State v. May Trial Transcript

This Source Verification Page documents the portion of the State v. May trial transcript cited in Claim I of the Supplemental Motion. The cited testimony concerns SBI Agent Brenda Bissette's identification and description of biological samples collected from Darrell Godfrey's clothing, including evidence introduced as State's Exhibit 134. This transcript passage is cited to document the source of the biological evidence analyzed by Bissette and to establish the evidentiary foundation for the forensic testimony that follows.

Related SMAR Citation

“[Tpp.1125-26]”

Source Title

State v. May Trial Transcript – Tpp. 1125–1126

Referenced in the Supplemental Motion

Page 43, Paragraph 86

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Cited to Support

Lyle C. May cites these portions of the trial transcript to document SBI Agent Brenda Bissette's identification of biological samples collected from Darrell Godfrey's clothing, including cuttings taken from Godfrey's pants and shirt that were introduced as State's Exhibit 134. According to the cited testimony, Bissette expressly identified these items as originating from Darrell Godfrey before testifying that she analyzed each of the submitted samples.

May relies upon this testimony because it establishes the evidentiary foundation for the forensic testimony that immediately follows. He argues that by first identifying State's Exhibit 134 as biological evidence collected from Darrell Godfrey's clothing, the transcript clearly establishes the source of those biological samples before the testimony transitions into the DNA analysis. According to Claim I, this foundation is significant because later portions of Bissette's testimony allegedly created a misleading impression concerning whose clothing and biological evidence were being discussed. May therefore cites these transcript pages to demonstrate that the jury was first told the evidence originated from Darrell Godfrey before the testimony transitioned into the DNA analysis and results that are challenged elsewhere in Claim I.

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