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Defense Attorney Questions Computer Evidence in Court
32:46 - 39:00 (06:14)
Defense attorney Leon Spies filed a motion to bar the computer evidence from the trial, questioning police handling of the evidence from four decades ago. Despite this, the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree.
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Investigators solve the 40-year-old murder of Michelle Martinko, a young woman found dead in her car in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, using DNA evidence and genealogy websites.
32:46 - 35:00 (02:14)
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Investigators solve the 40-year-old murder of Michelle Martinko, a young woman found dead in her car in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, using DNA evidence and genealogy websites.
ChapterDefense Attorney Questions Computer Evidence in Court
EpisodeAnd Then There Were Three
PodcastDateline NBC
Defense attorney Leon Spies filed a motion to exclude computer evidence from the trial and questioned the way the police collected evidence over four decades.
35:00 - 38:07 (03:06)
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Defense attorney Leon Spies filed a motion to exclude computer evidence from the trial and questioned the way the police collected evidence over four decades. While the defense's DNA expert admitted that the defendant's DNA might have been innocently left at the crime scene, the defense was not convinced by the state's DNA case.
ChapterDefense Attorney Questions Computer Evidence in Court
EpisodeAnd Then There Were Three
PodcastDateline NBC
Jerry Lynn Burns is found guilty of first-degree murder in the Michelle Martinko case, leaving his family and defense team shocked.
38:07 - 39:00 (00:53)
Summary
Jerry Lynn Burns is found guilty of first-degree murder in the Michelle Martinko case, leaving his family and defense team shocked.