🔍 MacDonell expert report on sock blood pattern (July 11, 1995)
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MacDonell expert report on sock blood pattern (July 11, 1995)

Professor Herbert MacDonell's typewritten expert report dated July 11, 1995, summarizing conclusions from his sock examination and drying experiment. During cross-examination, counsel contrasted the report's use of 'swiped' with testimony describing 'compression' and noted that it did not mention voids or 'little balls.'

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🔬 MacDonell expert report on sock blood pattern (July 11, 1995)
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