District Attorney Cody Womp
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that they were there, it was hearsay.
And images of the day came from this, a maroon sheet that was found. in jason chin's apartment but how it was found and in what direction and in what specific part of the bed remains to be seen and that's because what um johnny lawrence testified himself about
which is the changing in the crime scene from the first time Chattanooga police officers went in with their body cameras on, which would have been November 27th in the early morning hours after Pace's mother and father called them there. to when those crime scene photos were later taken by CSI investigators from the Chattanooga Police Department.
Now, we've seen these images before in hearings about this case. Let's take a little bit of a look about what some of them show. We're not gonna show all of them to you. You can see here, In these comparison images, they're pointing out a few different things. They're saying a door was closed. Again, there's a relapse of several days in between these two. Different items there on the floor.
The blind position is different. And then if you can see in the right-hand image, there's a pair of underwear that's on the floor that isn't there in the first image. Another thing that the prosecution brought up on cross-examination of Mr. Lawrence, was the direction and the shape of these supposed handprint blood transfers there.
They pointed out, if you look at that first big spot there that could be a finger, the edge is very straight. And the prosecution asked Mr. Lawrence, if you have a handprint, is the edge of it usually straight? Well, let me just read you the transcription of the testimony there. This is homicide investigator Paul Moyle from the prosecutor's office.
He asked Lawrence, isn't it possible, sir, that what we actually see on the screen is not a bloody handprint or bloody fingerprints, but where the cloth that had been folded over and the transfer happened that way? And then Mr. Lawrence answers, not necessarily, because you have to understand what this stain is showing is variants of the fingers that have blood on them.
And then we don't know how much blood was on there if this was a hand. So again, on cross-examination, the prosecution getting Lawrence to say that he's not sure that it was a hand either. So a lot of doubt about what we were actually seeing in some of these photographs raised and Something I thought was very interesting.
Again, we've been talking in this case about how the jury is allowed to ask questions of the witnesses after the state and the defense are done. And the judge, Judge Boyd Patterson, has actually commended the jury on how good of notes they're taking and how specific their questions are. So one juror asks about the items that are moved in the apartment.
Again, these items from Mr. Lawrence's own report. So the judge reads the jury question there at the end. Do you think it's possible that Jason Chin moved items on November 27th after the body cam footage was filmed? Since cellular records, again, this is from earlier testimony in the week, show him in that same area later in the day.
So a cell phone expert who extracted the locations of Jason Chin testified earlier in this week that he was in the same location of Tremont Street later on the 27th. And then this is kind of where this all comes down. The expert witness, Mr. Lawrence, says there's nothing that gives me any information about who moved the items he's talking about. There's nothing to lock in who it was.
Your Honor, one second. Can we have one second? They moved the trash can in front of the defendant and they brought little napkins over here. If it applies to the gallery that there can be no outbursts, Mr. Chin also needs to be self-imposed during this testimony or he can exit the court as well.
Okay, well, the trash can was just a little closer to him. I've already indicated that he's feeling unwell. I'm just saying that's prejudicial as well, Judge.
That's no longer a medical examiner interest, that's law enforcement interest.
So what we're actually looking at is where is that quarter and a half of blood?
That's a gallon of blood.
State of Tennessee, Criminal Court for Hamilton County, 2023. Count 1, the grand jurors upon their oath do present that Jason Chen, on or about the 23rd day of November 2022, in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and before the finding of this indictment, did unlawfully, intentionally, in the premeditation, inflict mortal injuries on Jasmine Case.
which resulted in the death of Jasmine Pace on or about the 23rd day of November, 2023, in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated 39-13-202 against the peace and dignity of the state.
The suitcase was located in a brushy area just yards from the bank of the Tennessee River and right off of Suff Creek Road. In it was the body of Jasmine Pace, who had been placed in a fetal position inside of three black trash bags. Her right ankle was handcuffed to her right wrist. Her left ankle had been shackled to her right arm. Her wounds were extensive. You will hear from Dr. Coswell,
medical examiner for Hamilton County who will describe those wounds in great detail. He stabbed her over and over and over again, not seven times, not 29 times, not 43 times, but 60 stab wounds. One wound through and through, from the right side of the neck all the way through the left. Another so deeply penetrated her rib cage that the tip of the knife broke off into her lung.
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