Klein v. Martin · ¶12

As for the bottle, the State offered evidence suggesting that it was a homemade silencer. A police sergeant said that the tape on the mouth of the bottle bore a “rectangular impression” that likely resulted from something being “stuck in there.” Id., at 292a. The bottle was available for examination by the jury, and the State argued that the opening in the tape was shaped like the muzzle of a semiautomatic handgun. The State also noted that the edges of the hole at the bottom of the bottle were bent outward, suggesting that the hole had been created by a force emanating from inside the bottle. The police sergeant testified that the bottle resembled homemade silencing devices he had seen in a flm and in online videos. A detective testified that he found “black soot” inside the bottle, id., at 310a–311a, but that he did not smell burnt or burning marijuana in the bottle, id., at 314a–…

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