Clerk: Please stand. Raise your right hand. Do you promise that the testimony you shall give in the case now before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Expert: I do.
Clerk: Please state your first and last name.
Expert: Joe Saltzman
Clerk: You may be seated.
Eloise (Deputy DA): Joe, where do you work?
Expert: I am employed by the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department. I have been a qualified fingerprint examiner for 10 years.
Eloise (Deputy DA): Have you ever seen these keys before?
Expert: Yes. I was asked to check them for
fingerprints at my lab.
Eloise (Deputy DA): Did you find any fingerprints on the keys as a result of your testing?
Expert: Yes. There were several clear print impressions.
Eloise (Deputy DA): Were you able to identify the defendant's prints on the keys?
Expert: Yes. The prints I found on two of the keys were identical to the fingerprints taken from the defendant.
Eloise (Deputy DA): Thank you. I have no further questions and no other witnesses, Your Honor.
Judge Leona: Does the defense have any questions?
Becky (Public Defender): Yes, Your Honor. Joe, as a matter of fact, you also found fingerprints on the keys which did not belong to the defendant, didn't you?
Expert: That is correct.
Becky (Public Defender): To whom do they belong?
Expert: I don't know.
Becky (Public Defender): Thank you. I have no further questions.
Judge Leona: The witness is excused.
Eloise (Deputy DA): Your Honor, the People rest their case.
Judge Leona: Is the defense ready with its case?
Becky (Public Defender): Yes, Your Honor. I call the defendant.
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Clerk: Please stand. Raise your right hand. Do you promise that the testimony you shall give in the case now before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Defendant: I do.
Clerk: Please state your name.
Defendant: Jeremiah Celeste
Clerk: You may be seated.
Becky (Public Defender): Jeremiah, where were you on the afternoon of February 9?
Defendant: I was at the 7-11 Store on South Main Street in Walnut Creek.
Becky (Public Defender): Did you see a 2004 red Corvette at that location?
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