A Police Detective Has Just Received a List of Evidence

Multiple Choice

A police detective has just received a list of evidence collected at the scene of a murder which occurred in the victim's bedroom, which includes:
•Several blood samples were recovered from the area where the victim bled to death
•Bullets were recovered from the wall behind the victim's body
•Fingerprints found on a window that appeared to be the point of entry Will asking a fingerprint expert to go to the crime scene the day after the murder be a good idea?

A) Yes, latent fingerprints can be recovered from the window.
B) Yes, testimony about latent prints will be admissible only if the fingerprint expert was present when the latent prints were lifted from the glass.
C) No, traditional methods of obtaining latent prints do not work on hard, nonabsorbent surfaces such as windows.
D) No, DNA identification procedures have replaced fingerprint identification.