Dr. Travis Snyder testified about MRI findings and their limits; the court denied the phone-search challenge, found Mr. Jones competent, and the jury heard opening statements.
Full day summary
Defense neuroradiologist Dr. Travis Snyder testified about MRI findings he said were consistent with traumatic brain injury, including a depressed skull fracture, hemorrhages, scarring, and atrophy. He said imaging did not indicate a mild injury but could not determine its individual effects, diagnose schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, or establish that traumatic brain injury caused the deaths. The court limited questions outside his neuroradiology expertise and later confirmed admission of Snyder's report and slides as Defense Exhibits 2 and 3.
Lieutenant Jessie Laintz described a 2018 warrant and physical extraction of a Samsung Galaxy Note Three phone, including efforts to collect deleted data. Outside the jury's presence, the court denied the defense challenge to that warrant and found Mr. Jones competent to proceed. After the jury was sworn and instructed, the parties delivered opening statements outlining their positions, including the defense's insanity defense. The court denied a renewed defense mistrial request concerning the prosecutor's opening-statement delivery.
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