Jamie Hall

Jamie Hall testified for the State about preparing physical evidence for gunshot-residue analysis. She described evidence intake and tracking, a six-hour collection limit for samples from living people, and precautions intended to reduce contamination.

Hall explained how she collected particle lifts from a hand-sampling kit, a T-shirt, cargo shorts, shoes, a Suburban seatbelt, and a blue rain jacket. Her worksheet recorded a small reddish-brown stain and laundry-detergent odor on the shirt. She also noted that the shoes were wet and carried yard debris, but she recorded no observation of blood on their tops or bottoms. Under Megan Fletcher's direction, Hall sampled the rain jacket and later applied carbon coating to aid instrument imaging without adding or removing gunshot residue.

On cross-examination, Hall clarified the adhesive-stub collection process and the limits of her role. She acknowledged that she did not conduct or know the results of the gunshot-residue analyses, did not participate in later DNA processing, and could not address transfer mechanisms. Her testimony concerned evidence handling, collection, preparation, and contamination controls rather than interpretation of the samples.