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Digital Evidence
The thumb drive found on Ulbricht's night table, which the defense argued supported an inference that material had been given to him
During the Day 10 discussion of an alternative-perpetrator theory, Dratel argued that material duplicated on a thumb drive and laptop could indicate that someone had given it to Ulbricht. The court challenged that interpretation of the thumb drive found on his night table.
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The defense cited the thumb drive as a basis for inferring that material had been handed to Ulbricht; the court questioned whether that inference amounted to speculation.