4-Apr-2016

Washington prosecutors respond to defense motion for source code

Seattle, WA

King County prosecutors filed a 26 page response to a defense motion to compel TrueAllele® source code in the case of State of Washington vs. Emanuel Fair. Assistant Chief (Criminal Division) Erin Ehlert and Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Brian McDonald wrote, "the reliability of TrueAllele is established and can be evaluated through validation testing without any reference to the underlying source code." Mr. Fair is accused of killing Arpana Jinaga after a Halloween party in her apartment complex.

The prosecutors said, "other than the defendant’s paid experts, independent scientists working in the field agree that review of source code is unnecessary." Their filed response includes declarations from eight independent scientists and Cybergenetics Dr. Mark Perlin, while the defense provided declarations from two academic experts and a patent lawyer. The motions and declarations are posted below.

News articles

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• Sex offender charged in 2008 Redmond Halloween slaying - Newspaper
  
• Convicted sex offender charged in brutal 2008 Redmond homicide - Newspaper
  

Defense motion to compel

• Defense Motion to Compel Source Code
  
• Ranajit Chakraborty declaration
  
• Brian Ferguson declaration
  
• Dan Krane declaration
  

Prosecution response to defense

• State's Response to Defense Motion to Compel
  
• John Donahue declaration
  
• Michael Gorin declaration
  
• Susan Greenspoon declaration
  
• Greg Hampikian declaration
  
• Thomas Hebert declaration
  
• Kevin Miller declaration
  
• Mark Perlin declaration
  
• Mark Perlin second declaration
  
• Joanne Sgueglia declaration
  
• Gary Shutler declaration