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Investigating Violent Crime: The Prosecutor’s Role – Lessons Learned From the Field

Based on the discussions of seasoned prosecutors of violent crime who met in 2017 to examine how to improve the investigation of violent crimes, this paper reviews the various phases of an investigation and provides an overview of issues discussed, along with representative descriptions of the approaches used and challenges faced by the jurisdictions represented [Description provided by the OJP website].
June 2019
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State’s Trial Memorandum and Motions in Limine (State of Washington v. William Talbott)

Prosecution’s trial memorandum detailing the anticipated evidence and course of the investigation in a Washington double homicide case that occurred in 1987. This included the steps taken during the Forensic Genetic Genealogy investigation leading to the defendant. The motion in limine focused on the admissibility of the defense’s efforts to introduce “other suspect” evidence.
May 2019
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Defense’s Motion to Sever Offenses (State of Washington v. William Talbott)

Defense’s motion to sever offenses in a Washington double homicide case that occurred in 1987. The defense argues that the two homicides in question should be charged separately based upon differences in proof for each murder including the date, time, and location of each incident.
May 2019
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Affidavit of Probable Cause (State of Washington v. Terrence Miller)

Prosecution’s charging affidavit detailing a Washington murder-sexual offense case that occurred in 1972. This affidavit includes details of the investigation such as the Forensic Genetic Genealogy process used in this case, the suspect’s criminal history, and charges brought against the suspect 47-years after the incident occurred.
February 2019
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Affidavit of Probable Cause (State of Washington v. William Talbott)

Prosecution’s charging affidavit detailing the case against the defendant in a Washington double homicide case that occurred in 1987.   Included in the affidavit was a description of the surreptitious collection of the defendant’s DNA once he was identified as a likely suspect from the results of the family tree build-out and the ensuing match and confirmation to the DNA recovered from the female victim decades earlier.
June 2018
District Attorney’s Office, Denver, CO

People’s Response to Defense Motion to Dismiss (State of Colorado v. Hector Bencomo-Hinojos)

Prosecution’s response to the defense’s motion to dismiss a Colorado sexual homicide that occurred in 1981. The prosecution’s response addresses the defense’s due process arguments of a preindictment delay of 30 years and advances in forensic techniques that occurred since the date of the incident which enabled investigators to leverage forensic DNA analysis and the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
November 2014