Most notable was when he was asked to identify the various packets
of handwriting evidence that was marked as exhibits for this hearing.
He either, "hadn't reviewed them closely enough to determine. . ."
or claimed that he "honestly didn't recall who I received the note
from (the note Lyle's friend had found `strange')," as answers
to direct questions from the panel.
Henry, hoping to create some clarity, put the finishing touches
on the breaks in the chain of custody of the `suspect' documents
that were being discussed. "Oh, the problem here must be because
some of the packets have been separated apart."
Jane noticed that Mark also had only vague recollections as to
when all these things took place. He prefaced every phrase with,
"to the best of my recollection" or "at best I can recall,"
in proper attorney fashion, proving that he had, after all,
gotten something out of law school.
Having agreed, with Henry's prompting, that he did remember
getting five radiology SmurFFs from Lyle, two nursing nutrition
SmurFFs from Jimbo, he was handed a note, referred to as `Lyle's
friend's strange note' by Henry and asked, "And did you also sent
the document examiners this note?"
"This would appear to be the original note; the only thing
that I have seen is a copy of this note.
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