SF8 Court Update

February 13: Missing evidence questioned

The hearing on Wednesday, February 13 focused on questions by the defense of a San Francisco City Prosecutor and a retired District Attorney investigator about evidence missing from the investigator's files on the 1975 police killing. The only files turned over to the defense from the original investigation contain no police reports, no ballistics evidence, no witness interviews, and no lab files. The DA’s file did contain some notes – particularly important since the notes and correspondence referenced other materials in the possession of the prosecution. Most notably missing were reports of the fingerprint comparisons – with negative results, no matches to any of the defendants. Also absent is the memorandum prepared by then prosecutor Thomas Norman stating the reasons for not going forward with the prosecution in 1975.