Michael Kornely testified for the defense in Brendan Dassey's 2007 trial that he spoke with Brendan when he called the Dassey residence on October 31, 2005. He placed the call near 6 p.m. but acknowledged on cross-examination that it could have been earlier and that his Sprint record did not confirm its time.
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Michael Kornely
Defense witness who reported speaking with Brendan Dassey by phone on October 31, 2005.
AppearedBrendan Dassey
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Michael Kornely testified for the defense on Day 6 of Brendan Dassey's 2007 trial about an October 31, 2005, call to the Dassey residence from Birmingham, Alabama. He said he called to ask whether Blaine would work the following weekend, spoke instead with Brendan, whose voice he recognized, and was told Blaine had gone trick-or-treating. Kornely initially placed the call shortly before 6 p.m. and estimated that the conversation lasted about five minutes.
Cross-examination tested that time estimate. Kornely could not find the call on his Sprint record, was unsure which phone he had used, and agreed that the call might have been as early as 5:15 p.m.
On redirect, Kornely said a time closer to 6 p.m. still seemed right to him, partly because Brendan had said Blaine left around 5:10. He acknowledged that he could not recall the time precisely and might have given law enforcement an earlier estimate. His testimony placed a conversation with Brendan in the evening chronology without establishing an exact call time.
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