In 1998, David Belin was asked why the Commission decided to not use the report detailing the fiber match.
In a letter dated 7/30/98 to Dale Myers, Belin replied...
"There was overwhelming evidence to tie Oswald to the Tippit murder shooting in light of the positive identification of Oswald as the man with the gun by William Scoggins, Barbara Davis, Virginia Davis, Ted Callaway, Sam Guinyard and Helen Markham. Moreover, Oswald was apprehended with the murder weapon in his hand, as confirmed by the cartridge cases turned over to the police by witnesses at the Tippit murder scene. At the time of the Warren Commission investigation, experts retained by the Commission determined that individual fibers, like hairs, are not unique. Under all of the circumstances, I did not believe that the quality of the evidence compared with the ballistics identification of the cartridge cases found at the murder scene."
No trial, no cross examination of witnesses, no expert testimony for the defendant, etc. etc.
Exculpatory evidence is often ignored by prosecutors.
It's up to the defense to bring it up at trial.
If the jacket was discarded by Tippit's killer it could very well have contained evidence pointing
away from Ozzie.
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"the positive identification of Oswald as the man with the gun"Domingo Benavide's description of Tippit's killer compared to a photo taken of Ozzie on 11/22/63
while in DPD custody.
He was 15 feet away from Tippit's killer.
Mr. Belin: Let me ask you now, I would like you to relate again the action of the man with the gun as you saw him now.
Mr. Benavides:
As I saw him, I really--I mean really got a good view of the man after the bullets were fired he had just turned. He was just turning away........
~snip~
Mr. BENAVIDES - I remember the back of his head seemed like his hairline was sort of--
looked like his hairline sort of went square instead of tapered off. and he looked like he needed a haircut for about 2 weeks,
but his hair didn't taper off, it kind of went down and squared off and made his head look fiat in back.