(24 Mar 2005)
1. Car pulls up, Michael Jackson gets out
2. Various, Jackson walks into court building
3. Jackson walking through metal detector and being scanned
STORYLINE:
On Thursday, jurors in the Michael Jackson child-molestation trial were expected to resume hearing expert testimony from a Secret Service forensic scientist, Dr. Antonio Cantu, about the method of retrieving fingerprints from magazines allegedly seized from Jackson's home.
Cantu did not test any of the magazines, but was called to explain the methodology of investigators.
Prosecutors in the trial have been barred from introducing sexually explicit material found on computers in the singer's bedroom, but they have shown jurors a barrage of adult magazines that they said were seized from Jackson's home.
Jurors saw about 75 images on Wednesday, including dozens of photographs from such magazines as Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler, and a few covers of adult videos or DVDs.
About 15 of the images were from publications that feature women who have recently turned 18.
Prosecutors contend Jackson's accuser and his brother saw magazines similar to the ones shown while staying at Jackson's Neverland ranch, but have not yet presented any evidence that they saw the images presented in court.
None of the publications bore the DNA of the boy's family.
Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville said he examined the computer material, and agreed with the defence it may have been automatically stored by the computers and that there was no way of knowing if anyone looked at the material or not.
The judge also agreed the material did not appear related to the time period of the alleged crimes.
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