other 2 were found in the trash along with a 3rd, which was not immediately identified.
Incidently, the 3 other shells, they were found in the trash with the shoes. No live 270 ammunition shells were found, they have pictures of other ammo in a closet.
So, he went to the house, fired 3 shots, went back home, threw 2 shells in the trash with the shoes and kept the 3rd in a puzzle box.
I can understand 1 shot being dismissed by neighbors, but 3 shots, i don't think so.
To many inconsistencies concerning the 270 being the weapon.

The winchester 270 is a high powered rifle used to bring down deer.
Had a 270 being used, seems to me it would have left a big mess.
There was an entrance wound and no exit. Judging from the backyard, the distance couldn't have been more than 30 feet.

This is my last post, which will make quite a few of you happy, but to the ones who expressed support for my opinions, thank you.

[357 mag]

looks to me like that was the wrong attorney to hire to defend someone charged with murder, since he usually helps the victims families of wrongful death!

[wordsmythe]

If the KBI had run any tests on the bullet then that information would have to have been handed over in the discovery phase of the trial. If it wasn't that would be grounds for a mistrial.

I hope you've seen that just as you couldn't prove yoru point of view here they couldn't prove it in court either. And I hope that gives you some closure.

[spike52]

Originally Posted by Highwayman

I’d like to hear from one of the folks familiar with rules of evidence if having a gunsmith fit a replacement bolt would be considered tampering with evidence or not. Perhaps it’s not allowed.

Either way I don’t think it will constitute negligence on the part of the investigators and the lack of ballistics probably will hold up under appeal.

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish...

If you need to match the firing pin/extractor mark on the casing, obviously you would need the bolt in place during discharge of the crime.
If you're trying to match the rifling marks from a bullet entered into evidence to a specific barrel, I'd say it would be admissable.

[where's_the_evidence?]

Absolutely my last post,

The KBI intentionally misled the jury on at least 3 points,
gunshot residue,
the bolt,
the pictures taken of the back of the house.

Incidently the pictures taken of the back of the house were taken after Chris' testimony, they ran out of the court room and took them durning the lunch recess after the defense rested. Tell me they weren't worried about how the case was going at that point.
Closure......there will be no closure until a) Chris is found innocent b) there is proof based on real evidence and not evidence made to fit, that he did the crime.
Also, there is no greving here, friends and family are pissed. Convicted of a crime based soley on words without any evidence. Not supposed to happen in this country.

[357 mag]

There Was A Confession!!!! What More Do You Need???? THAT'S ALL THE EVIDENCE NEEDED, THE SUSPECT CONFESSED!

[wordsmythe]

I know you wish he hadn't killed her. I don't know her and I wish he hadn't done it.

Good luck finding peace.