On December 22, 2004, I was arrested for a murder that I did not commit. Witnesses described the last person seen with the victim shortly before his death as wearing a big black coat with fur around the hood, black male with braids. These same witnesses identified this person as me. I was arrested wearing a jacket identical to the one described by said witnesses. On the eve of the trial, due to an extensive amount of pretrial motions I filed “pro se” for the prosecutor to produce exculpatory evidence with the prosecutor reluctantly disclosed piece by piece, the court ordered that the prosecutor open its entire file on the case for my standby attorney to review (I did not review this file). My standby attorney disclosed to me over 2 dozen pages of jotted down sloppy notes that he took from the police reports. These police reports contained a substantial amount of evidence which strengthened the defense I presented from the start, which was “third party guilt” which means somebody else committed the murder. Pursuant the case Holmes v. South Carolina, 547 U.S._, 126 S. Ct_, 164 Led 2d 503 (4th Cir. 2006); By the time I received the evidence my private investigator time afforded by the court had run out, which was needed to find the witnesses and interview them as the case went to trial 3 years later in Oct./Nov. The standby attorney declined to transcribe his notes. I really didn’t know what they said completely.

Police reports yielded that:

1) There was actually an eye witness to the murder (the only witness in the entire case who actually saw the murder) who said that she stepped outside to smoke a cigarette on her back porch, turn the porch light on, lit the cigarette, took one puff, heard a holler, looked in that direction, saw and heard a single shot. The muzzle flash caused her to focus in on a tall thin male subject with short hair. She yelled “hey” and the suspect ran toward the front of the complex, he was the only subject she saw. It was too dark to give an adequate description.

2) There was a witness who told police she saw two black males, loud and aggressive when she pulled up to park at her residence, when they noticed her they pulled off. The witness described on (the driver) as being similar to the assailant described the only eye witness and the passengers as having a black heavy style jacket and shoulder length braids.

Prior to trial, I requested that the state provide me funds to hire an independent expert witness to testify about blood splatter and gun shot residue as it is a forensic fact that 99% of the time, at a distance of 18 to 24 inches, a handgun will leave residue, soot, and powder on the surface at which it was fired. Namely, the sleeve of my jacket and other immediate areas. I was denied this expert. Instead the judge said I can argue to the jury that it’s not present on my jacket. When I did so the prosecutor countered with their expert saying, the gun powder could easily be obliterated of which is not true if you do your research.

My jacket was of cloth material which means that there would be wear and tear (faded areas) on jacket in question, had I got the gun powder off.

I need help finding and retaining a gun shot residue expert which will help exonerate me fully as opposed to having to endure a new trial and I could be out way earlier than expected.

Sincerely,
-Jordan

Write to me at:

Jordan Joseph Kinard
#1182772
Wallens Ridge State Prison
PO Box 759
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-0759

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