Defense attorney Robert Blasier approached the bench to argue that testimony about evidence falsification should be admitted, framing it as relevant to broader falsification issues in the case. Judge Ito quickly dispatched the argument by noting there were no falsified fingerprints in evidence, and when Blasier conceded the point, Ito upheld his prior ruling excluding the testimony.
# 1 MR. BLASIER: Your Honor, may we approach on a matter?
# 2 THE COURT: With the court reporter, please.
# 3 (The following proceedings were held at the bench:) # 4 THE COURT: All right. We are over at the side. Mr. Blasier.
# 5 MR. BLASIER: I wanted to make an offer on the falsification of evidence presentation. I think it is relevant to the issues in this case. It is a situation where he was asked to investigate the possibility that fingerprints were falsified, so I would like to go into them very briefly.
KEY QUOTE # 6 THE COURT: Have we got any falsified fingerprints in this case?
KEY QUOTE # 7 MR. BLASIER: Not fingerprints, no, but other issues of falsification certainly.
# 8 THE COURT: All right. Based upon that offer, the ruling stands.
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