Tag: Washington v. Talbott II

Defense argues prosecutorial misconduct and evidentiary insufficiency.

Defense requests evidentiary rulings on items of evidence including photographs, certain testimony, and exclusion of “genetic genealogy evidence.”

Defense raises the following issues: 1) confrontation clause issues regarding testimonial evidence from absent witnesses and 2) chain of custody and admissibility issues regarding evidence collection during the victim’s autopsy.

Prosecution’s trial memorandum detailing the anticipated evidence and course of the investigation. Evidentiary issues also included in a motion in limine.

Defense argues that the two homicides charged be severed based upon difference in proof for each murder.

Prosecuting attorney’s charging affidavit detailing the case against the defendant for the 1987 murders of Tanya VanCuylenberg and Jay Roland Cook.