IMO this analysis is right on.
The best the can be gathered from LS's breakdown of the hearing is that Agent Graham testified that they just received an export report regarding the potential matches from the victim's RR the day before the hearing and that the potential match was "excluded".
That in itself raises questions. Was this an expert from the CBI? Was the expert independant from the CBI and reanalyzing the CBI's initial report that there was a match? Why is this expert report just now being done. What does Agent Graham or the report mean by "excluded"? DNA excluded or alibi excluded?
If the DNA matches other crimes that has the potential to be powerful. However, just the presence of various unknown DNA on critical pieces of evidence can be just as poweful....IMO
This is especially true when you are talking about a thorough investigation. Did the unknown DNA in the RR come from a mechanic or previous owner? With modern investigative tools available, these questions would be easy to follow up on and potentially rule out donors for the DNA.
IMO the defense will likely use their own DNA expert.
IMO having money makes a huge difference in criminal cases. The vast majority of criminal cases in the U.S. involve people who get court appointed attorneys and do not have money to spend on defending their case.
This defendant appears to have money to spend and that only makes it tougher for the state....who is used to running rough-shod over most criminal defendants who do not have the resources to fight. This appears to be a rurual county with limited resources versus a defendant with some money to spend....at least it will be a fair fight...which needs to happen in every case for there to be true justice....IMO.
Ashley Franco clarified the DNA issue in her Facebook live. All 3 men were either able to be alibied, or weren't in Colorado at the time.
We're talking about a sample so weak that it had to be uploaded to CODIS via a keyboard search. It coming back to multiple different people should be a clear indicator of how weak it is.
That's ignoring the fact that this sample was found in a vehicle unrelated to this crime. Some random sex offender didn't play some bizarre game of "tag the glovebox," while leaving cash behind.
Even if he did, you still can't separate Barry from this.
As to unidentified DNA that is not in CODIS, we're talking about touch DNA here. It can be found everywhere, and is easily transferred.
Even Barry's DNA on various items doesn't mean much, as the defense can argue that it had a perfectly reasonable excuse for being there.
Just look at the Jason Young case. Foreign DNA was found all over the place, to include items directly next to the crime scene.
He was still convicted, as that evidence didn't cancel out all the damning pieces that made the case against him.
That wasn't a DNA case, and neither is this one.