Discovery Filing: The Burnt Note Exception
What This Image Shows
Page two of a discovery filing, double-spaced in a serif typeface, opening mid-sentence with language about having provided the discoverable material in the state's possession to the defense. The paragraphs that follow give handover dates and list categories of evidence including doorbell surveillance, DNA reports and toolmarks reports. One phrase is highlighted: With the exception of a photograph of a burnt note, provided on January 9, 2026.
That exception is the reason the page circulates. A burnt note appearing as a carve-out in a discovery filing is a detail nobody has explained publicly — what the note was, how it came to be burnt, why only a photograph exists, and why it was produced separately and later than the rest. The evidence categories listed alongside it are themselves a useful inventory: doorbell surveillance confirms that private neighborhood camera footage is in the case file, and toolmarks reports point to the firearm comparison work discussed at ATF Inconclusive Ballistics.
A filing states a party's position; the highlighting is a reader's emphasis; and no explanation of the burnt note is established here. Read Discovery and Brady Disputes, Letter and Case Overview.