I barely have time to call Laurie before the afternoon session begins. I tell her about my conversation with Tommy in detail, and ask her to have Sam check out some of the facts. Just before I hang up, she asks, “Do you believe him?” “I’m embarrassed to say that I think I do. And if he is telling the truth, then he was stupid, but understandably so. And he doesn’t deserve to be in jail.” The afternoon court session is going to be a relatively uneventful one. Dylan will be focusing on the forensics, which are incriminating, but will add very little to what the jury already knows. First up is Sergeant Jessie McNab who handled the on-site forensics, both at Downey’s house and Tommy’s. Dylan takes way longer than necessary to bring out the only important details of the testimony, the fact that Tommy’s fingerprints were in Downey’s house, and Downey’s blood was on the knife buried in Tommy’s backyard. My first question on cross is, “Sergeant, how many different sets of fingerprints did you find in Mr.
