Although I expected to receive the statistical statements regarding four-contributor frequencies for the Bronco last night so we could evaluate them prior to commencing cross-examination this morning, I did not. In fact, I just received them a few minutes ago when I walked into Court. There is one significant omission from this report or from these computations which we were given with respect to the three-contributor computations, and that is the underlying table. All that is expressed on this one page is the low number and the high number, as opposed to the spread of numbers reflected in table 30 for 3. I have asked Dr. Weir to provide us with that data. He said it is a--one long page of printout and he will be able to--he is shaking his head no. Maybe we can get some clarification on that.
First of all, your Honor, Dr. Weir worked on these additional calculations until midnight and also got up before 6:00 a.m. to work on them as well, so needless to say, he has been hard at work and producing them as fast as humanly possible. As to this additional page that Mr. Neufeld seeks, that would require Dr. Weir to actually produce this table and it is not simply printing it out. He would actually have to perform the calculations necessary to produce this table that Mr. Neufeld has described. That is the reality of what it will take. It will take some considerable work. That is where we stand.
All right. What do you have, the range computations similar to the 2 and 3 potential contributors?
Judge, to actually do that range he had to prepare the calculations I'm talking about which is reflected in table 30 for three contributors. So we are asking that we be given the same, and especially given the fact that there is a substantial possibility that we will not finish the cross-examination this morning and it does continue until Monday morning, I'm going to want the weekend to evaluate that data.
The problem is, if he hasn't computed the data and if it doesn't exist, then how can I order its production?
I don't understand how he could not have computed the data because the only way one can arrive at the range of frequencies is to actually calculate the frequencies.
KEY QUOTEI have obviously done the calculations. I have not tabulated them. This is an intermediate step in my program. The program does a lot of calculations and then looks for the smallest and largest. I could compile them. It would take a couple of hours' work to put all this information together in the tabular form and I will not be working tomorrow.
KEY QUOTEIs it something that you can just download from that particular portion of the program?
I can do it. I can rerun the program, and constructing the table is actually almost as much trouble.
KEY QUOTERight, and just save for the calculations, the same way it does in table 30, whether it is Caucasian, Hispanic, African American, whatever. The only other thing I would ask for, your Honor, which he did do for two donors but he did not do for three donors or four donors is he actually calculates the number of--of potential pairs. He did that for his two donor numbers in the report, but he didn't do it for three donors or four donors. And since all of his numbers are predicated on having the correct number of three-donor trios and the correct number of four-donor quads, if you will, we need that as well so that we can confirm or reject his hypothesis. There is no way we can simply look at a number and know if he did it correctly unless we look at the underlying data to see how he arrived at those numbers.
The difficulty is, your Honor, is the Defense is now asking Dr. Weir to perform things.
Do additional work. That is why asked Dr. Weir does that information exist. He says yes, that can be printed out.
They are entitled to have that information. I'm not asking him to do any additional work.
On Sunday. I'm not going to work tomorrow. I will start work at noon on Sunday and I will give it to you as soon as I have completed it. I'm quite tired.
KEY QUOTEJust for the record, the Court requested that those labels be placed on as to the word "Mix" and I have put those to the right of the "Mixture" column for each of the frequencies.
I don't understand how he could not have computed the data because the only way one can arrive at the range of frequencies is to actually calculate the frequencies.
I have obviously done the calculations. I have not tabulated them. This is an intermediate step in my program. The program does a lot of calculations and then looks for the smallest and largest.
I can do it. I can rerun the program, and constructing the table is actually almost as much trouble.
I'm not going to work tomorrow. I will start work at noon on Sunday and I will give it to you as soon as I have completed it. I'm quite tired.
As we all are and we are all glad it is Friday.