Mr. Mandella. In the newspaper several months ago there was reference to a—I don't even recall whether it was fingerprints or palmprints or both but there was some reference in the newspaper I had seen, and that is all.
Mr. Eisenberg. That is all you recall about it?
Mr. Mandella. That is all I recall.
Mr. Eisenberg. Did you pay any attention to that in making your identifications?
Mr. Mandella. No; it didn't affect me at all, nothing to do with the identifications.
Mr. Eisenberg. What is your general attitude toward items you see like this in the newspapers, by the way?
Mr. Mandella. In the newspapers? It doesn't mean a thing. Attitude relative to fingerprints?
Mr. Eisenberg. I am trying to determine how far this might influence you in your evaluation, and I wonder as a police officer what your opinion is when you read accounts in newspapers of evidence in crimes.
Mr. Mandella. No; it doesn't affect me other than for general information purposes.
Mr. Eisenberg. Did I transmit to you any information whatsoever concerning these prints?