Opinion ID: 394829
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Palm Prints

Text: 18 His palm print was on the steering wheel of the Plymouth car in which he had been sitting behind the steering wheel immediately before he shot Officer Silvia. This fact is of conclusive significance because the car belonged to a third person (Callaghan) and Kearney had been observed moments before by Officer Silvia effecting an illegal entry into the locked car by breaking the glass in the door. 2 Since (1) the car was not his, (2) he never had prior access to the inside of the car, and (3) he was observed at the critical time effecting an illegal entry, the physical evidence of his palm prints at two locations on the steering wheel and at one other location inside the car is practically conclusive evidence that Kearney was present at the time and place in question. And there is no evidence disputing the fact that the man who was inside the car emerged to shoot Officer Silvia.