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House bullet-hole testimony; the defense disputed its attribution, Weinreb proffered that the bullet was a Ruger bullet, and the court refused to strike the testimony
The defense renewed a request to recall Trooper Dowd and sought to strike the house bullet-hole testimony, disputing any evidentiary identification of the bullet as a Ruger bullet. Weinreb proffered that it was a Ruger bullet, and the court declined both defense requests.
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The defense argued that the house bullet-hole testimony could invite an unsupported inference connecting a Tsarnaev-fired bullet to Donohue's injury; the court reiterated that the issue was irrelevant to both sides.