Prints belong to murderer

The prosecution called its final witness today, Detective Arthur Connolly, an expert in the field of latent finger prints.  After a brief (and fairly interesting) science lesson about finger print science, Det. Connolly talked about his analysis of the fingerprints recovered at the crime scene.  While, Det. Connolly didn't dust for the prints himself, he conducted the analysis comparing them to other prints in the NYPD database.  In addition to George's fingerprints, he was able to identify the fingerprints of three others, including those of John Katehis.  This doesn't come as a surprise at all, as no one denied that Katehis was at George's Henry Street apartment the night of the murder.  Katehis's prints were found on George's cable box in his bedroom and on a bottle of Smirnoff vodka.  Katehis claimed, in his videotaped admission, that George gave him a light beer and that after "accidentally" stabbing George he took a sip of whiskey before fleeing the scene. 

The fact that Katehis's prints were at the scene though would seem to erase any lingering doubt about his whereabouts that evening and confirm 100% that he was in George's apartment.