Hughes v. Commonwealth

I concur in all aspects of Judge Barrow’s opinion except the holding that the trial judge erred by admitting the evidence that an “almost colorless” trilobal carpet fiber found in the defendant’s car was microscopically the same as another “almost colorless” trilobal carpet fiber taken from the missing child’s nightshirt. The fact that a fiber of the same color and configuration as one known to have been found on the victim’s nightshirt was also found in the defendant’s car where the victim was suspected of having been (and which the other fiber evidence tended to prove) was relevant and,…