One week later, the Nita Police Department arrested Val Cavarretta for Possession for Sale of Cocaine. Cavarretta told the Detective that he planned to sell the cocaine to Ardell Delaney, and that Delaney told him that he had obtained money from a recent jewelry store robbery. The defendant contends that this is a case of mistaken identification, and he claims that at the time of the robbery he was having his car checked for smog certification. This case file contains all the documents needed for a full jury trial, including evidence photos, diagrams, police reports, arrest records, and testimony. In addition, it contains a report based on the work of the nationally recognized expert in eyewitness identification, Dr. Elizabeth Loftus.
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Evidence package available. In this adaptation of NITA's civil case file, Fordyce v. Harris and Felson , defendant Gerald J. Harris is charged with first-degree assault with a deadly weapon. The accused is charged with first-degree murder. The State's evidence indicates the victim pleaded for his life before being shot in the head at point-blank range. Aggravating factors going to a possible capital verdict include murder done in the course of robbery, and the killing was heinous, atrocious, and cruel.