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please stay seated mr. guy call your next witness you somersworth under each have something these proceedings will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God I do thank you you may proceed thank you your honor good afternoon ma'am if you please tell the members of the jury your name Kristen Benson miss Benson how are you employed I work as a latent print analyst for the Seminole County Sheriff's Office how long with the Seminole County Sheriff's Office I've been with the agency a total of eight years and how long in the area of light and print examination just under three years can you tell the members of the jury briefly what your duties are as a latent print examiner I examine items of evidence for the presence of latent prints I also perform comparisons of latent prints to known standards and I issue reports with my findings if you can summarize please the training is education that you've had to prepare you for your duties as a latent for an example I have a Bachelor of Science degree in business management I also successfully completed both the latent-print technician and analyst training programs at the Seminole County Sheriff's Office I also received approximately 300 hours of additional training from the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Florida Division of the International Association for identification among other agencies as well have you ever been tendered as an expert in the courts of the state of Florida in the areas of latent print identification and/or latent print comparison yes how many times seven yeah this time I would tend to miss Benson as an expert in the field of latent print identification and fingerprint comparison should she will be allowed to testify in that area they explained that if you would police for the members of the jury what is a latent print what do you mean by that a latent print is the unintentional recording of your fingerprints or palm prints when you touch a surface or an item residue such as perspiration or body oils that may be present on your hands can then transfer the ridge detail that's found in your fingerprints onto a surface leaving behind a latent print and what is meant by the expression a latent print of value a latent print of value means that there's a sufficient amount of information and that Layton and the Ridge detail in order to either identify a person or eliminate a person as being the source of that latent print is a latent print of value then one that is suitable for comparison yes how can a latent print not be about or be of no good it may lack clarity it may lack information in the ridge detail it also may be heavily distorted if a person touches the surface you know I'll use my example my thumb on that service is there any guarantee that I'll leave a latent print of value no more not first of all there has to be enough residue on the hands present to transfer on to the surface another reason might be is the surface of the item that you're touching or the the object needs to be conducive to receiving a latent print generally heavily textured or rough surfaces are less likely to receive a latent print than say a smooth surface would be ten latent prints be destroyed if they are deposit yes how's that excessive handling of a surface or the object that has suspected latent prints on it can wipe away damage or destroy latent prints also environmental conditions such as a rain or heavy humidity can damage or even destroy latent prints and in your field what is meant by a latent print card a latent print card generally is a white card that's used to preserve latent print evidence on and how it is used in your work generally we receive latent print cards to examine for the presence of latent prints what is a known eight planet unknown inked print is an intentional recording of your finger prints or palm prints for the purpose of identification and if you have a latent print of value and a known imprint explain for the jury how you go about comparing those two to determine whether or not they were left by the same individual once I've determined that there's a latent print of value I'm then going to do a side-by-side comparison with the no named print I'm going to look for similarities and differences I'm going to I'm going to look for things that maybe an agreement or not an agreement and after a thorough examination and comparison is completed and then going to determine that it either was identified with that known print or not identified with that print did you have an opportunity to examine a latent print card in the case of the state of Florida versus George Zimmerman yes I do Your Honor may I approach the witness 183 already in evidence asking do you recognize that yes I do is that a card that you examine in this case yes and can you just kind of hold it up put a jury from where you are and just explain it to him explain the latent card to him okay this is a latent lift card that was a area of interest was developed and they placed a clear whoever lifted this print paste placed a clear piece of cellophane tape on top of the latent and then placed it on to the latent print card on the opposite side that you see here and did you examine that card to determine whether or not there were any latent prints of value yes I didn't explain to the members jury how you went about that I used a handheld magnifier to examine the lift areas that were present on this latent lift card did you find any latent prints of value on States 183 no miss Benson did you have any further involvement in the case no thank you for your time do you even know from looking at that document you have in front of you where that print was lifted from there is a lift location that was filled out that show or that says where it came from there was that location the lift location says the slide of a firearm located within item TS - one and in fact taken from a firearm correct that's what's indicated on the lift card yes okay and did you only get one latent forget a review yes I only received one latent card to reveal and you had mentioned that environmental effects can have a negative effect on latent prints correct yes it can damage later and I think you mentioned that rain itself can it can because the what is left as part of the latent print or the make of the late print are oils through the skin it can be yes okay another debris but it allows for the lose determination because the fingerprint can leave a minut amount of oily substance that actually is the print itself right yes any water can wash that away yes so that fingerprints may have existed on an item that you would lift a latent from and there be no latent whatsoever correct that's correct even though the guns been handled by one two or three people that's correct and other latent work fingerprint Worth you did have anything to do with the Zimmerman case yeah pretty picky nothing nothing president okay thank you an igloo the right nowyour okay thank you very much made miss Benson be excused thank you you are excused and a counsel approach for just a moment