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other prints; photography; the matching of physical pieces; and. natural and man-made products of any type that can possibly link have been chemistry, optics, thin plate and gas chromatography, microscopy, spectrography, and more recently, neutron activation. analysis, x-radiation procedure, and other spin offs from NAsA, and the Department of Defense Technology.. In light of the fact that criminalistics is becoming increasingly more sophisticated with remarkable technological areas of endeavor, and the fact that no real guidelines of standard experience have been established in which to classify a particular criminalist as an "expert", law enforcement officials and leaders of Los Angeles County Government should give serious consideration to the creation of an independent crime laboratory. An independent laboratory would add to the due process and justice necessary in all criminal trials. It is certainly an area of consideration for both police agencies, and the Criminal Courts Division of the Los discussion of a possible independent crime laboratory. Ballistics Hearing: Experts' Statements Concerning Leaded Barrel. For the past several years, especially in light of the 1971 Grand Jury report concerning the County Clerk's custody of the Sirhan case exhibits and the Sirhan weapon, there had been specu- lation in some quarters that perhaps the exhibits have been tampered, substituted, or damaged by any of the several persons who have examined the exhibits the past several years. The i971 inves- tigaticn did reveal that certain parties had unauthorized access to the exhibits due to the fact that the County Clerk's Office had been. restricting access to the exhibits to counsel of record and such counsel's representatives. However, it should be emphasized, that the County Grand Jury Report, .and the subsequent reports by the Chief Administrative Officer, found no evidence of any aetual tam- pering, or damage to the exhibits. Moreover, the 1974 Baxter Ward hearings, and the 1975 ballistics hearings, revealed that the bullets themselves were still in fairly recognizable condition, although Dewayne Wolfer stated repeatedly in 1975 that the bullets themselves were darkened, making it almost impossible to recognize his initials which he placed on the bullets in 1968.. However, all seven ballistics experts made repeated reference, both in their working papers and on cross examination, to the fact the barrel. One expert, Patrick Garland, even went so far as to say 56