</s>PAGE FIVE HAIRS AND FIBERS SECTION AND FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION UNIT OF THE FBI LABORATORY AND THE LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION OF THE FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. THE STATE THEN RESTED ITS CASE AND THE DEFENSE DID NOT OFFER ANY PROOF. EVIDENCE JUDGE BATTLE THEN REQUESTED THAT THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE JURY RAISE HIS RIGHT HAND IF HE WAS AGREABLE TO THE SENTENCE OF NINETYININE YEARS. ALL JURORS RAISED THEIR RIGHT HARD. JUDGEE BATTLE THEM REQUESTed THAT RAY STAND UP AND THEN JUDGET BATTLE SENTENCED RAY TO SERVE A TERM OF NINYINETIME YEARS IN THE STATE PRISON AT NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. THROUGHOUTH THE TESTIMONY OF THE FIVE WITNESSES PRESENTED BY THE PROSECUTION, AS WELL AS THE EVIDENCE BEING DISCUSSED BY BEASLEY, THE WITNESSESS. AND BEASLESY UTILIZED THE MOX UPS PREPARED BY THE EXHIBITS SECTION OF OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF THE FBI. THE JURORS, NEWS MEDIA, MEMBERS OF THE COURT AND PUBLIC WERE ATTRACTED TO THE MOCK UPS AND MADE VERY FAVORABLE COMMENTS CONCERNING SAME UPON COMPLETION OF THE HEARING. THE HEARING ENDED AT TWELVE TWENTY P.O. M.O ., THIS DATE. END. PGH FBI WASH DC CC-MR. ROSEN 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O 14176

Summary: The document contains a mix of administrative records and technical details related to FBI investigations and legal proceedings involving James Earl Ray, who was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It includes descriptions of mock-ups used during a trial, measurements from crime scene analysis at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, and references to FBI laboratory units such as the Firearms Identification Unit and Latent Fingerprint Section. Technical drawings of the motel's structure, including elevations, angles, and distances from the second-floor window sill to the location where Dr. King was shot, are detailed. The document also mentions an autopsy report and testimony from Reverend James Evel regarding the positioning of Dr. King at the time of the shooting. Administrative records include employee time logs and requests for exhibits related to a trial scheduled for March 3, 1969.  

Key People:  
- James Earl Ray (convicted murderer of MLK)  
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (victim)  
- Reverend James Evel (Southern Christian Leadership Conference representative)  
- Arthur C. Holmeck (Memphis City Engineer)  
- Lieutenant J. L. Harrison (Memphis Police Department)  
- Lieutenant A. S. Zelinski (Inspectional Bureau)  

Key Locations:  
- Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee (crime scene)  
- South Main Street (location of the motel and shooting angle)  
- Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. (FBI Exhibit Section)  
- Memphis Police Department headquarters  

Key Events:  
- Trial of James Earl Ray for MLK's assassination (April 1968)  
- FBI preparation of mock-ups and technical drawings for trial exhibits  
- Crime scene analysis involving measurements from the second-floor window sill to the shooting location  
- Autopsy report referencing Dr. King's body position at the time of death  
- Administrative records detailing employee time logs and exhibit requests  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Memphis Police Department  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- Administrative Division, FBI Exhibits Section  
- FBI Laboratory (Firearms Identification Unit, Latent Fingerprint Section)

MLK Declassified Files

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