8.Postmortem Toxicology Stipulations Admitted and Read to the Jury
25 linesTHE COURT: Counsel, can I see you at sidebar?
THE COURT: Afternoon recess. At this point, I'm gonna ask you to come back, 2:00. There's another couple of witnesses. Are we still... I'm not even gonna make you commit now. But we'll have a couple witnesses this afternoon. We'll kind of see where we go. Okay? All right. Thank you.
BAILIFF: Court, all rise. Jurors, leave your notebooks placed on the chairs, please.
BAILIFF: Jurors have exited the courtroom.
THE COURT: All right. So we'll be in recess on this matter till two o'clock. Okay, thank you.
BAILIFF: Court, all rise.
BAILIFF: Court is back in session. Please be seated.
COURT CLERK: Your Honor, for the purpose of the record, we return back to the trial of Commonwealth versus Lindsay Clancy. All parties are present, including the defendant, excluding the jury.
THE COURT: All right. Counsel, could I see you at sidebar just for a second?
BAILIFF: Court, all rise. Jurors entering.
THE COURT: This court's now in session. Be seated, please.
COURT CLERK: Your Honor, for the purpose of the record, we return back to the trial of Commonwealth versus Lindsay Clancy. All parties are present, including the defendant and including 18 jurors.
THE COURT: All right. Again, members of the jury, thank you for your patience with us. What we're gonna do at this point, we're gonna return now to the Commonwealth's presentation of the evidence. And Commonwealth can call your next witness, please.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Your Honor, before calling a witness, the Commonwealth would like to move to enter three stipulations as the next three exhibits. The first regarding postmortem toxicology test-
THE COURT: Actually, wait, would you... Before we get there, let me just give a little explanation about stipulation. So, members of the jury, what you're gonna hear is what's called a stipulation. All right? And what a stipulation is, is an agreement between the parties, agreement as to facts. Now, keep in mind that the Commonwealth has the burden of proof for every fact and the elements in this case. All right? So, but the defendant has stipulated, the Commonwealth has stipulated to these specific facts. All right? And the stipulation is, basically may be accepted by you as facts and can be relied by you along with other facts that you find during the course of the evidence. All right? And so with that, counsel.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Thank you. There's the next exhibit, stipulation regarding postmortem toxicology testing of Cora Clancy.
COURT REPORTER: Exhibit 184.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: As the next exhibit, stipulation regarding the postmortem toxicology testing of Dawson Clancy.
COURT REPORTER: Exhibit 185.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: And the third stipulation regarding postmortem toxicology, toxicology testing, excuse me, for Callan Clancy.
COURT REPORTER: Exhibit 186.
THE COURT: All right, thank you.
MS. BUCKINGHAM: Your Honor, at the defense request, I would defer to the court as far as reading them in.
THE COURT: All right. All right, so members of the jury, I'm gonna read you what these stipulations are, but keep in mind, you'll have these since they've been entered as exhibits. You'll have them with you back in the deliberations, during your deliberations. All right? Back in the jury room. So you'll have these, but let me just read these to you so you can kinda have this as the case is going forward. All right? So Exhibit 184 is a stipulation regarding the postmortem toxicology testing of Cora Clancy. In the above-captioned matter, the parties agree to the following facts as it pertains to postmortem toxicology testing conducted for Cora Clancy. Number one, in accordance with laboratory policy and procedure, laboratory staff screen, analyze, and review samples submitted for testing using batch testing processing prior to final review and interpretation by the assigned analyst. Two, all policies and procedures were followed in this case.
And three, in addition to forensic scientist two, Alicia Zimmerman, being the assigned analyst in processing samples associated with case number 23-01875, Cora Clancy, laboratory staff had the following roles in the testing process. A, Brittany Micette and Natalie Law conducted screening analysis on item 1-1-01, which was the heart blood of Cora Clancy. B, Hannah Knowles conducted batch review analysis of screening tests conducted by Micette and Law. C, Marissa Dreyer and Seth Utter conducted further analysis on items 1-1-01. D, Emily McCall and Jacob O'Connell conducted batch review analysis of testing by Dreyer and Utter respectively. E, Tashe Washington conducted a technical review of the entire case prior to the issuance of Alicia Zimmerman's report. And F, Jennifer Mejia documented the measurements of the specimens collected for possible postmortem toxicology testing. So that's the stipulation on exhibit 184 regarding the testing related to Cora Clancy.
Exhibit 185 is a stipulation regarding postmortem toxicology testing relating to Dawson Clancy. And so number one, in accordance with laboratory policy and procedure, laboratory staff screen, analyze, and review samples submitted for testing using batch testing processing prior to final review and interpretation by the assigned analyst. Two, all policies and procedures were followed in this case. Three, in addition to forensic scientist two, Alicia Zimmerman, being the assigned analyst in processing samples associated with case number 23-01874, which was Dawson Clancy, laboratory staff had the following roles in the testing process. A, Brittany Micette and Natalie Law conducted screening analysis on item one dash one dash O one, which was the heart blood of Dawson Clancy. B, Hannah Knowles conducted batch review analysis of screening tests conducted by Micette and Law. C, Marissa Dreyer and Seth Utter conducted further analysis on item one dash one dash O one. D, Emily McCall and Jacob O'Connell conducted batch review analysis of testing by Dreyer and Utter respectively. E.
THE COURT: Tashie Washington conducted a technical review of the entire case prior to the issuance of Alicia Zimmerman's report. And F. Jennifer Mejia documented the measurements of the specimens collected for possible postmortem toxicology testing. All right, and that's the exhibit regarding Dawson Clancy. All right. And then the last stipulation at this time is exhibit 186, and that stipulation is regarding the postmortem toxicology testing of Callan Clancy. In a, number one, in accordance with laboratory policy and procedures, laboratory staff screen, analyze, and review samples submitted for testing using batch testing, processing prior to final review, and interpretation by the assigned analyst. Two, all policies and procedures were followed in this case.
Three, in addition to forensic scientist two, Alicia Zimmerman, being the assigned analyst in processing samples associated with case number 23-0214, which was for Callan Clancy, laboratory staff had the following roles in the testing process: A. Brittany Micette was a screening analyst for item 1-1-01, which was blood from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth. B. Natalie Law and Marissa Dreyer conducted further analysis on item 1-1-01. C. Hannah Knowles and Emily McCall conducted batch review analysis of item 1-1-01. D. Seth Utter conducted analysis on item 1-1-07, which was blood from Boston Children's Hospital, and 1-1-04, which was urine from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth. E. Nathaniel Almeida conducted batch review analysis on item 1-1-07. And F. Robert Anderson conducted batch review analysis on item 1-1-04. He also conducted a technical review of the entire case prior to the issuance of Alicia Zimmerman's report. And G. Jennifer Mejia documented the measurements of the specimens collected for possible postmortem toxicology testing. So those are the stipulations at this time, keeping in mind that you'll have those with you, and everything that's contained there, with you back in the jury room. Okay? All right. Commonwealth.