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The police department memorandum stated that all-evidence had been submitted for review to the District Attorney at the time of the original investigation and trial. Not one item of evidence had been withheld from the proper authorities, and that the case had been completely reviewed by the District Attorney's staff, the _L.A.P.D. and the F.B.I. Several agencies had complete exposure to all phases of the investigation. The defense attorneys, and their investigative staff, had availed themselves of all the evidence and witnesses' statements. Moreover, the memorandum stated: a. The only gun fired in the pantry at the time the Senator was shot was that belonging to Sirhan Sirhan; a .22 caliber re- volver, Serial number H-53725. Two other guns, both .38 caliber, were displayed (not fired) by uniformed guards Thane Cesar and Jack Merritt, b. The finding by Officer Wolfer that a bullet removed from the Senator's sixth cs ~-vical vertebra had compared with a test bullet fired from Siri in's gun, and this was attested by Wolfer before the Grand Jury and at the time of trial. c¢. The Sirhan gun, Serial #H-53725, was entered into evi- dence on June 7, 1968, before the Grand Jury along with four test bullets. d. The second weapon, serial #H-18602, was secured from the Property Division, Parker Center, on June 10, 1968. e. The bullets from Sirhan's gun had six grooves. At the time of the autopsy, Dr. Noguchi, after removing a bullet from Senator Kennedy's sixth cervical vertebra, noted that the bullet had five grooves. As Dr. Noguchi stated, this was done immediately after his removing the bullet, while wearing surgical gloves and away from the operatirg table where the lighting was poor. Dr. Noguchi admits not being a ballistics expert and that his exami- nation was only cursory. (Taped interview with District Attorney Investigator, July 28, 1971.) It should be added that in hearings conducted by Supervisor Baxter Ward in May, 1974, concerning the assassination of Robert Kennedy, Dr. Noguchi admitted that he had made a mistake in his earlier 1968 statement that the particular bullet, People's Exhibit #47, had only five grooves. Dr. Noguchi publicly corrected his mistake at this May 1974 hearing by stating that the bullet had six grooves. Eyewitness Testimony: Charach's Statements of Such Testimony The Isaac-Charach complaint alleged that prosecutors David Fitts and Lynn Compton had falsely informed the Sirhan jury that Karl Uecker, the first key witness for the prosecution, had stopped Sirhan after the fourth shot. Charach stated that Uecker had told the press the morning of the assassination and in subsequent L.A.P.D. and F.B.I. interviews, that he, Uecker, did prevent Sirhan. from getting past him, and that he, Uecker, was moving with