Cavalier. Cavalier returned home and told the police officers that he had hidden the gun in the trunk of his sister Nicole's car. Police officers subsequently stopped Nicole and *1243 her car elsewhere and when Detective Sergeant Eckert arrived at the scene of the stop, he advised Ms. Cavalier of her rights. Ms. Cavalier told Detective Sergeant Eckert that she did not know what her brother had put in the trunk and consented to a search of the trunk. Pursuant to the search, the officers found a gun and a magazine wrapped in a cloth bag. Detective Sergeant submitted the gun and magazine for testing.
On March 14, 2005, Detective Sergeant Eckert returned to the scene of the murder and retraced the route that the suspects told him theytook when they left the scene. On the neutral ground on Robert E. Lee Boulevard, Detective Sergeant Eckert found a card in Ms. Mehrtens' name from a health club.
On cross-examination, Detective Sergeant Eckert admitted no physical evidence was recovered on the night of the murder that indicated the defendant left the car at the scene of the crime. He testified that although Ms. Mehrtens' car was dusted for fingerprints, he did not know if any were found and, further, he admitted that nothing found in the car implicated the defendant in the murder. He stated that the casing was found on what would have been the passenger side of the car if the car had still been parked there. Detective Sergeant Eckert testified that when he interviewed the