DIRECT EXAMINATION

Q It’s correct, I take it, that on May 14th of 2004, you turned over the Reynolds evidence to Agent Collins of the FBI?

MR. WILLETT: I think we’ve established that.

MR. CONNELL: Okay. I just want to make sure that we’re all on the same page, Your Honor.

BY MR. CONNELL:

Q That’s correct, sir; right?

A These particular items of evidence, --

Q These particular items.

A -- yes.

Q When did you or the Virginia state police receive those items back from the FBI?

A It was about two weeks ago. The first I think was August 2nd of this year.

Q To your knowledge, has the Reynolds evidence as we have defined it, ever been compared by a state examiner against known fiber and hair samples of Richard Evonitz?

A Not to my knowledge, no

Q So you would agree that this is not a -- the FBI was not doing a re-examination which had already been done by the Virginia Division of Forensic Sciences; correct?

A That was not the purpose of our submission of this evidence.

Q What was not the purpose, sir?

A The statement you must made.

Q It was -- so let me just be clear.

It was not the purpose of your submission to have the FBI re-examine evidence which had already been examined by the Division of Forensic Sciences; is that correct?

A It was not the purpose of this evidence going to the FBI lab to compare it with evidence from the Evonitz case. That was not the purpose of it.