Opinion ID: 793983
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Plaintiff's Trial for the Assaults on Mrs. V and Ms. S

Text: 26 A joint trial for the Mrs. V and Ms. S assaults began on August 10, 1993. For the assault on Mrs. V, prosecutors presented an in-court identification by Mrs. V, testimony from Clark and Carroll about Plaintiff's knowledge of the stolen items from Mrs. V's apartment, and Katz's testimony about the hairs. Katz's testimony went as follows: 27 Q. Do you know approximately how many hairs you found in [the panty-hose]? 28 A. I found five hairs. 29 .... 30 Q. Could you please explain ... your findings as a result of the comparison of the hairs from the pantyhose and the hairs from the defendant? 31 A. Well, I determined that the hairs I found in the pantyhose were similar in color, microscopic characteristics from the head hair standard from [Plaintiff]. 32 Q. That is a term that you all use when you make a match, that they are similar? 33