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LOGAN - A state scientist told jurors Thursday there's just a one in 1.7 trillion chance that blood on a $1 bill doesn't belong to Glenn Howard Griffin, who is on trial for a 1984 killing in Brigham City.
Chief forensic scientist Pilar Shortsleeve, of Utah's Bureau of Forensic Services, said she analyzed the nuclear DNA from the bill in 2005 at the state's Salt Lake City crime lab, where the bill has been stored since the murder.
"The blood sample from the $1 bill matched and could have originated from the same donor [Griffin]," Shortsleeve said.
Griffin, 51, faces the death penalty if convicted of capital murder in the killing of 22-year-old Bradley Newell Perry, who was working as a Brigham City convenience store clerk.
Wade Garrett Maughan, 53, is also charged in the case and is scheduled for a January trial.
Defense lawyer Dee Smith said he looks forward to proving his client's innocence.
"It's going to come together as the defense has the chance to present our evidence," Smith said.
Testimony resumes at 9 a.m. today.